Sexual fetishism

Sexual arousal a person receives from an object or situation

For other uses, see Fetishism (disambiguation).

Medical condition

Sexual fetishism

Foot fetishism, one of the most common sexual fetishes
Specialty| Psychiatry

Sexual fetishism or erotic fetishism is a sexual fixation on an object or a body part.[1] The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish is a fetishist.[2] A sexual fetish may be regarded as a mental disorder if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life.[1][3] Sexual arousal from a particular body part can be further classified as partialism.[4]

While medical definitions restrict the term sexual fetishism to objects or body parts,[1] fetish can, in common discourse, also refer to sexual interest in specific activities, peoples, types of people, substances, or situations.[5]

## Definitions

[edit]

In common parlance, the word fetish is used to refer to any sexually arousing stimuli, not all of which meet the medical criteria for fetishism.[5] This broader usage of fetish covers parts or features of the body (including obesity and body modifications), objects, situations and activities (such as smoking or BDSM).[5] Paraphilias such as urophilia, necrophilia and coprophilia have been described as fetishes.[6]

Originally, most medical sources defined fetishism as a sexual interest in non-living objects, body parts or secretions. The publication of the DSM-III in 1980 changed that, by excluding arousal from body parts in its diagnostic criteria for fetishism. In 1987, the revised DSM-III-R introduced a new diagnosis for body part arousal called partialism. The DSM-IV retained this distinction.[6] Martin Kafka argued that partialism should be merged into fetishism because of overlap between the two conditions.[6] The DSM-5 subsequently did so, in 2013.[1]

## Types

[edit]

See also: List of paraphilias

A submissive man worshipping a woman's foot, from Dresseuses d'Hommes (1931)

In a review of 48 cases of clinical fetishism in 1983, fetishes included clothing (58.3%), rubber and rubber items (22.9%), footwear (14.6%), body parts (14.6%), leather (10.4%), and soft materials or fabrics (6.3%).[7] A 2007 study counted members of Internet discussion groups with the word fetish in their name. Of the groups about body parts or features, 47% belonged to groups about feet (podophilia), 9% about body fluids (including urophilia, scatophilia, lactaphilia, menophilia, mucophilia), 9% about body size, 7% about hair (hair fetish), and 5% about muscles (muscle worship). Less popular groups focused on navels (navel fetishism), legs, body hair, mouth, and nails, among other things. Of the groups about clothing, 33% belonged to groups about clothes worn on the legs or buttocks (such as stockings or skirts), 32% about footwear (shoe fetishism), 12% about underwear (underwear fetishism), and 9% about whole-body wear such as jackets. Less popular object groups focused on headwear, stethoscopes, wristwear, pacifiers, and diapers (diaper fetishism).[5]

Erotic asphyxiation is the use of choking to increase the pleasure in sex. The fetish also includes an individualized part that involves choking oneself during the act of masturbation, which is known as auto-erotic asphyxiation. This usually involves a person being connected and strangled by a homemade device that is tight enough to give them pleasure but not tight enough to suffocate them to death. This is dangerous due to the issue of hyperactive pleasure seeking which can result in strangulation when there is no one to help if the device gets too tight and strangles the user.[8]

Devotism involves being attracted to disability or body modifications on another person that are the result of amputation for example. Devotism is only a sexual fetish when the person who has the fetish considers the amputated body part on another person the object of sexual interest.[9]

## Cause

[edit]

The sensory regions for the feet and genitals lie next to each other, as shown in this cortical homunculus.

Fetishism usually becomes evident during puberty, but may develop prior to that.[1] No single cause for fetishism has been conclusively established.[10]

Some explanations invoke classical conditioning. In several experiments, men have been conditioned to show arousal to stimuli like boots, geometric shapes or penny jars by pairing these cues with conventional erotica.[11] According to John Bancroft, conditioning alone cannot explain fetishism, because it does not result in fetishism for most people. He suggests that conditioning combines with some other factor, such as an abnormality in the sexual learning process.[10]

Theories of sexual imprinting propose that humans learn to recognize sexually desirable features and activities during childhood. Fetishism could result when a child is imprinted with an overly narrow or incorrect concept of a sex object.[12] Imprinting seems to occur during the child's earliest experiences with arousal and desire, and is based on "an egocentric evaluation of salient reward- or pleasure-related characteristics that differ from one individual to another."[13]

Neurological differences may play a role in some cases. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran observed that the region processing sensory input from the feet lies immediately next to the region processing genital stimulation, and suggested an accidental link between these regions could explain the prevalence of foot fetishism.[14] In one unusual case, an anterior temporal lobectomy relieved an epileptic man's fetish for safety pins.[15][16]

Various explanations have been put forth for the rarity of female fetishists. Most fetishes are visual in nature, and males are thought to be more sexually sensitive to visual stimuli.[17] Roy Baumeister suggests that male sexuality is unchangeable, except for a brief period in childhood during which fetishism could become established, while female sexuality is fluid throughout life.[18]

## Diagnosis

[edit]

Under the DSM-5, fetishism is sexual arousal from nonliving objects or specific nongenital body parts, excluding clothes used for cross-dressing (as that falls under transvestic fetishism) and sex toys that are designed for genital stimulation. In order to be diagnosed as fetishistic disorder, the arousal must persist for at least six months and cause significant psychosocial distress or impairment in important areas of their life. In the DSM-IV, sexual interest in body parts was distinguished from fetishism under the name partialism (diagnosed as Paraphilia NOS), but it was merged with fetishistic disorder for the DSM-5.[1]

The ReviseF65 project campaigned for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)’s fetish-related diagnoses to be abolished completely to avoid stigmatizing fetishists.[19] On 18 June 2018, the WHO (World Health Organization) published ICD-11, in which fetishism and fetishistic transvestism (cross-dressing for sexual pleasure) are now removed as psychiatric diagnoses. Moreover, discrimination against fetish-having and BDSM individuals is considered inconsistent with human rights principles endorsed by the United Nations and The World Health Organization.[20]

## Treatment

[edit]

According to the World Health Organization, fetishistic fantasies are common and should only be treated as a disorder when they impair normal functioning or cause distress.[3] Goals of treatment can include elimination of criminal activity, reduction in reliance on the fetish for sexual satisfaction, improving relationship skills, reducing or removing arousal to the fetish altogether, or increasing arousal towards more acceptable stimuli. The evidence for treatment efficacy is limited and largely based on case studies, and no research on treatment for female fetishists exists.[21]

Cognitive behavioral therapy is one popular approach. Cognitive behavioral therapists teach clients to identify and avoid antecedents to fetishistic behavior, and substitute non-fetishistic fantasies for ones involving the fetish. Aversion therapy and covert conditioning can reduce fetishistic arousal in the short term, but requires repetition to sustain the effect. Multiple case studies have also reported treating fetishistic behavior with psychodynamic approaches.[21]

Antiandrogens may be prescribed to lower sex drive. Cyproterone acetate is the most commonly used antiandrogen, except in the United States, where it may not be available. A large body of literature has shown that it reduces general sexual fantasies. Side effects may include osteoporosis, liver dysfunction, and feminization. Case studies have found that the antiandrogen medroxyprogesterone acetate is successful in reducing sexual interest, but can have side effects including osteoporosis, diabetes, deep vein thrombosis, feminization, and weight gain. Some hospitals use leuprorelin and goserelin to reduce libido, and while there is presently little evidence for their efficacy, they have fewer side effects than other antiandrogens. A number of studies support the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which may be preferable over antiandrogens because of their relatively benign side effects. Pharmacological agents are an adjunctive treatment which are usually combined with other approaches for maximum effect.[21]

Relationship counselors may attempt to reduce dependence on the fetish and improve partner communication using techniques like sensate focusing. Partners may agree to incorporate the fetish into their activities in a controlled, time-limited manner, or set aside only certain days to practice the fetishism. If the fetishist cannot sustain an erection without the fetish object, the therapist might recommend orgasmic reconditioning or covert sensitization to increase arousal to normal stimuli (although the evidence base for these techniques is weak).[21]

## Occurrence

[edit]

The prevalence of fetishism is not known with certainty. Fetishism is more common in males.[17] In a 2011 study, 30% of men reported fetishistic fantasies, and 24.5% had engaged in fetishistic acts. Of those reporting fantasies, 45% said the fetish was intensely sexually arousing.[22] In a 2014 study, 26.3% of women and 27.8% of men acknowledged any fantasies about "having sex with a fetish or non-sexual object". A content analysis of the sample's favorite fantasies found that 14% of the male fantasies involved fetishism (including feet, nonsexual objects, and specific clothing), and 4.7% focused on a specific body part other than feet. None of the women's favorite fantasies had fetishistic themes.[23] Another study found that 28% of men and 11% of women reported fetishistic arousal (including feet, fabrics, and objects "like shoes, gloves, or plush toys").[24] 18% of men in a 1980 study reported fetishistic fantasies.[17]

Fetishism to the extent that it is seen as a disorder appears to be rare, with less than 1% of general psychiatric patients presenting fetishism as their primary problem. It is also uncommon in forensic populations.[17]

## History

[edit]

Depiction of S&M sexual fetish in Martin van Maele's La Sorcière (1911)

The word fetish derives from the French fétiche, which comes from the Portuguese feitiço ("spell"), which in turn derives from the Latin facticius ("artificial") and facere ("to make").[25] A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over others. Essentially, fetishism is the attribution of inherent value or powers to an object. Fétichisme was first used in an erotic context by Alfred Binet in 1887.[26][27] A slightly earlier concept was Julien Chevalier's azoophilie.[28]

### Early perspectives on cause

[edit]

Alfred Binet suspected fetishism was the pathological result of associations. He argued that, in certain vulnerable individuals, an emotionally rousing experience with the fetish object in childhood could lead to fetishism.[29] Richard von Krafft-Ebing and Havelock Ellis also believed that fetishism arose from associative experiences, but disagreed on what type of predisposition was necessary.[30]

The sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld followed another line of thought when he proposed his theory of partial attractiveness in 1920. According to his argument, sexual attractiveness never originates in a person as a whole but always is the product of the interaction of individual features. He stated that nearly everyone had special interests and thus suffered from a healthy kind of fetishism, while only detaching and overvaluing of a single feature resulted in pathological fetishism. Today, Hirschfeld's theory is often mentioned in the context of gender role specific behavior: females present sexual stimuli by highlighting body parts, clothes or accessories; males react to them.

Sigmund Freud believed that sexual fetishism in men derived from the unconscious fear of the mother's genitals, from men's universal fear of castration, and from a man's fantasy that his mother had had a penis but that it had been cut off. He did not discuss sexual fetishism in women.

In 1951, Donald Winnicott presented his theory of transitional objects and phenomena, according to which childish actions like thumb sucking and objects like cuddly toys are the source of manifold adult behavior, amongst many others fetishism. He speculated that the child's transitional object became sexualized.[31]

## Other animals

[edit]

See also: Animal sexual behaviour § Others

Human fetishism has been compared to Pavlovian conditioning of sexual response in other animals.[13][32][33] Sexual attraction to certain cues can be artificially induced in rats. Both male and female rats will develop a sexual preference for neutrally or even noxiously scented partners if those scents are paired with their early sexual experiences.[13] Injecting morphine or oxytocin into a male rat during its first exposure to scented females has the same effect.[13] Rats will also develop sexual preferences for the location of their early sexual experiences, and can be conditioned to show increased arousal in the presence of objects such as a plastic toy fish.[13][32] One experiment found that rats which are made to wear a Velcro tethering jacket during their formative sexual experiences exhibit severe deficits in sexual performance when not wearing the jacket.[13] Similar sexual conditioning has been demonstrated in gouramis, marmosets and Japanese quails.[13]

Possible boot fetishism has been reported in two different primates from the same zoo. Whenever a boot was placed near the first, a common chimpanzee born in captivity, he would invariably stare at it, touch it, become erect, rub his penis against the boot, masturbate, and then consume his ejaculate. The second, a guinea baboon, would become erect while rubbing and smelling the boot, but not masturbate or touch it with his penis.[34]

## See also

[edit]

* Breast fetishism
* Charles Guyette
* Eric Stanton
* Gene Bilbrew
* Irving Klaw
* John Willie
* Counterphobic attitude
* Fetish club
* Fetish fashion
* Kink (sexuality)
* List of paraphilias
* Paraphilia
* Phallic woman
* Racial fetishism
* List of universities with BDSM clubs

Clothing fetishism and fetish-related

* Clothing fetish
* Cosplay
* PVC clothing
* Sexual roleplay
* Uniform fetishism
* Transvestic fetishism

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f American Psychiatric Association, ed. (2013). "Fetishistic Disorder, 302.81 (F65.0)". Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. American Psychiatric Publishing. p. 700.
2. ^ "Common Misunderstandings of Fetishism". K. M. Vekquin. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2010.[better source needed]
3. ^ a b "Fetishism, F65.0" (PDF). The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. World Health Organization. p. 170\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
4. ^ Milner, J. S., & Dopke, C. A. (1997). Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified: Psychopathology and theory. In D. R. Laws and W. O'Donohue (Eds.), Sexual deviance: Theory, assessment, and treatment. New York: Guilford.
5. ^ a b c d Scorolli, C.; Ghirlanda, S.; Enquist, M.; Zattoni, S.; Jannini, E. (2007). "Relative prevalence of different fetishes". International Journal of Impotence Research. 19 (4): 432–437\. doi:10.1038/sj.ijir.3901547. PMID 17304204.432-437&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038/sj.ijir.3901547&rft_id=info:pmid/17304204&rft.au=Scorolli,+C.&rft.au=Ghirlanda,+S.&rft.au=Enquist,+M.&rft.au=Zattoni,+S.&rft.au=Jannini,+E.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
6. ^ a b c Kafka, M. P. (2010). "The DSM diagnostic criteria for fetishism". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 39 (2): 357–362\. doi:10.1007/s10508-009-9558-7. PMID 19795202. S2CID 22820928.357-362&rft.date=2010&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22820928#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/19795202&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s10508-009-9558-7&rft.au=Kafka,+M.+P.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
7. ^ Chalkley, A. J.; Powell, G. E. (1983). "The clinical description of forty-eight cases of sexual fetishism". British Journal of Psychiatry. 142 (3): 292–95\. doi:10.1192/bjp.142.3.292. PMID 6860882. S2CID 37994356.292-95&rft.date=1983&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:37994356#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/6860882&rft_id=info:doi/10.1192/bjp.142.3.292&rft.aulast=Chalkley&rft.aufirst=A.+J.&rft.au=Powell,+G.+E.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
8. ^ World Health Organization (WHO) ICD-10 Revision, 2014, doi:10.1037/e600382012-001
9. ^ Jannini, E. A.; Lenzi, A.; Isidori, A. M.; Sante, S. Di; Ciocca, G.; Carosa, E.; Gravina, G. L.; Carta, R.; Limoncin, E. (March 2014). "The sexual attraction toward disabilities: a preliminary internet-based study". International Journal of Impotence Research. 26 (2): 51–54\. doi:10.1038/ijir.2013.34. ISSN 1476-5489. PMID 24048013. S2CID 6029257.51-54&rft.date=2014-03&rft.issn=1476-5489&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:6029257#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/24048013&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038/ijir.2013.34&rft.aulast=Jannini&rft.aufirst=E.+A.&rft.au=Lenzi,+A.&rft.au=Isidori,+A.+M.&rft.au=Sante,+S.+Di&rft.au=Ciocca,+G.&rft.au=Carosa,+E.&rft.au=Gravina,+G.+L.&rft.au=Carta,+R.&rft.au=Limoncin,+E.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fijir.2013.34&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
10. ^ a b Bancroft, John (2009). Human Sexuality and Its Problems. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 283–286.283-286&rft.pub=Elsevier+Health+Sciences&rft.date=2009&rft.au=Bancroft,+John&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
11. ^ Darcangelo, S. (2008). "Fetishism: Psychopathology and Theory". In Laws, D. R.; O'Donohue, W. T. (eds.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition. The Guilford Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9781593856052.
12. ^ Darcangelo, S. (2008). "Fetishism: Psychopathology and Theory". In Laws, D. R.; O'Donohue, W. T. (eds.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition. The Guilford Press. p. 114. ISBN 9781593856052.
13. ^ a b c d e f g Pfaus, J. G.; Kippin, T. E.; Coria-Avila, G. A.; Gelez, H.; Afonso, V. M.; Ismail, N.; Parada (2012). "Who, what, where, when (and maybe even why)? How the experience of sexual reward connects sexual desire, preference, and performance" (PDF). Archives of Sexual Behavior. 41 (1): 31–62\. doi:10.1007/s10508-012-9935-5. PMID 22402996. S2CID 12421026. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017.31-62&rft.date=2012&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12421026#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/22402996&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s10508-012-9935-5&rft.aulast=Pfaus&rft.aufirst=J.+G.&rft.au=Kippin,+T.+E.&rft.au=Coria-Avila,+G.+A.&rft.au=Gelez,+H.&rft.au=Afonso,+V.+M.&rft.au=Ismail,+N.&rft.au=Parada&rft_id=http://recherche.ouvaton.org/telechargement/pfaus_2012.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
14. ^ Ramachandran, V. S. (1994). "Phantom limbs, neglect syndromes, repressed memories, and Freudian psychology". International Review of Neurobiology. 37: 291–333\. doi:10.1016/S0074-7742(08)60254-8. ISBN 9780123668370. PMID 7883483.291-333&rft.date=1994&rft_id=info:pmid/7883483&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/S0074-7742(08)60254-8&rft.isbn=9780123668370&rft.au=Ramachandran,+V.+S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
15. ^ Darcangelo, S. (2008). "Fetishism: Psychopathology and Theory". In Laws, D. R.; O'Donohue, W. T. (eds.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition. The Guilford Press. p. 112. ISBN 9781593856052.
16. ^ Mitchell, W., Falconer, M., & Hill, D. (1954). "Epilepsy with fetishism relieved by temporal lobectomy". The Lancet. 264 (6839): 626–630\. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(54)90404-3. PMID 13202455.626-630&rft.date=1954&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/s0140-6736(54)90404-3&rft_id=info:pmid/13202455&rft.au=Mitchell,+W.,+Falconer,+M.,+&+Hill,+D.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
17. ^ a b c d Darcangelo, S. (2008). "Fetishism: Psychopathology and Theory". In Laws, D. R.; O'Donohue, W. T. (eds.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition. The Guilford Press. p. 110. ISBN 9781593856052.
18. ^ Baumeister, R. F. (2000). "Gender differences in erotic plasticity: the female sex drive as socially flexible and responsive" (PDF). Psychological Bulletin. 126 (3): 347–74, discussion 385–9. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.347. PMID 10825779. S2CID 35777544. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2012.347-74,+discussion+385-9&rft.date=2000&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:35777544#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/10825779&rft_id=info:doi/10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.347&rft.au=Baumeister,+R.+F.&rft_id=http://people.fmarion.edu/tbarbeau/Erotic%20Plasticity2000.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
19. ^ Reiersøl, O.; Skeid, S. (2006). "The ICD diagnoses of fetishism and sadomasochism". Journal of Homosexuality. 50 (2–3): 243–262\. doi:10.1300/j082v50n02_12. PMID 16803767. S2CID 7120928.2–3&rft.pages=243-262&rft.date=2006&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:7120928#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/16803767&rft_id=info:doi/10.1300/j082v50n02_12&rft.aulast=Reiersøl&rft.aufirst=O.&rft.au=Skeid,+S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
20. ^ Krueger, Richard B.; Reed, Geoffrey M.; First, Michael B.; Marais, Adele; Kismodi, Eszter; Briken, Peer (2017). "Proposals for Paraphilic Disorders in the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11)". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 46 (5): 1529–1545\. doi:10.1007/s10508-017-0944-2. ISSN 0004-0002. PMC 5487931. PMID 28210933.1529-1545&rft.date=2017&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487931#id-name=PMC&rft.issn=0004-0002&rft_id=info:pmid/28210933&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s10508-017-0944-2&rft.aulast=Krueger&rft.aufirst=Richard+B.&rft.au=Reed,+Geoffrey+M.&rft.au=First,+Michael+B.&rft.au=Marais,+Adele&rft.au=Kismodi,+Eszter&rft.au=Briken,+Peer&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487931&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
21. ^ a b c d Darcangelo, S., Hollings, A., Paladino, G. (2008). "Fetishism: Assessment and Treatment". In Laws, D. R.; O'Donohue, W. T. (eds.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition. The Guilford Press. pp. 122–127. ISBN 9781593856052.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
22. ^ Ahlers, C. J., Schaefer, G. A., Mundt, I. A., Roll, S., Englert, H., Willich, S. N., & Beier, K. M. (2011). "How unusual are the contents of paraphilias? Paraphilia-associated sexual arousal patterns in a community-based sample of men". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 8 (5): 1362–1370\. doi:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01597.x. PMID 19929918. S2CID 205894747.1362-1370&rft.date=2011&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:205894747#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/19929918&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01597.x&rft.au=Ahlers,+C.+J.,+Schaefer,+G.+A.,+Mundt,+I.+A.,+Roll,+S.,+Englert,+H.,+Willich,+S.+N.,+&+Beier,+K.+M.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
23. ^ Joyal, C. C., Cossette, A., & Lapierre, V. (2014). "What Exactly Is an Unusual Sexual Fantasy?". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 12 (2): 328–340\. doi:10.1111/jsm.12734. PMID 25359122. S2CID 33785479.328-340&rft.date=2014&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:33785479#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/25359122&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/jsm.12734&rft.au=Joyal,+C.+C.,+Cossette,+A.,+&+Lapierre,+V.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
24. ^ Dawson, S. J., Bannerman, B. A., & Lalumière, M. L. (2014). "Paraphilic interests: An examination of sex differences in a nonclinical sample" (PDF). Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 28 (1): 20–45\. doi:10.1177/1079063214525645. PMID 24633420. S2CID 541989.20-45&rft.date=2014&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:541989#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:pmid/24633420&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/1079063214525645&rft.au=Dawson,+S.+J.,+Bannerman,+B.+A.,+&+Lalumière,+M.+L.&rft_id=http://sax.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/03/05/1079063214525645.full.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link‍]
25. ^ Harper, Douglas. "fetish (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
26. ^ Binet, A. (1887). "Du fétichisme dans l'amour". Revue Philosophiqu. 24: 143–167.143-167&rft.date=1887&rft.au=Binet,+A.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
27. ^ Bullough, V. L. (1995). Science in the bedroom: A history of sex research. Basic Books. p. 42\. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
28. ^ Janssen, Diederik F (30 June 2020). "From Libidines nefandæ to sexual perversions". History of Psychiatry. 31 (4): 421–439\. doi:10.1177/0957154X20937254. ISSN 0957-154X. PMC 7534020. PMID 32605397.421-439&rft.date=2020-06-30&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534020#id-name=PMC&rft.issn=0957-154X&rft_id=info:pmid/32605397&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177/0957154X20937254&rft.aulast=Janssen&rft.aufirst=Diederik+F&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534020&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
29. ^ Freund, K.; Seto, M. C.; Kuban, M. (1996). "Two types of fetishism". Behaviour Research and Therapy. 34 (9): 687–694\. doi:10.1016/0005-7967(96)00047-2. PMID 8936751.687-694&rft.date=1996&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/0005-7967(96)00047-2&rft_id=info:pmid/8936751&rft.aulast=Freund&rft.aufirst=K.&rft.au=Seto,+M.+C.&rft.au=Kuban,+M.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
30. ^ Raymond, M. J. (1956). "Case of fetishism treated by aversion therapy". British Medical Journal. 2 (4997): 854–7\. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4997.854. PMC 2035612. PMID 13364343.854-7&rft.date=1956&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2035612#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/13364343&rft_id=info:doi/10.1136/bmj.2.4997.854&rft.au=Raymond,+M.+J.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2035612&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
31. ^ Winnicott, D. W. (1953) Übergangsobjekte und Übergangsphänomene: eine Studie über den ersten, nicht zum Selbst gehörenden Besitz. (German) Presentation 1951, 1953. In: Psyche 23, 1969.
32. ^ a b Zamble, E., Mitchell, J. B., & Findlay, H. (1986). "Pavlovian conditioning of sexual arousal: Parametric and background manipulations". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 12 (4): 403–411\. doi:10.1037/0097-7403.12.4.403. PMID 3772304.403-411&rft.date=1986&rft_id=info:doi/10.1037/0097-7403.12.4.403&rft_id=info:pmid/3772304&rft.au=Zamble,+E.,+Mitchell,+J.+B.,+&+Findlay,+H.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
33. ^ Akins, C. K. (2004). "The role of Pavlovian conditioning in sexual behavior: A comparative analysis of human and nonhuman animals". International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 17 (2): 241–262\. doi:10.46867/IJCP.2004.17.02.03. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.241-262&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info:doi/10.46867/IJCP.2004.17.02.03&rft.au=Akins,+C.+K.&rft_id=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1wc177zt&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">
34. ^ Epstein, A. W. (1987). "The phylogenetics of fetishism". In Wilson, G. (ed.). Variant Sexuality (Routledge Revivals): Research and Theory. Routledge. pp. 143–144\. ISBN 9781317913528.143-144&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=9781317913528&rft.au=Epstein,+A.+W.&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=X3fXAwAAQBAJ&pg;=PA143&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sexual+fetishism" class="Z3988">

## Further reading

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sexual fetishism.

* Bass, Alan (2018). Fetishism, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy: The Iridescent Thing. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-55640-9.
* Bienvenu, Robert (2003). The Development of Sadomasochism as a Cultural Style in the Twentieth-Century United States. Online PDF under Sadomasochism as a Cultural Style. Archived 16 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
* Gates, Katharine (1999). Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex. Juno Books. ISBN 978-1-890451-03-5.
* Kaplan, Louise J. (1991). Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-26233-0.
* Love, Brenda (1994). The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices. Barricade Books. ISBN 978-1-56980-011-9.
* Steele, Valerie (1995). Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509044-4.
* Utley, Larry; Autumn Carey-Adamme (2002). Fetish Fashion: Undressing the Corset. Green Candy Press. ISBN 978-1-931160-06-3.
* Коловрат Ю. А. Сексуальное волховство и фаллоктенические культы древних славян // История Змиевского края. – Змиев. – 19.10.2008.

## External links

[edit]

Classification|

* ICD-10: F65.0, F65.1
* ICD-9-CM: 302.81
* MeSH: D005329

|

* v
* t
* e

Sexual fetishism

Actions, states|

* Aquaphilia
* Autassassinophilia
* Coprophilia
* Cuckold / Cuckquean
* Emetophilia
* Erotic hypnosis
* Erotic lactation
* Erotic spanking
* Exhibitionism
* Forced seduction
* Gaining and feeding
* Impregnation
* Macrophilia
* Medical fetishism
* Omorashi
* Paraphilic infantilism (adult baby)
* Pregnancy
* Smoking
* Tickling
* Total enclosure
* Transvestic
* Tightlacing
* Tamakeri
* Urolagnia
* Vorarephilia
* Wet and messy fetishism

Body parts|

* Armpit
* Breast
* Belly
* Buttocks
* Eyeball
* Fat
* Feet
* Hands
* Hair
* Legs
* Navels
* Noses

Clothing|

* Boots
* Ballet boots
* Boot worship
* Thigh-high boots
* Boot fetishism
* Clowns
* Corset
* Diapers
* Gloves
* Pantyhose
* Latex
* Rubber and PVC
* Shoes
* Spandex
* Underwear
* Uniforms

Objects|

* Balloons
* Dolls
* Latex and PVC
* Robots
* Spandex

Controversial / illegal|

* Lust murder
* Necrophilia
* Rape fantasy
* Zoophilia

Culture / media|

* Artists
* Fetish art
* Fetish clubs
* Fashion
* Magazines
* Models
* Websites
* FetLife
* wikiFeet

Race|

* Asian fetish
* Ethnic pornography
* Sexual racism

Related topics|

* BDSM
* International Fetish Day
* Kink
* Leather subculture
* Leather Pride flag
* Sexual roleplay

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Paraphilias

List

* Abasiophilia
* Acrotomophilia
* Adipophilia
* Agalmatophilia
* Algolagnia
* Alvinolagnia
* Apotemnophilia
* Autassassinophilia
* Biastophilia
* Capnolagnia
* Chremastistophilia
* Chronophilia
* Coprophagia
* Coprophilia
* Coulrophilia
* Crurophilia
* Crush fetish
* Dacryphilia
* Dendrophilia
* Emetophilia
* Eproctophilia
* Erotic asphyxiation
* Erotic hypnosis
* Erotophonophilia
* Exhibitionism
* Formicophilia
* Frotteurism
* Gerontophilia
* Hybristophilia
* Infantophilia
* Kleptolagnia
* Klismaphilia
* Knismolagnia
* Lactaphilia
* Macrophilia
* Masochism
* Mechanophilia
* Microphilia
* Narratophilia
* Nasophilia
* Necrophilia
* Object sexuality
* Odaxelagnia
* Omorashi
* Paraphilic infantilism
* Partialism
* Pedophilia
* Piquerism
* Podophilia
* Plushophilia
* Pyrophilia
* Sadism
* Salirophilia
* Scopophilia
* Somnophilia
* Sthenolagnia
* Tamakeri
* Telephone scatologia
* Transvestic fetishism
* Trichophilia
* Troilism
* Urolagnia
* Urophagia
* Vorarephilia
* Voyeurism
* Zoophilia
* Zoosadism

See also

* Other specified paraphilic disorder
* Erotic target location error
* Courtship disorder
* Polymorphous perversity
* Sexual fetishism
* Human sexual activity
* Perversion
* Sexology

* Human sexuality portal
* Category

* v
* t
* e

BDSM

* Outline
* Glossary

Bondage and discipline
B&D or B/D|

* Animal roleplay
* Bondage hood
* Bondage positions and methods
* Bondage suit
* Collar
* Equipment
* Erotic sexual denial
* Erotic tickling
* Forced orgasm
* Head bondage
* Hogtie bondage
* Human furniture
* In culture and media
* Interrogation scene
* Japanese bondage
* Law
* Metal bondage
* Mummification
* Organizations
* Positions
* Predicament bondage
* Rope bondage
* Self-bondage
* Sensation play
* Spreadeagle position
* Suspension bondage
* Total enclosure

Dominance and submission
D&S or D/S|

* Ageplay
* Bladder desperation
* Body worship
* Boot worship
* Chastity
* Dominatrix
* Facesitting
* Fear play
* Female submission
* Feminization
* Male dominance
* Male submission
* Master/slave
* Medical fetishism
* Rape fantasy
* Forced seduction
* Service-oriented submission

Sadomasochism
S&M or S/M|

* Breast torture
* Caning
* Cock and ball torture
* Erotic asphyxiation
* Erotic electrostimulation
* Erotic spanking
* Figging
* Impact play
* Knife play
* Play piercing
* Temperature play
* Urethral sounding
* Violet wand
* Wax play
* Erotic humiliation
* In fiction

Related topics|

* Aftercare
* Consent
* Dungeon monitor
* Edgeplay
* Edging
* Feminist views on BDSM
* Gorean subculture
* International Fetish Day
* Kink
* Leathermen
* Leather pride flag
* Limits
* Munch
* Pegging
* Play
* Play party
* Risk-aware consensual kink
* Safeword
* Sexual fetishism
* Sexual roleplay
* Top, bottom, switch

Writers|

* Laura Antoniou
* Pauline Réage
* Anne Rice
* Catherine Robbe-Grillet
* Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
* Ariel Sands

Commentators and theorists|

* Gloria Brame
* Patrick Califia
* Dossie Easton
* Janet Hardy
* Trevor Jacques
* Fakir Musafar
* Gayle Rubin

Organizations|

* Eulenspiegel Society
* FetLife
* Samois
* Society of Janus
* Universities with BDSM clubs

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Outline of human sexuality

Physiology
and biology|

* Clitoral erection
* Erogenous zones
* Insemination
* Intersex
* Libido
* Nocturnal emission
* Orgasm
* Female and male ejaculation
* Pelvic thrust
* Penile erection
* Pre-ejaculate
* Pregnancy
* Sexual arousal
* Sexual response cycle
* Sexual stimulation
* Vaginal lubrication

Health and
education|

* Birth control
* Condom
* Male contraceptive
* Masters and Johnson
* Obesity and sexuality
* Reproductive medicine
* Andrology
* Gynaecology
* Urology
* Safe sex
* Sex education
* Sex therapy (PLISSIT model)
* Sexology
* Sexual dysfunction
* Erectile dysfunction
* Hypersexuality
* Hyposexuality
* Sexual medicine
* Sexual surrogate
* Sexually transmitted infection

Identity and diversity|

* Gender binary
* Gender identity
* Men who have sex with men
* Sexual identity
* Sexual orientation
* Women who have sex with women

Law|

* Age of consent
* Criminal transmission of HIV
* Child sexual abuse
* Incest
* Indecent exposure
* Obscenity
* Sexual abuse
* Cybersex trafficking
* Rape
* Sex trafficking
* Sexual assault
* Sexual harassment
* Sexual misconduct
* Sexual slavery
* Sexual violence
* Revenge pornography

History|

* Blue Movie
* Counterculture of the 1960s
* Feminist sex wars
* Golden Age of Porn
* History of erotic depictions
* Sexual revolution

Relationships
and society|

* Anarchism and love/sex
* Extramarital sex
* Family planning
* Flirting
* Free love
* Marriage
* Modesty
* Orgasm gap
* Polyamory
* Premarital sex
* Promiscuity
* Romance
* Sex-positive movement
* Sexual abstinence
* Sexual addiction
* Sexual attraction
* Sexual capital
* Sexual ethics
* Sexual objectification
* Sexual repression
* Sexual slang
* Split attraction model

By country|

* Ancient Rome
* China
* India
* Japan
* Philippines
* South Korea
* United States

Sexual activities|

* Conventional sex
* Anal sex
* Bareback
* BDSM
* Child sex
* Creampie
* Edging
* Erotic sexual denial
* Facial
* Fetishism
* Fisting
* Foot fetishism
* Footjob
* Forced orgasm
* Frot
* Gang bang
* Group sex
* Mammary intercourse
* Manual sex
* Anal fingering
* Fingering
* Handjob
* Masturbation
* Mechanics of sex
* Nipple stimulation
* Non-penetrative sex
* Oral sex
* 69
* Anilingus
* Cunnilingus
* Fellatio
* Irrumatio
* Paraphilia
* Pompoir
* Quickie
* Sexercise
* Sex in space
* Sex positions
* Sexual fantasy
* Sexual fetishism
* Sexual intercourse
* Foreplay
* Sexual penetration
* Sumata
* Swinging
* Tribadism
* Urethral intercourse
* Urolagnia
* Virtual sex
* Cybersex
* Erotic talk
* Wet T-shirt contest

Sex industry|

* Adult video games
* Erotica
* Pornography
* Film actor
* Prostitution
* Sacred
* Survival sex
* Red-light district
* Sex museum
* Sex shop
* Sex tourism
* Child
* Female
* Sex worker
* Sex toy
* Doll
* Strip club
* Webcam model

Religion and
sexuality|

* Buddhism and Hinduism
* Tantric sex
* Christianity and sexual orientation
* Christian demonology
* Clerical celibacy
* Buddhist monasticism
* Catholic Church
* Hindu monasticism
* Jain monasticism
* Daoism
* Islam
* Judaism
* LGBTQ people
* LGBTQ-affirming religions
* Mormonism
* Sacred prostitution
* Ancient Greece
* Thelema
* Sex magic

* Human sexuality portal

* v
* t
* e

Human sexuality and sexology

Sexual relationship
phenomena

* Aromanticism
* Asexuality
* Gray asexuality
* Demisexuality
* Fictosexuality
* Bisexuality
* Pansexuality
* Casual relationship
* Casual sex
* Celibacy
* Love shyness
* Celibacy syndrome
* Herbivore men
* Committed relationship
* Conventional sex
* Flirting
* Free love
* Foreplay
* Friends with benefits relationships
* Group sex
* Heterosexuality
* Homosexuality
* Hypersexuality
* LGBT
* Marriage
* One-night stand
* Polyamory
* Promiscuity
* Female
* Romantic love
* Romantic orientation
* Queer heterosexuality
* Sex life
* Sexual abstinence
* Sexual orientation
* Sexual partner
* Sexual repression
* Single person
* Split attraction model
* Swinging

Sexual dynamics|

* Hypergamy
* Physical attractiveness
* Sexual attraction
* Sexual capital
* Sexual ethics
* Sexual frustration
* Sociosexuality

See also|

* Abortion-rights movement
* Adolescent sexuality
* Age of consent
* Decriminalization of sex work
* Dogging (sexual slang)
* Human female sexuality
* Human male sexuality
* LGBTQ rights by country or territory
* Porn for women
* Public sex
* Reproductive rights
* Right to privacy
* Right to sexuality
* Sex Addicts Anonymous
* Sex and drugs
* Sex worker movements
* Sex workers' rights
* Sexecology
* Sex-positive feminism
* Sex-positive movement
* Sexual addiction
* Sexual and reproductive health and rights
* Sexual jealousy
* Sexual norm
* Sexual revolution
* Sexual surrogate
* Sexuality and disability
* Stanley v. Georgia
* Women's erotica

* v
* t
* e

Mental disorders (Classification)

Adult personality and behavior

| Sexual|

* Ego-dystonic sexual orientation
* Paraphilia
* Fetishism
* Voyeurism
* Sexual anhedonia
* Sexual anorexia
* Sexual maturation disorder
* Sexual relationship disorder

|

Other|

* Factitious disorder
* Munchausen syndrome
* Fear of intimacy
* Gender dysphoria
* Intermittent explosive disorder
* Dermatillomania
* Kleptomania
* Pyromania
* Trichotillomania
* Personality disorder

Childhood and learning

| Emotional and behavioral|

* ADHD
* Conduct disorder
* ODD
* Emotional and behavioral disorders
* Separation anxiety disorder
* Movement disorders
* Stereotypic
* Social functioning
* DAD
* RAD
* Selective mutism
* Speech
* Cluttering
* Stuttering
* Tic disorder
* Tourette syndrome

|

Intellectual disability|

* X-linked intellectual disability
* Lujan–Fryns syndrome

Psychological development
(developmental disabilities)|

* Pervasive
* Specific

Mood (affective)

* Bipolar
* Bipolar I
* Bipolar II
* Bipolar NOS
* Cyclothymia
* Depression
* Atypical depression
* Dysthymia
* Major depressive disorder
* Melancholic depression
* Seasonal affective disorder
* Mania

Neurological and symptomatic

| Autism spectrum|

* Autism
* Asperger syndrome
* High-functioning autism
* PDD-NOS
* Savant syndrome

|

Dementia|

* AIDS dementia complex
* Alzheimer's disease
* Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
* Frontotemporal dementia
* Huntington's disease
* Mild cognitive impairment
* Parkinson's disease
* Pick's disease
* Sundowning
* Vascular dementia
* Wandering

Other|

* Delirium
* Organic brain syndrome
* Post-concussion syndrome

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform

| Adjustment|

* Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

|

Anxiety|

| Phobia|

* Agoraphobia
* Childhood phobia
* Social anxiety
* Social phobia
* Anthropophobia
* Specific social phobia
* Specific phobia
* Claustrophobia

|

Other|

* Generalized anxiety disorder
* OCD
* Panic attack
* Panic disorder
* Paranoia
* Stress
* Acute stress reaction
* PTSD

Dissociative|

* Depersonalization-derealization disorder
* Dissociative identity disorder
* Dissociative amnesia
* Dissociative fugue
* Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified
* Other specified dissociative disorder

Somatic symptom|

* Body dysmorphic disorder
* Conversion disorder
* Ganser syndrome
* Globus pharyngis
* Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
* False pregnancy
* Hypochondriasis
* Mass psychogenic illness
* Nosophobia
* Psychogenic pain
* Somatization disorder

Physiological and physical behavior

| Eating|

* Anorexia nervosa
* Bulimia nervosa
* Rumination syndrome
* Other specified feeding or eating disorder

|

Nonorganic sleep|

* Hypersomnia
* Insomnia
* Parasomnia
* Night terror
* Nightmare
* REM sleep behavior disorder

Postnatal|

* Postpartum depression
* Postpartum psychosis

Sexual desire|

* Hypersexuality
* Hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Psychoactive substances, substance abuse and substance-related

* Drug overdose
* Intoxication
* Physical dependence
* Rebound effect
* Stimulant psychosis
* Substance dependence
* Withdrawal

Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional

| Delusional|

* Delusional disorder
* Folie à deux

|

Psychosis and
schizophrenia-like|

* Brief reactive psychosis
* Schizoaffective disorder
* Schizophreniform disorder

Schizophrenia|

* Childhood schizophrenia
* Disorganized (hebephrenic) schizophrenia
* Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia
* Simple-type schizophrenia

Other|

* Catatonia

Symptoms and uncategorized

* Impulse-control disorder
* Klüver–Bucy syndrome
* Psychomotor agitation
* Stereotypy
* Caregiver burden

Category

Authority control databases: National |

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Israel

|

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template