Abstract
Frotteurism / frotteuristic disorder seems to be a quite rare paraphylic disorder. This comes from a relatively low prevalence (variation in the literature on this matter) and especially by the lack of data on it in the literature. Interestingly, DSM-III did not include Frotteurism in the 8 paraphiles listed with criteria for a diagnostis. Frotteurism first appeared in DSM-III-R. The frotteuristic disorder is included in DSM 5. The use and meaning of the word frotteurism in sexual terms comes from a French psychiatrist Valentin Magnan in 1890. He described men doing something that he called rubbing - rubbing their penis by women's back without them noticing. The word comes from "frotter" a french word, that means rubbing or putting pressure on someone, and has no sexual connotation. Lussier P., et al. (2008).
Vlad-Ioan CHIRILĂ*
Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
*Corresponding author: vlad.i.chirila@gmail.com
International Journal of Advanced Studies in Sexology Volume 1, 2019 | Issue 2, Pages 99-100 | ISSN 2668-7194 (print), ISSN 2668-9987 (online)
Citation: Chirilă V. I. (2019) Frotteurism. Int J Advanced Studies in Sexology. Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 99-10. Sexology Institute of Romania.
DOI: 10.46388/ijass.2019.12.11.131
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Abstract Frotteurism / frotteuristic disorder seems to be a quite rare paraphylic disorder. This comes from a relatively low prevalence (variation in the literature on this matter) and especially by the lack of data on it in the literature. Interestingly, DSM-III did not include Frotteurism in the 8 paraphiles listed with criteria for a diagnostis. Frotteurism first appeared in DSM-III-R. The frotteuristic disorder is included in DSM 5. The use and meaning of the word frotteurism in sexual terms comes from a French psychiatrist Valentin Magnan in 1890. He described men doing something that he called rubbing - rubbing their penis by women's back without them noticing. The word comes from "frotter" a french word, that means rubbing or putting pressure on someone, and has no sexual connotation. Lussier P., et al. (2008).
Keywords: frotteurism, paraphilia, sexology.