Type of Paraphilia | Description |
Exhibitionism | Sexual arousal as a result of exposing oneself to an unwilling bystander |
Fetishism | Sexual arousal with an object or nongenital body part |
Frotteurism | Sexual arousal as a result of touching or rubbing against an unwilling person |
Klismaphilia | Sexual arousal associated with receiving enemas |
Pedophilia | Sexual arousal associated with sexual fantasies or urges about prepubescent children |
Sexual masochism | Sexual arousal as a result of experiencing pain or suffering |
Sexual sadism | Sexual arousal as a result of inflicting pain or suffering |
Telephone scatologia | Sexual arousal as a result of making obscene phone calls to an unwilling person |
Voyeurism | Sexual arousal as a result of watching unsuspecting individuals undress or engage in sexual activity |
Paraphilia refers to unusual sexual interests. A paraphilia becomes problematic when it causes pain or suffering in oneself or others. |
SOURCE: CROOKS AND BAUR (2014); MCANULTY, DILLON, & ADAMS, 2002. |