Sexual Fantasies Research Articles

Exploring the World of Sexual Fantasies: A Study on Prevalence and Gender Differences in the Spanish Population

Exploring the World of Sexual Fantasies: A Study on Prevalence and Gender Differences in the Spanish Population

What differentiates sexual from non-sexual homicides? A case–control study

ABSTRACT Research comparing sexual homicide (SH) and non-sexual homicide (NSH) has been rare outside North America and Europe and has contributed to addressing whether SH is primarily a sexual or homicide offence or a hybrid. This case–control study compared 142 SH and 142 NSH cases from Australia and New Zealand. Bivariate analyses indicated SH offenders more often had sexual problems, lacked intimacy, and appeared more prosocial, had less serious mental health problems, with lifestyles giving opportunities to access victims. Planning rather than reacting, sexual fantasies and arousal, time, and isolation to interact with victims privately, control of victims and crime scenes, lack of remorse, reliving the experience later, preventing detection, and more intrusive, intimate, and sadistic interactions characterised SH offences. Victims were more likely to be strangers, unrelated, single, and living alone. We developed multivariate models to predict SH, with the final model including: offender single, with a sexual disorder, but not a substance use disorder or major mental illness; offence long in duration, with expressive physical violence and unusual or ritualistic features, against a stranger, in an isolated location. These results are consistent with previous studies and indicate SH is different from NSH, supporting differential practice with SH. However, the findings could primarily reflect the over representation of sexual sadism in SH and the over representation of intimate partner victims in NSH. Future research needs to consider the heterogeneity of SH.

The Power to Flirt: Power within Romantic Relationships and Its Contribution to Expressions of Extradyadic Desire.

Power in non-romantic contexts makes people confident in their ability to attract potential partners, increasing their mating motivation and the likelihood of acting on this motivation. Four studies investigated whether perceptions of power within romantic relationships would also activate mating goals, intensifying desires for alternative partners. In Studies 1 and 2, participants underwent power manipulation and then described a sexual fantasy or evaluated photos of attractive strangers. Studies 3 and 4 used face-to-face interaction and daily experiences methods to examine the mechanisms underlying the link between power and extradyadic desires. Overall, high perceived relationship power was associated with increased interest in alternatives. Perceived relative mate value explained this association, suggesting that what determines whether power elicits extradyadic interest is not power perceptions alone but rather the feeling of having a higher mate value than one's partner that accompanies elevated power and affects whether high-power individuals will prioritize their own needs in ways that may hurt their partners.

The Propensity for Deviant Sexual Behavior in the General Population: An Empirical Examination of the Motivation-Facilitation Model.

In their influential paper Wurtele et al. (2014) investigated the degree to which individuals within the general population (N = 435) express sexual interest in children. In the male population of their study (n = 173), about 6% showed a propensity to engage in sexual activity with a child. Based on a German general population sample consisting of women and men (N = 911, n = 206 males), we were able to replicate most of the results of Wurtele and colleagues (e.g., 6% of men indicated some likelihood of having sex with a child). To explain sexual offending, Seto (2019) developed the motivation-facilitation model (MFM). In our study, we were interested whether this model also translates to explaining the propensity for deviant sexual behavior in the general population. Moderated hierarchical logistic regression analyses revealed that hypersexuality and sexual fantasies had significant effects as motivating factors for deviant sexual behavior (e.g., sexually assaulting an adult), whereas we found no significant effect of psychopathy as a facilitator. For the prediction of child sexual abuse, only hypersexuality had a significant effect. Notably, after including gender in both models the effect of hypersexuality was no longer significant. Accordingly, we were able to show that the MFM is useful in explaining the propensity for deviant sexual behavior foremost in the male general population. Thus, in clinical practice an assessment of hypersexuality seems to be most relevant for the male population.

Group Comparisons of the Sexual Interests and Behaviors of Assigned Males and Their Association with Genital Ablation Fantasies.

We describe here the sexual histories and characteristics of 338 individuals with interests in castration (orchiectomy) and, more broadly, genital ablation (i.e., orchiectomy, penectomy, and/or nullification), recruited from the Eunuch Archive. We compared four groups: those who only fantasize about castration (Fantasy, n = 66), those who wish to be castrated in the future (Aspiring, n = 166), and those who have been castrated (Eunuchs) both with (n = 42) or without (n = 64) androgen replacement therapy (ART). In our sample, 35.6-53.8% had sexual fantasies of castrating someone, 83.3-90.8% had fantasies of being castrated, 20.6-33.3% had fantasies of removing someone's penis, and 45.3-61.9% had fantasies of having a penectomy. The four groups had similar arousal by high-risk sex behaviors, anal sex play, attraction to people under 18, common sex behaviors, and fetishistic behaviors. Fantasy of being castrated by someone was associated with elevated high-risk sexual behaviors and attraction to individuals aged 18 to 49 after controlling for age, groups, and sexual attraction. In addition, after adjusting for age, groups, and sexual attraction, fantasy of castrating someone was associated with more attraction to individuals under the age of 18 and being aroused by interaction with a stranger, whereas fantasy of cutting off someone's penis was associated with less tendency for common sexual behaviors and digital sex communication. Fantasy of being penectomized was associated with high risk and fetishistic sexual behaviors. These results support screening for high-risk behaviors in individuals who endorse an interest in genital ablation, with treatments focused on harm reduction.

What Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Change: Evidence From a United States Sample of 72 Exposed Men.

Voluntary non-coercive therapeutic interventions for adults arecollectively known assexual orientation change efforts (SOCE).Research on SOCE has reported global or average sexual orientation change, but not in more detail. This study addresses two questions: Does change consist primarily of reduced homosexual orientation or increased heterosexual orientation?Does change consist primarily of change in behavior or change in attraction? Method:Aconvenience sample of 72 men who had completed SOCEwas examined for the decrease in homosexual attraction, increase in heterosexual attraction, and corresponding changes in sexual behavior among those experiencing a homosexual-to-heterosexual shift.All measures were self-reported. Participants reported extremely high religiosity. A third (32%, N=23) reported a shift from general homosexual attraction (score of 4-6) to general heterosexual attraction (score of 0-2) on the Kinsey scale, which ranges from "exclusively heterosexual" (0) to "exclusively homosexual" (6). Among these, effect sizes (Cohen's d) for sexual fantasy and desire for romantic intimacy were larger for homosexual reduction (fantasy: -2.3, desire: -1.5) than for heterosexual increase (fantasy: +1.8, desire: + 1.0). Effect sizes for sexual behaviors, measured by kissing and sex relations, dropped the largest possible amount for homosexual behavior (kissing: -1.0, sex: -1.5, both statistically significant at p<0.004) while there was little to no increase in heterosexual behavior (kissing: +0.36, sex +0.38, both statistically non-significant at p>0.13). Change consisted primarily of reduced homosexual orientation and change in behavior was much stronger than change in attraction.SOCE supported conformity to strong religious norms against homosexual behavior, but not attractions, for this group of extremely religious men.Implications for understanding SOCE-related sexual orientation change are discussed.

Erotic countermapping and queer urban publics: the hardcore cinema of Arthur J. Bressan, Jr

ABSTRACT This article offers an analysis of hardcore films by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr, whose status as a pioneer of HIV/AIDS cinema has overshadowed his prolific work as a director of gay pornography. By focusing on the urban landscape of San Francisco as central to the dramaturgy of his early pornographic films, the article considers the documentary impulse evident in Bressan’s representation of urban queer topographies as inseparable from the films’ erotic charge. The article puts critical pressure on representations of cruising, the closet of sexual secrecy, and the prison as a site of sexual fantasy as erotic and spatial tropes central to Bressan’s queer countermapping of San Francisco. The urban landscape and its infrastructures are analyzed as central to Bressan’s cinematic mediation of San Francisco, and are reframed in this article as the scaffolding for the films’ thematic interest in queer pedagogy, gay visibility, and sexual liberation.

Evolution of Female Desire and Fantasy in Bollywood Cinema: Perspectives from Male and Female Directors in the Post-Liberalization Era

The camaraderie between cinema and fantasy has a prolonged story, as one escalates the other. Since echoes of 'sexual fantasies’ and ‘gaze’ in cinema have been primarily celebrated and fantasized through patriarchal prisms, Bollywood and female desire have historically been fraught with challenges. However, Bollywood cinema has lately been undergoing significant landscape twists by featuring female fantasies in a bold and progressive manner at the forefront of narratives. In light of this, drawing from theoretical perspectives on the male gaze and psychoanalytic feminism, this paper will examine the evolving representations of female desire, fantasy and sexuality in contemporary Bollywood cinema. Through a nuanced analysis of nine key Bollywood films from 1996 to 2023, this paper will compare male and female directors' approaches to the male gaze when depicting female desire and sexuality on screen, examining how filmmakers' personal perspectives shape cinematic portrayals. It will also consider how economic liberalization affected the representation of female sexual desires and fantasies in Bollywood cinema, emphasizing the intersection of culture, economics, and gender in Indian popular culture. To conclude, this paper will illuminate how Bollywood cinema has become a powerful platform for the exploration of female desire and fantasy, serving as a catalyst for social change and challenging conventional gender norms in contemporary Indian society.

The Relation Between Sexual Fantasies and Offense-Supportive Cognitions in People Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A Preliminary Study.

The main objective of this research is to study the relationships of offense-supportive cognitions and sexual fantasies with sex crime. The research involved 48 men: 26 convicted of sexual offenses against minors and 22 convicted of sexual offenses against adults from different prisons in the Community of Madrid, Spain. We used the RAPE Scale and the Sex With Children Scale to evaluate offense-supportive cognitions and an ad hoc adaptation of the Multidimensional Developmental, Sex and Aggression Inventory to evaluate sexual fantasies with minors and sadomasochistic fantasies. The results show that both groups present similar offense-supportive cognitions, while each group had significantly more sexual fantasies related to their specific crime. Participants who had sexual fantasies about minors presented significantly more offense-supportive cognitions justifying child sexual abuse than those who did not present these fantasies, while participants with sadomasochistic fantasies did not present more offense-supportive cognitions about rape. After collecting this information, we ran four mediation models to assess potential relationships between fantasies, offense-supportive cognitions, and specific sexual crime. The mediation models showed that both sexual fantasies with minors and sadomasochistic fantasies had direct relationships with sex crimes. Upon further confirmation with studies with larger sample sizes, our findings support the importance of dealing with sexual fantasies in treatment of people convicted of sexual offenses and imply a need for differentiated treatment, since the content of sexual fantasies was different in each group.

On Not Having it All: Exploring the Fetishization of Trans Women by Heterosexual Men.

The appeal of transgender pornography, especially involving "pre-op"(erative) trans women, has steadily increased placing it in the top six most searched categories. In this paper I explore one unconscious function of the "pre-op" trans woman sexual fantasy that I have observed in some young heterosexual gynandromorphophilic men (i.e., men sexually drawn to the MtF "pre-op" body) who use transgender pornography and/or escorts. In contrast to a psychoanalytic reading of gynandromorphophilia in which the "pre-op" trans woman's body is understood to be "missing nothing" because she has breasts and a penis, I suggest that what is psychically compelling and sexually arousing for some men is quite the opposite: because the "pre-op" trans woman has a penis, she therefore has no vagina/womb. It is the triumph over what is missing and that should be there. The penis in lieu of the vagina/womb is evidence of her damaged procreative potential. In these cases, I propose that the sexual preference exposes the man's underlying womb envy. The "pre-op" trans woman is projectively identified with a felt-to-be "infertile" part of the man. The phantasized damaged woman's procreative body temporarily relieves the man of his sense of inadequacy and anxieties about his capacity to create and enliven. I illustrate this dynamic with clinical examples.

Representasi Pelecehan Seksual Terhadap Laki – Laki Dalam Film Dear David

This study aims to determine the representation of sexual harassment against men in the film Dear David which has a lot of teenage problems in it to find out the researchers used descriptive qualitative research methods with a semiotic analysis approach John Fiske model with three-level social codes, namely the level of reality, level of representation, level of ideology. Data collection by watching and observing several scenes to understand the content of the film, documentation and cutting several scenes of film images that represent representations of sexual harassment of men through literature studies, namely, collecting previous reference journals, websites, the internet, theses, and books related to this research. The results of this study indicate that the representation of sexual harassment against men is seen in the film Dear David with a general form of verbal and nonverbal and sexual fantasies as a trigger for sexual harassment, about sexual harassment against men who become a normal thing and masculinity in men with normal can be a material for sexual harassment as a joke that leads to coercive nonverbal harassment. This representation is intended to be informative regarding sexual harassment against men that is still considered normal and the patriarchal influence of society on men who still think that men cannot be victims of sexual harassment.

χὠς ἴδον, ὣς ἐμάνην. Space, Desire and the Female Gaze in Hellenistic Poetry

Abstract This paper studies the female gaze at the intersection of space, genre and gender in three Hellenistic poets who have explored the female viewpoint in their works, namely Apollonius of Rhodes, Theocritus and Herodas. The female gaze covers all the stages of desire from erotic fantasy to sexual fulfillment, and is contingent on both aesthetic factors and the sociocultural background of gender roles. It reflects the power dynamics between male and female and also becomes a means of subverting male authority by the gazing female. In Hellenistic poetry, the various degrees of female liberation through the control of the gaze vary depending on the spaces occupied by women. I argue that women, initially confined in the oikos according to the conventions of epic poetry, are represented as being gradually liberated in natural and urban spaces, the emblematic spaces of the neoteric genres of the bucolic idyll and the mime; this shift in gender dynamics is conveyed through the illustration of the female gaze in distinct genres of poetry and their respective symbolic spaces, namely the house, the natural landscape, and the city.

Analisis Dramaturgi Dalam Film Dear David

Film is a medium of learning for the audience that is not only an entertainment, it can also convey direct messages through images, dialog and plays. Netflix has become one of the global streaming platforms that can be accessed in Indonesia since 2016. Dear David is a Netflix original movie in the genre of romantic fantasy drama that airs in 2023 directed by Lucky Kuswandi. The movie Dear David received a lot of debate, because this movie contains sexual fantasies in women. This research aims to find out how the dramaturgical analysis in the movie Dear David. The method used is a qualitative approach using Charles Sanders Pierce's semiotic analysis technique through three stages, namely representamen, object and interpretation. Each scene of the film illustrates that there is dramaturgy in the film Dear David through several scenes, namely heterosexuality, women are free to choose how to enjoy their freedom according to their respective tastes and styles. Femenism is that women have power that is arbitrary towards others and self-acceptance is a form of being able to accept their identity and respect others. The results of this study show that the dramaturgy in the film Dear David is depicted by the main character Laras that the story of the film Dear David shows the existence of a front stage showing her as an outstanding high school student and a back stage as a child with heterosexual sexual fantasies as evidenced by having a privacy fantasy blog. Overall, this movie provides an overview of the dramaturgical approach not what is done, but the reasons for how it can be done.

Sexual desire and erotic fantasies questionnaire: development and validation of the sexual desire scale (SDEF1).

The evolution in conceptualization of sexual desire has stimulated many attempts to measure it. However measures able to assess multiple expressions of desire in all sexual identities are still lacking. The main aim of the present study was to test the psychometric properties of the Sexual Desire and Erotic Fantasies questionnaire - Part 1 Sexual Desire (SDEF1), developed as a sex-positive measure of different sexual desire expressions. The SDEF1 was assessed in 1773 participants from the Italian general population (1105 women, 645 men, and 23 other genders; ranged between 18-78 years old, mean age 29.31 ± 10.35) on an online survey, together with the Sexual Desire Inventory - 2, the International Index of Erectile Function, the Female Sexual Function Index, and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale-Short Form. Results support a factorial structure of six dimensions, including 28 items and accounting for 58.11% of the total variance: sexual desire, negative feelings to sexual desire, autoerotic desire, regular partner desire, attractive person desire, and responsive desire. The confirmatory factorial analysis showed satisfactory indexes (RMSEA = 0.042 [90% CI = 0.039-0.045]; GFI = 0.97; NFI = .96; and CFI = 0.97). Regression coefficients ranged from 0.39 to 0.94 and were all statistically significant (p < 0.001). The SDEF1 showed good psychometric properties such as internal reliability, construct, and discriminant validity, and to differentiate women and men with and without sexual difficulties. Men reported significantly higher levels of desire than women in all areas except for desire for a regular partner, were no gender difference was detected. Desire for autoerotic activity was the factor accounting for more variance explained among genders (11.7%). The SDEF1 could be a useful measure to assess different areas of sexual desire and its use could be recommended for clinical and research purposes.

(009) SEXUAL FANTASY AND DESIRE DIFFER FOR PLURISEXUAL PEOPLE IN SAME-GENDER VS. MIXED-GENDER RELATIONSHIPS

Abstract Introduction In recent years there has been a surge of research on plurisexuality (the ability to experience attraction to more than one gender). Evidence strongly suggests that plurisexual people experience desire differently, face unique stressors, and have increased risk for sexual dysfunction compared to gay and lesbian groups (Björkenstam et al., 2020). These factors may differ between plurisexual people in same-gender relationships and those in mixed-gender relationships. Fantasy and desire, two fundamental constructs of sexology theory and sex therapy, merit further research in this population. Objective We hypothesize that plurisexual people experience fantasy and desire differently depending on their relationship type (same-gender vs. mixed-gender). Methods Data was collected for a larger study of sexual health and behaviors in undergraduate students at a large university in the Midwestern US. The sample included participants in relationships (n=493; mean age = 20.48 years; 80% women, 16% men, 4% gender minority; 78% White). Respondents who identified as “bisexual,” “pansexual,” “mostly heterosexual,” “mostly lesbian/gay,” or a combination of these were coded as plurisexual, and other respondents (e.g., “heterosexual,” “lesbian/gay,” “asexual”) were coded as not plurisexual. Respondents were coded as being in same-gender relationships if they identified as a man dating a man, a woman dating a woman, or any gender minority (e.g., “non-binary,” “gender fluid”) dating a man, woman, or other gender minority person (i.e., relationships likely to be perceived as queer). Respondents were coded as being in mixed-gender relationships if they identified as a man dating a woman or a woman dating a man. Fantasy was measured with an adapted Sex Fantasy Questionnaire (SFQ; Wilson, 1988), and desire with the Sexual Desire Inventory-2 (Spector, Carey, &amp; Steinberg, 1996). We conducted two-way ANOVAs to evaluate the influence of plurisexual identity and relationship type on fantasy and desire. Results There was a significant main effect of plurisexual identity on sexual fantasy (F(1, 391)=58.61, p&amp;lt;0.01) and desire (F(1, 469)=7.26 p&amp;lt;0.01), with plurisexual participants reporting higher levels of both. There was also a significant interaction effect between plurisexual identity and relationship type for fantasy (F(1, 391)=4.73, p=0.03) and sexual desire (F(1, 469)=5.78, p=0.02), such that the effect of plurisexuality was amplified for participants in mixed-gender relationships and attenuated for participants in same-gender relationships (see Figures). Conclusions Results suggest that plurisexual people experience higher levels of fantasy and desire when in mixed-gender vs. same-gender relationships. These differences could be attributed to perceptions that plurisexual people in same-gender relationships are queer and those in mixed-gender relationships are straight (Arriaga &amp; Parent, 2019). Additionally, the fluidity of sexual identity suggests that experiences of attraction, desire, and fantasy change substantially based on the gender of one’s partner (Diamond, 2008). Clinically, our findings point to different applications of interventions on fantasy intended to stimulate desire in plurisexual patients with low desire, address desire discrepancy between partners, or separate problematic desire from behavior. As most research surrounding fantasy and its role in desire was developed in straight cisgender samples, clinicians and researchers should consider sexual orientation, relationship type, and their interaction when intervening upon fantasy. Disclosure No.

Explanations for Gender Differences in Preferences for Submissive Sexual Fantasies.

Women have a stronger preference for sexualsubmission than men do. In the current studies, we investigated gender differences in fantasies about sexual submission. Replicating previous research, in twostudies we found that women expressed a stronger affinityfor fantasies about sexual submission than men did. However,controlling for age and several sociocultural factorsmade the relationship between gender and preference for sexual submission non-significant-that is, we could statistically eliminate the gender difference. These analyses suggest the multiple factorsthat may influencesexual preferences and the multiple ways that gender differences in preference for submissive sexual fantasies can be eliminated by easily assessed demographic and contextual differences in the experiences of women and men.

CRIMINOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CRIME OF PROSTITUTION IN A GROUP OF SEXUAL FANTASY PERFORMER ON SOCIAL MEDIA

The development of information technology has changed people's lives with new habits. Almost everyone has a smartphone and has a social media account. Such rapid evolution has changed human life in various fields and has given birth to new forms of legal action. Among them, there are groups of sexual fantasists who use social media as a means to network and find partners. Sexual fantasies are normal and can have a positive impact if applied correctly. However, currently many people use social media to find partners for sexual fantasies by uploading vulgar photos or videos and requiring them to give money, gifts and provide facilities if they want to carry out sexual fantasies with them. This research uses empirical juridical methods and analytical descriptive research specifications. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the cause of criminal acts of pornography and prostitution in the form of sexual fantasies using social media is the negative impact of the development of information technology, social media, a manifestation of cultural deviation, deviation from norms, and a manifestation of the absence of norms (anomie). Efforts that can be made to overcome this problem are by carrying out cyber patrols, cutting off access to electronic systems that violate laws and regulations, and carrying out repressive efforts against the perpetrators.

Variation in perceptions of genital ablation between aspiring eunuchs and individuals with paraphilic sexual fantasies

Abstract Background Although uncommon, some individuals assigned male at birth (AMAB) seek voluntary genital ablative procedures, and others fantasize about it. Aim To learn more about the views of genital ablation and injuries in those who aspire to be castrated as compared with those who only fantasize about it. Methods A survey was run on the Eunuch Archive internet community. Content analysis was conducted on the responses of 342 AMAB individuals with castration fantasy but no desire for actual surgery (fantasizers) vs 294 AMAB individuals who expressed a desire for genital ablation (aspiring). Outcomes Study outcomes were responses to open-ended questions about genital ablations and injury. Results Aspiring individuals were more likely to perceive a “physical appearance benefit” from orchiectomy, but fewer could recall how they first learned about the procedure. Some reasons that aspiring persons gave for desiring an orchiectomy included “achieving preferred self” and “health reasons.” Fantasizers, in contrast, worried about the potential side effects of orchiectomy, and more believed there to be no benefit to it. Clinical Implications Psychiatrists and other clinicians need to understand their patients’ views on genital ablation to properly diagnose and provide the best personalized care. Strengths and Limitations Strengths include a large sample of respondents. Limitations include the accuracy of the anonymous survey data. Conclusions This study demonstrates divergent interests on genital ablation among AMAB individuals who have not had an any genital ablation yet have intense interest in the topic.

Erotic Imagination in Latin America: Reflections on Sexual Fantasies and Coloniality.

Latin America comprises 20 countries and 14 dependent territories throughout the Western Hemisphere. It is a diverse and plural region in terms of its geography, cultures, languages, and historical experiences, with fifteenth-century colonialism as a common denominator. Two areas in which the lingering effects of coloniality seem clearly ever-present are the realms of gender and sexuality. The latter encompasses sexual fantasies, a subject of focus in this article. The examination of sexual fantasies remains a ripe area for future research, particularly throughout the Global South, where its linkages to coloniality should be explored in detail. To contribute to this larger and long-term goal, we implemented an online qualitative study designed to document the sexual fantasies of Spanish-speaking individuals living in the Latin American region. We developed a data-gathering form that included open-ended questions to document sexual fantasies. The form was available through the JotForm online platform that was linked to the study webpage entitled "A Calzón Quita'o." We conducted a thematic analysis to identify response patterns. Three main categories emerged from: (1) spatiotemporal references, (2) multiple partners, and (3) power, control, and rough sex. We relied on perspectives linked to ongoing discussions about coloniality to analyze the thematic content in the participants' responses regarding their sexual fantasies. The findings highlight the existing tensions between the reproduction of-and resistance to-the norms associated with gender roles and their embodiment within the framework of the gender binary inherited from coloniality.

Paraphilic fantasies and behavior in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their association with hypersexuality.

Previous research has found some peculiarities in sexual functioning of adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using a set of questionnaires that had to be answered online, we assessed the prevalence of paraphilic fantasies and behaviors in a sample of 160 adults with ADHD in comparison to 75 adults without ADHD and evaluated the association between paraphilias and hypersexuality in the ADHD group. Both groups reported high rates of paraphilic fantasies and behaviors. ADHD individuals were more likely to report about very sexually arousing paraphilic fantasies (ADHD: 58.2% vs. non-ADHD: 40.5%; χ2 = 6.323, p = 0.01) and behaviors (ADHD: 44.9% vs. non-ADHD: 28.4%; χ2 = 5.774, p = 0.02). Furthermore, ADHD individuals reported on average about more very sexually arousing paraphilic behaviors compared to non-ADHD individuals (ADHD: M = 1.28, SD = 0.10 vs. non-ADHD: M = 0.81, SD = 0.09; T = 2.68, p < 0.01). Furthermore, in ADHD individuals both very sexually arousing paraphilic interests in masturbation fantasies (r(158) = 0.17, p = 0.03) and in sexual behaviors (r(158) =0.19, p = 0.02) showed a significant correlation with hypersexuality. In non-ADHD individuals no such significant correlation could be found. Altogether, it can be concluded that individuals with ADHD seem to be more prone to develop and act out paraphilic sexuality than those without ADHD, however, found differences were rather small. The results of the present study add to the current trend to depathologize paraphilic sexuality in the general as well as in clinical populations.