sexual arousal a person receives from an object or situation
A fetish is a strong sexual attraction to a specific object, body part, or situation that a person finds arousing. Understanding fetishes matters because they're a common aspect of human sexuality that varies widely from person to person.
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Sexual fetishism is a sexual fixation on anything not considered sexual by its respective nature. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish is a fetishist. A sexual fetish may be regarded as a mental disorder if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life. Sexual arousal from a particular body part can be further classified as partialism.
Medical definitions restrict the term sexual fetishism to objects or body parts. In common language, fetish is also used for a sexual interest in specific activities, people, types of people, substances, or situations.
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