1. Unconventional Sexual Behaviors
© 2008, John B. Pryor
Illinois State University

2. unconvention
sexual behaviors
paraphilias
Abnormal?

3. Criteria of abnormality:
Statistically rare
Deviates from cultural norms
Causes discomfort
Causes inefficiency
“Bizarre”
Causes harm to self or others

4. Paraphilia (DSM-IV definition)
Mental disorder
Recurrent intense sexual urges, sexually arousing fantasies, or behaviors
Lasting at least 6 months
Involving a)nonhuman objects, b) suffering or humiliation of oneself or one’s partner c)children or other nonconsenting people
Person has acted upon the urges or is markedly distressed by them

5. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PARAPHILIAS
BIOLOGICAL VIEWS
• higher testosterone among exhibitionists
LEARNING VIEWS
• experimental evidence that fetishes can be conditioned
• clinical histories

6. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PARAPHILIAS
SOCIOLOGICAL VIEWS
• S & M subculture
MONEY’S LOVEMAP ANALYSIS

7. John Money (1986) - some ideas on paraphilia
“Lovemaps” - cognitive templates of idealized lover and idealized erotic relationship
Lovemaps are influenced by culture, family experiences, & other childhood experiences (e.g. rehearsal play).

8. John Money (1986) - some ideas on paraphilia
Paraphilias develop when children are indoctrinated to distinguish the pure from the profane.
WORLD OF LOVE = PURE, SAINTLY, & UNDEFILED
WORLD OF LUST=SINFUL, DIRTY, & DEGRADING

9. John Money (1986) - some ideas on paraphilia
Lovemaps are defaced by such experiences as punishment for sex play. Paraphilia represents a rescue of lust.

10. Some Unconventional Sexual Behaviors
Fetishism
Transvestism
Sadism & Masochism
Voyerism
Exhibitism
Necrophilia
Beastiality
Asphyxiophilia

11. Fetishism
Fetishes may be conceived as a continuum
MILD
PREFERENCE
STRONG
PREFERENCE
NECESSITY
SUBSTITUTE
FOR HUMAN
Considered
“Abnormal”

12. Shoe Fetishes - example of form fetish

13. Leather Fetish - example of media fetish

14. Rubber Fetish - another example of a media fetish
A popular event in London, England is the annual Rubber Ball

15. Sometimes people want to do unusual things with the fetish object
Example: Anal Insertion

16. Doctors Remove Lightbulb From Man's Anus
MULTAN, Pakistan (June 29, 2006) - Fateh Mohammad, a prison inmate in Pakistan, says he woke up last weekend with a glass lightbulb in his anus.
Source: AOL News

17. Survey from Surgery Magazine (1986)
Previously reported recovered rectal foreign bodies-
Object Number Recovered
Glass or ceramic
Bottle or jar
Bottle with attached rope
Glass or cup
Light bulb
Tube

18. Foods Apple 1 Banana 2 Carrot 4 Cucumber 3 Onion 2 Parsnip 1
Plantain (with condom)
Potato
Salami
Turnip
Zucchini

19. Wooden
Ax handle
Stick or broom handle
Miscellaneous or unspecified
Sexual Device
Vibrator *
Dildo

20. Kitchen devices Dull knife 1 Ice pick 1 Knife sharpener 1
Mortar pestle
Spatula (plastic)
Spoon
Tin cup

21. Miscellaneous tools Candle 1 Flashlight 2 Iron rod 1 Pen 2
Rubber tube
Screwdriver
Toothbrush
Wire spring

22. Inflated devices
Balloon
Balloon attached to cylinder
Condom
Balls
Baseball
Tennis ball
Miscellaneous containers
Baby powder can
Candle box
Snuff box

23. Miscellaneous
Bottle cap **
Cattle horn
Frozen pig's tail
"Kangaroo tumor" #
Plastic rod
Stone
Toothbrush holder
Toothbrush package
Whip handle *

24. Collections (one case of each)
2 Glass tubes /2 Jeweler's saw
Oil can with potato stopper
Piece of wood, peanut
Umbrella handle and enema tubing
2 Glasses
Phosphorus match ends (homicide)
402 Stones
Toolbox ##
2 Bars soap
Beer glass and preserving pot
Lemon and cold cream jar
2 Apples
Spectacles, suitcase key, tobacco pouch, and magazine
total of 14 collections, with approximately 500 objects

25. Infantilism A fetish involving objects associated with infants.
Infantilists are typically heterosexual males.
The fetish usually includes using one, or all of the following: Diapers, Plastic or Rubber Pants, Baby Bottles, Pacifiers, Bibs, etc.

26. Infantilism (from a survey by Speaker, 1987)
50 % Were Bedwetters as children
22 % Remember wearing daytime diapers beyond the third year.
63 % Remember wearing night diapers beyond the third year.
100 % Resumed wearing diapers between the age of 4 and 29.
96 % Resumed wearing diapers by personal choice.

27. Infantilism
55 % Resumed wearing diapers between the age of 12 and 20.
81 % Have erotic feelings while wearing diapers.
65 % Wore diapers with no one's knowledge.
96 % Have/Had sexual intercourse without wearing diapers.
74 % Have/Had sexual intercourse while wearing diapers.

28. Infantilism 77 % - Non Drug users.
88 % Prefer and enjoy being an Adult Baby.
100 % Sexually excited while wearing diapers.
100 % Masturbate while wearing diapers.
77 % Are currently involved in a sexual relationship.
66 % Are involved with a female partner.
66 % Think of Infantilism as a lifestyle.

29. Transvestism
Cross-dressing

30. Some macho actors?
Wesley
Snipes
John Leguizamo
Patrick
Swayze

31. Cross-dressing in the movies
Patrick
Swayze
Wesley
Snipes
John Leguizamo

32. Tim Curry as Frankenfurter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
More
Movie
Stereotypes
Tim Curry as
Frankenfurter in
The Rocky Horror
Picture Show

33. Some
famous
politicians are
rumored to be
cross-dressers
in their private
lives…probably
just a rumor

34. In one survey, 70% of transvestites were found to be heterosexual
In one survey, 70% of transvestites were found to be heterosexual. Many are happily married.

35. Survey by BULLOUGH, BULLOUGH, SMITH (2002)

36. The web is full of product sources
and how-to books for cross-dressing

37. Sadism & Masochism Marquis de Sade Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
“A Guide to Erotic Flogging” manuscript available from the Society for Human Sexuality, University of Washington
Baumeister’s theory of escape from self

38. “The dominatrix (female dominator) commands me to clean a toilet, then ‘rewards’ me by allowing me to chew on one of her dirty socks.”
The Notorious Betty Page SM Film Star of 1950s

39. Amsterdam’s Red Light District has prostitutes who openly advertise SM specialties

40. Bondage Website from JapanSM
seems
to be
common
in many
cultures

41. Preferred D & S activities from a survey of gay S & M men
Spanking
Master-slave relationships (servilism)
Oral sex
Masturbation
Bondage
Humiliation
Erotic Lingerie
Restraint
Anal Sex

42. Weinberg, Williams, & Moser (1984) study of “Nonclinical” D & S
Consensual
Sexual scenes are acted out
The amount of pain, if any, is controlled by the submissive partner
Often, participants switch roles

43. SM as a continuum
What are some behaviors that contain elements of sadism & masochism or domination & submission, but are relatively “normal”?
At what point does it become abnormal or a problem or a fetish?

44. BITING DURING SEXUAL PLAY OR INTERCOURSE AMONG ISU STUDENTS

45. BITING DURING SEXUAL PLAY OR INTERCOURSE AMONG ISU STUDENTS

46. BITING DURING SEXUAL PLAY OR INTERCOURSE AMONG ISU STUDENTS

47. BITING DURING SEXUAL PLAY OR INTERCOURSE AMONG ISU STUDENTS

49. Voyeurism
Arousal from watching others nude or performing sex acts - "looking without consent."
frames from a hidden camera in a
women’s restroom taken by a
high tech voyeur
the absence of consent is often more
important than the nature of the
visual image stolen

51. Exhibitionism

52. Necrophilia Sex with dead people
Usually thought to be a symptom of a pervasively disturbed personality
Psychosis
Jeffrey
Dahmer

53. Beastiality Sex with animals (not human)
Leda & the swan
Beastiality
Sex with animals (not human)
For example, dogs, cats, sheep,
cows, chickens, pigs, etc.
What was the real
relationship
between Scooby
& Shaggy?

54. Asphyxiophilia
Enhancement of sexual experience by cutting off the blood flow to the brain through strangling
Usually performed during masturbation
Danger of cardiac arrest
The American Psychiatric Association estimates a death rate of one person per year per million of population -- thus about 250 deaths last year in the U.S. Law enforcement estimates go as much as four times higher.