Central Features of Paraphilias

An article on the web site, www.angelfire.com, page 6, by Rosenberg & Associates regarding paraphilias, states that some paraphiliac interests are socially acceptable (just look the back pages of any pornographic magazine, or surf the net), such as sadism, fetish objects, or masochism. The web hosts a large number of pornographic businesses that would like to satisfy the needs of many people by offering a variety of sexual pictures or movies that are geared to feed some paraphilias, such as "barely legal teens", beastiality, and S&M, to name just a few. The author states, "Each year that I add to my experience working with sexual deviancy, I am exposed to new and different paraphilic interest from my clients. People are sexual with animals of all sorts, non-living objects, "pocket vaginas", blow up dolls, magazines, children, and much more."…