| atypical sexual behavior | Consensual sexual activity that is not statistically typical of American sexual behavior.
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| autoerotic asphyxia | A form of sexual masochism linking strangulation with masturbation.
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| aversive conditioning | A method used to attempt to treat paraphilias.
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| bondage and discipline (B&D) | Sexual activities in which one person is bound while another simulates or engages in light or moderate "discipline" activities, such as spanking and whipping.
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| coprophilia | A paraphilia in which a person derives sexual pleasure from contact with feces.
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| cross-dressing or drag | Wearing the clothing of a member of the other sex.
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| domination and submission (D/S) | Sexual activities involving the consensual acting out of fantasy scenes in which one person dominates and the other submits.
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| dominatrix | In bondage and discipline, a woman who specializes in "disciplining" a submissive partner.
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| drag queen | A gay man who cross-dresses to entertain.
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| exhibitionism | A paraphilia involving recurrent, intense urges to expose the genitals to another, nonconsenting person.
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| fetishism | A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to certain objects.
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| frotteurism | A paraphilia involving recurrent, intense urges to touch or rub against a nonconsenting person for the purpose of sexual arousal.
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| klismophilia | A paraphilia in which a person derives sexual pleasure from receiving enemas.
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| necrophilia | A paraphilia involving recurrent, intense urges to engage in sexual activities with a corpse.
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| nymphomania | A pseudoscientific term referring to "abnormal" or "excessive" sexual desire in a woman.
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| paraphilia | A mental disorder characterized by recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors generally lasting at least 6 months and involving nonhuman objects, the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partner, or children or other nonconsenting persons.
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| paraphiliac | A person who has a paraphilia.
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| partialism | A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to a specific body part.
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| pedophile | A person who is sexually attracted to children.
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| pedophilia | A paraphilia characterized by recurrent, intense urges to engage in sexual activities with a prepubescent child.
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| psychodynamic therapy | A method used to attempt to treat paraphilias.
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| relapse prevention | A method used to attempt to treat paraphilias.
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| sadomasochism (S&M) | A popular, nonclinical term for domination and submission.
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| satyriasis | A pseudoscientific term referring to "abnormal" or "uncontrollable" sexual desire in a man.
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| sexual masochism | A paraphilia characterized by recurrent, intense urges to engage in real (not fantasy) sexual acts in which the person is humiliated, harmed, or otherwise made to suffer.
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| sexual sadism | A paraphilia characterized by recurrent, intense urges to engage in real (not fantasy) sexual acts in which the person inflicts physical or psychological harm on a victim.
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| telephone scatologia | A paraphilia involving recurrent, intense urges to make obscene telephone calls.
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| transvestic fetishism | A psychological disorder in which heterosexual men who, over a period of at least 6 months, act upon intense, usually distressful, sexual urges and fantasies involving the wearing of women's clothes.
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| transvestism | A clinical term referring to the wearing of clothing of the other sex, usually for sexual arousal.
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| urophilia | A paraphilia in which a person derives sexual pleasure from contact with urine.
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| voyeurism | A paraphilia involving recurrent, intense urges to view nonconsenting others while they are engaged in sexual activities.
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| zoophilia | A paraphilia involving recurrent, intense urges to engage in sexual activities with animals.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education