Terms such as 'paedophilia' are generally used in the media and society to refer to any sexual interest in children, but this is not always correct. You may also encounter other terms, such as 'paraphiliaParaphilia (previously known as sexual perversion and sexual deviation) is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It has also been defined as sexual interest in anything other than a consenting human partner. Paraphilia.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Paraphilia
n. sexual interest in and arousal by infants: a type of pedophilia. The person with nepiophilia generally does not find adults, or sometimes even older children, sexually arousing.
Pedophilia is defined as a persistent sexual interest in prepubescent children as evidenced by an adult's sexual fantasies, urges, and goal-directed sexual behavior [882].
Ephebophilia strictly denotes the preference for mid-to-late adolescent sexual partners, not the mere presence of some level of sexual attraction. It is not a psychiatric diagnosis.
Paraphilias are frequent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies or behaviors that involve inanimate objects, children or nonconsenting adults, or suffering or humiliation of oneself or the partner.
chronophilia (uncountable) Primary or exclusive sexual attraction toward members of a specific age group, as with paedophilia or gerontophilia.
Sapiosexuality means that a person is sexually attracted to highly intelligent people, so much so that they consider it to be the most important trait in a partner. It is a relatively new word that has become more popular in recent years. Both LGBTQ+ people and heterosexual people may identify as sapiosexual.
n. a paraphilia characterized by sexual attraction to trees. The person may have actual sexual contact with trees, may venerate them as phallic symbols, or both. Also called dendrophily.
Causes of paraphilias
Imbalance in certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters for e.g. dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine may cause compulsive sexual behaviour. These are mainly feel-good chemicals, which also regulate mood.
Possible motivational factors include social anxiety and the “abused-abuser theory.” Possible inhibitory factors include impulsivity, cognitive distortions, and psychopathy. In addition, neurobiological abnormalities may pertain to either motivational or inhibitory dysfunction.
The chapter on paraphilic disorders includes eight conditions: exhibitionistic disorder, fetishistic disor- der, frotteuristic disorder, pedophilic disorder, sexual masochism disorder, sexual sadism disorder, transvestic disorder, and voyeuristic disorder.
Transvestism involves recurrent and intense sexual arousal from cross-dressing, which may manifest as fantasies, urges, or behaviors. Transvestic disorder is transvestism that causes significant distress or significant functional impairment.
Fetishes are nontraditional sexual interests or behaviors (kinks) that are, for a particular individual, a deep and abiding (and possibly even necessary) element of sexual arousal and activity. Paraphilias are fetishes that have escalated in ways that have resulted in negative life consequences.
Trees actually reproduce through cultivation and sexually by using an exchange of pollen between the female and male reproductive systems. Trees are considered asexual, however, a single tree can have both female and male flowers. They also rely on evolutions and adaptations to prevent self-pollination.
Trees reproduce asexually, through cultivation and sexually, through the exchange of pollen between male and female reproductive systems.
Dendrophile may refer to: A person who loves trees, as in Dendrophilia (paraphilia)
According to the resource guide to asexuality Western Aces, fraysexuality is considered to be the opposite of demisexuality. The romantic counterpart of fraysexual is frayromantic, which is when a person only experiences romantic attraction towards people they don't know or don't know very well.
There are many different gender identities, including male, female, transgender, gender neutral, non-binary, agender, pangender, genderqueer, two-spirit, third gender, and all, none or a combination of these.
Demisexual people only experience sexual attraction after a close emotional bond has formed. This is different from seldom experiencing sexual attraction. Demisexual people might experience sexual attraction often and intensely, but only with people they're close to.
Noun. teleiophile (plural teleiophiles) (sexology) A person who is sexually attracted to adults.
Technically Ephebophilia is sexual attraction towards adolescents. It is important to note, that the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual for mental disorders does not classify it as paraphilia or sexually deviant behavior like pedophilia.
Paraphilias are psychiatric disorders characterized by deviant and culturally non-sanctioned sexual fantasies, thoughts, and/or behaviors. A proportion of these individuals may also suffer from symptoms of mental illness that can go unrecognized.
Individuals with a paraphilia are compulsively responsive to and dependent on an unusual and often personally or socially unacceptable sexual stimulus for sexual arousal and orgasm. Paraphilias occur predominantly in men, but may also occur in women.
Cross-dresser
This describes a person who wears the clothes usually associated with the "opposite "sex. This is seen as a form of gender expression. The word "transvestite" is not used much these days. And the expression "drag queen" is different, meaning a man who dresses "as a woman" for purposes of entertainment.
Cross-dressers are men who wear female clothing and often both admire and imitate women, but self-identify as different from both gay men and transsexuals, and generally deny having fetishistic intentions.