What is Fetishism?

What is Fetishism?

• Fetishism: A syndrome characterised by recurrent sexual urges for and fantasies of using fetishes.
• Fetishism: sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs).
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Fetishism: Introduction

Types of Fetishism:

Types of Fetishism:

• Transvestism
• Foot fetish
• more types...»

Broader types of Fetishism:

• Mental illness
• Paraphilias
• more types...»

How is it treated?

Treatments for Fetishism: see treatments for Fetishism

Society issues for Fetishism

Hospitalization statistics for Fetishism: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Fetishism:

• 0.00001% (1) of hospital consultant episodes were for fetishism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for fetishism required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for fetishism were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 14% of hospital consultant episodes for fetishism were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for fetishism required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for fetishism in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Fetishism

Main name of condition: Fetishism

fetish

Fetichism
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Fetishism:

• Exhibitionism
• Paraphilia
• Frotteurism
• Paedophilia
• Sexual masochism
• Sexual sadism
• Transvestic fetishism
• Voyeurism

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