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| sexual arousal by inanimate objects, materials or parts of the body |
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| a fetishistic attraction to specific parts of the body |
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| sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation, usually with a love object |
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| sexual attraction to materials such as rubber or silk |
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| fetish with amputees or stumps |
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| fetish with having an amputation |
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| sexual arousal by inanimate objects |
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| wearing the clothing of another sex |
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| wearing of exaggeratedly feminine clothing by a man, often for entertainment purposes |
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| wearing clothes of the other sex for purposes of sexual arousal, sometimes refers to cross dressing |
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| form of male-to-female transexuality characterized by a mans sexual arousal at the thought if being or becoming a woman |
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| specific sexual attraction to male-to-female transgenders or transexuals |
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| sexual arousal by the infliction of pain, bondage or humiliation on others, or by witnessing the recipients suffering |
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| the acceptance and infliction of pain and humiliation as a means of sexual arousal |
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| the use of physical restraint for purposes of sexual arousal |
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| the use of humiliation or subservience for purposes of sexual arousal |
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| an all-inclusive term for forms of sexual expression that involve inflicting and receiving pain, restraint or humiliation |
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| a woman who inflicts pain or humiliation in a BDSM setting |
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| an adult who obtains sexual satisfaction from acting as a baby or toddler |
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| unusual form of sexual arousal or behavior that is considered to be a psychological problem |
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| sexual arousal by the suffering of others, viewed as paraphilia |
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| a paraphilia involving exposure of genitalia to strangers, sometimes with masturbation, also called flashing |
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| the crime of exposing the genitals or female breasts in public |
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| paraphilia involving spying on persons while they are undressing, naked or engaged in sex |
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| paraphilia involving touching or rubbing the clothed genitals against a stranger without their consent, usually in a crowded place |
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| a person whose sexual feelings are directed mainly toward prepubescent children |
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| adult who has sexual contact with a prepubescent child |
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| adult whose sexual attraction is mainly to pubescent children |
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| Intrafamilial child molester |
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| person who has sexual contact with his own children or stepchildren (incest) |
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| Extrafamilial child molester |
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| person who has sexual contact with children outside of his immediate family |
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| detention of a person having a mental disorder that creates a threat to himself or others |
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| sexual arousal from making obscene telephone calls |
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| obsolete term for sexual contact between person and an animal |
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| persistent preference for sexual contact with animals, considered a paraphilia |
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| paraphilia involving sexual arousal from viewing or having sexual contact with dead bodies |
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| self-strangulation for purposes of sexual arousal |
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| the tendency of convicted offenders to reoffend |
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| the modification of behavior by learning through association and/or reinforcement |
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| paraphilia or cluster of paraphilias seen as a disorder of normal courtship behavior |
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| excessive sexual desire or behavior |
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| a mental disorder marked by anxiety, repetitive thoughts or urges and behaviors that temporarily relieve those urges |
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| the cycle in which some abused children grow up to repeat similar forms of abuse on others, also called victim-perpetrator cycle |
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| form of behavior therapy that attempts to eliminate unwanted desires or behaviors by associating them with some unpleasant experience, such as a noxious smell |
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| Masturbatory reconditioning |
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| form of behavior therapy that uses the pleasure of orgasm to increase sexual arousal to previously nonarousing targets |
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| treatment of paraphilias or other disorders based on conditioning or other theories of behavioral psychology |
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| therapy based on changing a person's beliefs and thought processes |
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| relapse prevention therapy |
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| therapy aimed at training a person to avoid or cope with situations that trigger the undesireable behavior |
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| a form of therapy for sex offenders that focuses on improving the subjects ability to achieve a broad range of life goals |
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| Circles of support and accountability (COSA) |
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| program of community support for released sex offenders |
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| selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) |
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| class of drugs, including antidepressants such as Prozac and Lexapro that depress sexual function |
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