The following paraphilias are sufficiently common in the general population to be frequently observed in clinical literature, as well as being able to support entire sub-genres of mainstream commercial pornography. algolagnia: sexual pleasure from pain exhibitionism: sexual arousal through displaying genitals in public fetishism: sexual attraction to a physical object, with common examples being balloon fetishism breast fetishism foot fetishism fur fetishism leather ...

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Paraphilia, Paraphilia - Definition, Paraphilia - Behavioral imprinting, Paraphilia - History of the term, Paraphilia - Common paraphilias, Paraphilia - Paraphilias which relate to illegal activities, Paraphilia - Other paraphilias, Paraphilia - Controversy, Paraphilia - Religious views of paraphilia

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Paraphilia, Paraphilia - Definition, Paraphilia - Behavioral imprinting, Paraphilia - History of the term, Paraphilia - Common paraphilias, Paraphilia - Paraphilias which relate to illegal activities, Paraphilia - Other paraphilias, Paraphilia - Controversy, Paraphilia - Religious views of paraphilia

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The word is used differently by different groups. As used in psychology or sexology it is simply a neutral umbrella term used to cover a wide variety of atypical sexual interests. There are eight types of paraphilias, and according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the activity must be the sole means of sexual gratification for a period of six (6) months, and cause "marked distress or interpersonal difficulty". Exhibitionism is the recurrent urge or behavior to expose one's genitals t ...

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Paraphilia, Paraphilia - Definition, Paraphilia - Behavioral imprinting, Paraphilia - History of the term, Paraphilia - Common paraphilias, Paraphilia - Paraphilias which relate to illegal activities, Paraphilia - Other paraphilias, Paraphilia - Controversy, Paraphilia - Religious views of paraphilia

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Zoophilia (from the Greek Zoon, "animal", and Philia, "friendship" or "love") is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attraction by a human to animals. Such individuals are called zoophiles. The more recent terms zoosexual and zoosexuality also describe the full spectrum of human/animal attraction. A separate term, bestiality (more common in mainstream usage), refers to human/animal sexual activity. To avoid confusion about the meaning of zoophilia — whi ...

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• Zoophilia - Terminology
• Zoophilia - Extent of occurrence
• Zoophilia - Legal status
• Zoophilia - Zoophiles
• Zoophilia - Zoophilia as a lifestyle
• Zoophilia - Non-sexual zoophilia
• Zoophilia - Zoophiles and other groups
• Zoophilia - Perspectives on zoophilia
• Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives
• Zoophilia - Religious perspectives
• Zoophilia - Animal studies perspectives
• Zoophilia - Animal rights and welfare concerns
• Zoophilia - Historical and cultural perspectives
• Zoophilia - Health and safety
• Zoophilia - Arguments about zoophilia or zoosexuality
• Zoophilia - Mythology and fantasy literature
• Zoophilia - Media discussion
• Zoophilia - Pornography
• Zoophilia - Social community
• Zoophilia - Zoo Code
• Zoophilia - Other popular references
• Zoophilia - Books articles and documentaries
• Zoophilia - Academic and professional
• Zoophilia - Other books
• Zoophilia - Print and online media
• Zoophilia - Television and radio

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Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. See also: Erotica is the representation in fiction or other material with the intent to arouse sexual desire. Homoeroticism Human sexuality Paraphilia Pornography Romance Sensual Sexual fantasy ...

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Algolagnia (from the greek "άλγος" algos meaning pain and "λαγνεία" lagnia meaning lust) is the paraphilia of deriving sexual pleasure from physical pain. It may have a simply biological basis, as it is proven that pain, just like sensorial pleasures such as sexual contact and sweet foods, cause the release of endorphins, the chemicals that induce pleasure. If a person's pain threshold is sufficiently high, this may outweigh the n ...

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Voyeurism is a practice in which the individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. Such people may be engaged in sexual acts, or be nude or in underwear, or dressed in whatever other way the "voyeur" finds appealing. Voyeuristic practices may take a number of forms but their characteristic feature is that the voyeur does not directly interact with the object of their voyeurism (often unaware that they are being observed), instead observing the act from a distance by peeping through an opening or using aids suc ...

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• Voyeurism - Voyeurism in fiction
• Voyeurism - Sexual criminals

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Urolagnia (also known as urophilia) is a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to urine. People with urolagnia often like to urinate in public, or urinate on, or be urinated on by other people, and may drink the urine. The consumption of urine is urophagia. Some like to watch others doing these things. These activities are often described by the euphemisms "golden showers" or "watersports" ( ...

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• Urolagnia - Health issues
• Urolagnia - Other practices
• Urolagnia - Other animals

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Smoking fetishism (capnolagnia) is a sexual fetish (paraphilia), consisting of the fetishisation of the smoking of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars or even pipes. It is thought that most smoking fetishists are heterosexual men, though there are small groups of homosexual and bisexual women who have expressed similar interests in the fetish. The smoking fetish appears to be rare enough that its existence went largely unnoticed until the advent of the Internet, when fetishists began to meet online, trading pictures of smokin ...

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• Smoking fetishism - Coughing fetishism

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"Coming out of the closet" (very often shortened to "coming out" in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of one's sexual orientation, sexual attractions, gender identity, or (less commonly) paraphilia. Being "out" means not concealing these characteristics. Being "outed" refers to having these characteristics made public typically against one's wishes or without one's consent. "Outing" is the process of deliberately disclosing these c ...

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• Coming out - Lesbian Gay and Bisexual LGB Usage
• Coming out - Transgender and transsexual usage
• Coming out - The coming out process
• Coming out - Outing
• Coming out - Current viewpoints
• Coming out - Other uses
• Coming out - References and further reading

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In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. Bondage is usually, but not always, a sexual practice. The paraphilia of being sexually aroused by bondage is sometimes known as vincilagnia. Studies in the U.S. have shown that about a half of all men find the idea of bondage to be erotic; many women do as well. As with any study of sexual thoughts and behavior, the available studies are not well controlled and the best studies are now out of date. Bondage B ...

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• Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures
• Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage
• Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica
• Bondage BDSM - Technique
• Bondage BDSM - Safety
• Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?
• Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships
• Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Coprophilia, also known as fecophilia, is a paraphilia consisting of the condition of feeling sexual excitement focused on feces, often in conjunction with BDSM or infantilism. Alternative terms include scat fetishism, japscat and scat play, which share a root with the scientific and literary term scatology. Scat fetishism is featured prominently in some Japanese pornography. Despite a wide-spread stereotype, scat fetishism is not typical in German pornography. While the phrase scheisse porn does originate ...

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• Coprophilia - Specific practices and their Colloquial and Scientific Terminologies

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Sadism is the sexual pleasure or gratification in the infliction of pain and suffering upon another person. The word is derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, a prolific French philosopher-writer of sadistic novels. The counterpart of sadism is masochism, the sexual pleasure or gratification of having pain or suffering inflicted upon the self, often consisting of sexual fantasies or urges for being beaten, humiliated, bound, tortured, or otherwise made to suffer, either as an enhancement to or a substitute for sex ...

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• Sadism and masochism - The biology of S&M
• Sadism and masochism - The psychology of S&M
• Sadism and masochism - Sadism and masochism in real life
• Sadism and masochism - Sadism as a motivation for crime
• Sadism and masochism - Sadism and masochism in fiction

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• Autosexuality - Autoeroticism

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Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a clinically significant problem by itself (Cerrone, 1991), and therefore both this and the later DSM-IV (APA, 1994) subsumed it under the residual classification "paraphilias not otherwise specified". The first detailed studies of zoophilia date from prior to 1910. Peer reviewed research into zoophilia in its own right has happened since around 1960. There have been several si ...

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Zoophilia, Zoophilia - Terminology, Zoophilia - Extent of occurrence, Zoophilia - Legal status, Zoophilia - Legality by U.S. State, Zoophilia - Zoophiles, Zoophilia - Zoophilia as a lifestyle, Zoophilia - Non-sexual zoophilia, Zoophilia - Zoophiles and other groups, Zoophilia - Perspectives on zoophilia, Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives, Zoophilia - Religious perspectives, Zoophilia - Animal studies perspectives, Zoophilia - Animal rights and welfare concerns, Zoophilia - Historical and cultural perspectives, Zoophilia - Health and safety, Zoophilia - Arguments about zoophilia or zoosexuality, Zoophilia - Mythology and fantasy literature, Zoophilia - Media discussion, Zoophilia - Pornography, Zoophilia - Social community, Zoophilia - Zoo Code, Zoophilia - Other popular references, Zoophilia - Books articles and documentaries, Zoophilia - Academic and professional, Zoophilia - Other books, Zoophilia - Print and online media, Zoophilia - Television and radio

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Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a clinically significant problem by itself (Cerrone, 1991), and therefore both this and the later DSM-IV (APA, 1994) subsumed it under the residual classification "paraphilias not otherwise specified". The first detailed studies of zoophilia date from prior to 1910. Peer reviewed research into zoophilia in its own right has happened since around 1960. There have been several si ...

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Zoophilia, Zoophilia - Terminology, Zoophilia - Extent of occurrence, Zoophilia - Legal status, Zoophilia - Zoophiles, Zoophilia - Zoophilia as a lifestyle, Zoophilia - Non-sexual zoophilia, Zoophilia - Zoophiles and other groups, Zoophilia - Perspectives on zoophilia, Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives, Zoophilia - Religious perspectives, Zoophilia - Animal studies perspectives, Zoophilia - Animal rights and welfare concerns, Zoophilia - Historical and cultural perspectives, Zoophilia - Health and safety, Zoophilia - Arguments about zoophilia or zoosexuality, Zoophilia - Mythology and fantasy literature, Zoophilia - Media discussion, Zoophilia - Pornography, Zoophilia - Social community, Zoophilia - Zoo Code, Zoophilia - Other popular references, Zoophilia - Books articles and documentaries, Zoophilia - Academic and professional, Zoophilia - Other books, Zoophilia - Print and online media, Zoophilia - Television and radio

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The word masochism was coined by the 19th century psychiatrist Krafft-Ebing with Sacher-Masoch and his writings in mind. The novel has been adapted for film three times: in 1967, in 1969 and in 1994. The 1994 film was directed by Maartje Seyferth and Victor E. Nieuwenhuijs, and received an award at the 1994 international film festival of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The lyrics of The Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs" refer to this book. In the 1998 Todd Haynes film Velvet Goldmine, main characte ...

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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - Influence, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - Notes

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Succubi are often featured in fantasy fiction and role-playing games, and often shown with batlike wings and bikini clad. Succubi are often very prominent in the sexual aspects of fantasy fandoms and paraphilia. Charles Williams's 1937 novel Descent into Hell features an academic who consciously rejects the potential affections of a real woman in favor of a physically identical but perfectly obedient and pliable succubus. In Dungeons & Dragons succubi are numerous tanar'ri demons, many under the command of the Abyssa ...

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Succubus, Succubus - Appearance, Succubus - In modern fiction

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KINK also refers to a television series produced by the Canadian Broadcasting company Showcase (Current homepage for the show). This series highlights different people's real-life kinks, as defined by the person being observed. Each episode takes an in-depth look at two or three people (or couples) lifestyles, and how their kink affects their life. The theme song is a mixture of orchest ...

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Kink sexual, Kink sexual - TV Show, Kink sexual - References and further reading

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The small but significant minority of customers of professional dominants that want them to role-play mock executions are presumably people with the paraphilia of autoassassinophilia, in which a person becomes sexually aroused at the thought of their own death at the hands of another. The protagonist in The House of Yes is an example. ...

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Mock execution, Mock execution - Autoassassinophilia and mock executions, Mock execution - Historical instances

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