Partialism is a sexual fetish with a focus on any other specific parts of the body other than the genitals.Milner, J. S., & Dopke, C. A. (1997). Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified: Psychopathology and theory. In D. R. Laws and W. O'Donohue (Eds.), Sexual deviance: Theory, assessment, and treatment. New York: Guilford. Partialism is categorized as a fetishistic disorder in the DSM-5 of the American Psychiatric Association only if it causes significant psychosocial distress for the person or has detrimental effects on important areas of their life. In the DSM-IV, it was considered a separate paraphilia (not otherwise specified), but was merged into fetishistic disorder by the DSM-5. Individuals who exhibit partialism sometimes describe the anatomy of interest to them as having equal or greater erotic attraction for them than do the genitals.Kunjukrishnan, R., Pawlak, A., & Varan, L R. (1988). The clinical and forensic psychiatric issues of retifism. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 33, 819–825.
Types The following are some of the partialisms commonly found among people: Formal name Common name Source of arousal Podophilia Foot/feet fetish Foot Oculophilia Eye fetish Eye Maschalagnia Armpits fetish Armpit Retrophilia Back fetish Back Mazophilia Breasts fetish Breast Pygophilia Buttocks fetish Buttock Nasophilia Nose fetish Nose Trichophilia Hair fetish Hair Alvinophilia Navel/belly button fetish Navel Alvinolagnia Belly/stomach fetish Belly Cheirophilia Hand/hands fetish Hand Crurophilia Leg/legs fetish Leg Orisophilia Lip/lips fetish Lip Glossophilia Tongue fetish Tongue Odontophilia Teeth fetish Teeth Otophilia Ear/ears fetish Ear Buccalagnia Cheek/cheeks fetish Facial cheek Erogonophilia Dimple/dimples fetish Dimple Caudaphilia Tail fetish Tail
See also Body worship Erogenous zone
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