HPRO 4412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sexual Fetishism, Indecent Exposure, Standard Deviation
6 Jan 2021
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Hpro 4412 chapter 11 november 23, 2020 sexual variations, fetishes and kinks. Identify how sexual variations, fetishes and kinks are determined to be different: explain the most prominent sexual fetishes, discuss how sexual variations are viewed in society. Introduction: sexual interests vary significantly among people. Anything outside social norms, however, is often silenced in mainstream culture: the book fifty shades of grey enticed north america to explore practices related to bdsm and roleplay. Similar to almost any behaviour, there can be a range of interests in sexual acts that merely satisfy an interest or desire. Rather than focusing on sexual variations as simply a diversity of interests, most of the social discourse revolves around the extremes, which usually entail naming them as disorders. Historically, medical professional (including psychiatrists) have assigned labels for sexual variations that serve to pathologize certain acts. Sexual variations and fetishes may be regarded as something that is dirty or immoral.
