Discuss what is known about the more common nonvictimizing paraphilias
What will be an ideal response?
- Sexual masochism refers to sexual arousal and gratification that is associated with acts or fantasies of being hurt, humiliated, or otherwise made to suffer. The masochist has a recurring pattern of engaging in such acts voluntarily and often seeks them out.
- Autoerotic asphyxiation involves depriving the brain of oxygen, usually through some form of strangulation or hanging, during masturbation. If this behavior is engaged in by a couple (where one chokes the other, with consent) during sexual activity, it is usually called sexual hypoxia or hypoxyphilia; but this is far less common than the autoerotic form.
- Fetish is when a sexual preference intensifies to the point that a person obsesses almost exclusively on a nonhuman object or sometimes on a body part that most members of a culture do not find sexy, such as feet or toes.
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The three stages of Kaplan's Three-Stage Model are _________
a. desire, excitement, resolution b. excitement, orgasm, resolution c. desire, excitement, orgasm d. orgasm, plateau, resolution
How many people die each year as a result of autoerotic asphyxiation?
a. 10,000 b. 1,000 c. 100 d. 10
There appears to be a close correlation between testicle size and ____
a. intelligence c. promiscuous social structure b. creativity d. aggression
According to the text, the term _____ specifically refers to the state of being male or female.
A. sex B. gender C. sexual behavior D. sexual anatomy