Question:
Exhibitonists, more commonly known as flashers, draw sexual arousal from _____.
Response:
Potential sex with their viewer(s)
The reaction from their viewers when they expose themselves
The act of exposing themselves in public
Dressing in the opposite gender’s clothing
True or False. BDSM is an abnormal practice that is the result of paraphilic desires?
True
False
False. a paraphilia only results from a person that is doing excessive harm to themselves or others in a non-consensual way. If done under the proper conditions, BDSM is a consensual act that, though it may cause pain, is not excessive or dangerous and is regulated by the receiver as much as by the giver.
Voyeurism, though considered a fetish more than a paraphilia, becomes harmful when the person...
Seeks out people to peep on
Catches a glimpse of someone naked on accident
Looks at porn
Makes a video of themselves
True or False? Paraphilias are widespread in the population.
What is the most common paraphilia?
Pedophilia
Autoerotic asphyxiation
Coprophila
Urophilia
Necrophilia
True or False? Fantasizing about sexual force is dangerous and will lead to paraphilic desires.
True or False. A person that has their partner pretend to be asleep during sex is expressing necrophilic desires?
A paraphilia of desiring to touch or rub someone against their will in a public place is called what?
Touchophilia
Frotteurism
Hemophilia
Object Fetishism
What is the primary criterion for diagnosing a paraphilia in an individual?
Obsession about the fetish or preference
It is harmful to oneself or others
An insatiable urge to dance
Fantasies of an abnormal nature