Is Fetishism A Deviant Condition?
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I reviewed a recent video clip from a well respected healthcare reporter. The subject matter of the report was sexual fetishisms. The reporter basically interviewed two working pschycologists that treat individuals with sexual fetishes.
The concensus of both 'experts' is that anyone that requires or desires the use of inanimate objects to enhance their sexual activities is displaying a deviant behavior that requires treatment. The treatments discussed ranged from your typical pschyo babble interviews with the patient to the extreme use of shock therapy.
After watching this video clip, the question that came to mind was; "Is this form of sexual desire really a deviant behavior?" I wanted to find out what others thought so I posed the question online. The response to my question was overwhelming. I've listed just a couple out of the hundreds of responses I recieved below.
1. "For a long time any thing that was not the missionary position in sex was considered deviant. And there are still some fetishes that are down right spooky so they would still be considered abnormal psychology think of bestiality. And partly because the DSM hasn't been revised completely in over 15 years and look how much things have changed in regards to homosexuality in that time."
2. "Technically, a sexual fetish is something that a person cannot perform sexually without. If a man has a fetish for kidney beans, he CAN NOT have sex without the presence of the beans. We tend to use the word "fetish" very loosely, as something that one is very attracted to, but that is not it's proper meaning."
3. "When it comes to sex, sexual behavior, sexual fantasies, blah blah blah.... the majority of the population, especially the "educated" are prudish conservatives."
4. "What is really important, and is being treated as more important nowadays, is whether some behaviour is negatively affecting a person's ability to lead a full life, or negatively affecting the people around him/her."
"For example, a person who has a fetish for sex while driving fast is probably going to need counseling. But a person with a strawberries and cream fetish could well be fine in life, as long as strawberries can be imported during the winter months"
More than 70% of the replies I got to my question said that society has accepted sexual fetishes as a normal behavior. If society is ready to accept fetishism as a normal behavior then the question remains; do people with fetishes really need treatment? I remember back in the 70's homosexuality was considered a deviant behavior yet, today it is widely accepted by society. Food for thought? or B.S.?
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