FRHD 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Exhibitionism, Frotteurism, Voyeurism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Question: in the 18th century, condoms were made of answer: animal intestines. Normal (cid:498)normative(cid:499) behaviours in one society that are (cid:498)abnormal(cid:499) in another: Acceptance of sexual behaviour largely influenced by culture: statistical norms, norms in society, focus on harm. Pedophilic disorder: pre-pubescent children, early pubescent. Just because it"s listed in the dsm, doesn"t mean it"s necessarily a (cid:498)disorder(cid:499) Little research support for paraphilia as a dysfunction. Many fetishes/behaviours are arousing to a number of people i. e. lingerie, high heels. Becomes a fetish when can"t be sexually aroused without it. Mild preference strong preference necessity-substitute for human partner . Non-coercive paraphilias: involve solitary sexual activity or consensual sexual activity with an age-appropriate human partner i. e. fetishism, transvestism, bdsm, legal. Coercive paraphilias: sexual activity involves an unwilling or non-consenting participants, illegal i. e. voyeurism, frotteurism, exhibitionism, pedophilia. Hard to determine rates of paraphilias: people don"t want to answer questions, rates we have are of people who get caught.