ABSTRACT BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism)
encompasses a diverse set of sexual interests. Research interests in BDSM have been …

Introduction BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and
masochism) increasingly receives attention from the scientific community. Where earlier …

In this article, I return to the idea that pedophilia, a sexual interest in prepubescent children,
can be considered a sexual orientation for age, in conjunction with the much more widely …

Little research has been conducted to examine paraphilic sexual interests in nonclinical
samples. The little that exists suggests that atypical sexual interests are more common in …

Category-specific sexual response describes a pattern wherein the individual shows
significantly greater responses to preferred versus nonpreferred categories of sexual stimuli; …

We examined the concordance of paraphilic interests and behaviors across 13 themes in an
online sample of 1,036 men and women. Paraphilic interests were significantly and …

Research conducted in our laboratory and in other laboratories has revealed that (1)
women's genital responses to visual and auditory stimuli are strongly affected by the …

Previous research has examined the phenomenon of “sexual fluidity,” but there is no current
consensus on the specific meaning and operationalization of this construct. The present …

Men's genital responses are significantly greater to sexual stimuli of their preferred gender
compared to their nonpreferred gender (gender‐specific), whereas androphilic (ie, sexually …

Little is known about distinct factors linked with acting on paraphilic interests or refraining
from engaging in paraphilic behaviors. Participants from Canada and the United States (N …