Sexual fetishism

For other uses, see Fetishism (disambiguation).

Sexual fetishism
Illustration depicting foot fetishism where a submissive woman worships another woman's foot, from La Comtesse au fouet (1926)
SpecialtyPsychiatry, clinical psychology

Sexual fetishism is a sexual fixation on anything not considered sexual by its respective nature. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has a fetish is a fetishist. A sexual fetish may be regarded as a mental disorder if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life. Sexual arousal from a particular body part can be further classified as partialism.

Medical definitions restrict the term sexual fetishism to objects or body parts. In common language, fetish is also used for a sexual interest in specific activities, people, types of people, substances, or situations.

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