Unconventional sexual behaviors and their associations with physical, mental and sexual health parameters: a study in 18 large Brazilian cities

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: There have been many studies investigating paraphilias and sexual compulsion, but thus far little data about prevalence of unusual sexual practices that are subthreshold for these diagnoses. The associations between unconventional sexual behavior and sociodemographic and health parameters were investigated. METHOD: A cross-sectional study of 7,022 individuals (45.4% of women) was carried out using a selfadministered questionnaire that compared individuals carrying at least one reference of unconventional sexual behavior (group 1) with individuals without such reference (group 2). RESULTS: Women's mean age was 35.0 vs. 35.9 years (p < 0.05) and men's mean age was 36.5 vs. 37.8 years (p < 0.05) being lower in group 1 than in group 2, respectively. More men (52.3%) than women (30.4%) (p < 0.001) presented unconventional sexual behavior. Fetishism (13.4%) and voyeuristic behavior (13.0%) were more frequent. Unconventional sexual behavior was associated with male gender, single or separated marital status, black or mulatto race, elementary and high school educational level, history of posttraumatic stress disorder treatment, alcohol dependence, emergency contraception, difficulty at the beginning of sexual life, sexual violence, bisexuality, and performance of anal or oral intercourse. CONCLUSION: Unconventional sexual behaviors are important because they are associated with poorer health status and lower educational levels.

Frequency of self-reported sexual aggression and victimization in Brazil: a literature review

“…The highest victimization rates were reported by persons with unconventional sexual behavior, such as fetishism, voyeurism, incest, threesome, exhibitionism, sadomasochism, and group sex (56.4% for women and 85.5% for men) 31 , but this study did not specify the time window. The highest previous-year incidence rate was reported by a sample of university students (38.5% in women and 34.5% in men) 38 .…”

“…convenience sampling 31,32,33 , and respondentdriven sampling (a variation of the snowball technique in which the sample is weighted to compensate for the fact that participants are not randomly assigned) 34 , thus not meeting the criteria for statistical representativeness.…”

Paraphilias and paraphilic disorders in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review of the literature

“…The underreporting of paraphilias in PD patients limits potential comparisons with non‐normative sexual behaviors in the general population . Nevertheless, our results indicate that iatrogenic and idiopathic paraphilias may share a number of critical features.…”

“…The underreporting of paraphilias in PD patients limits potential comparisons with non-normative sexual behaviors in the general population. [27][28][29][30] Nevertheless, our results indicate that iatrogenic and idiopathic paraphilias may share a number of critical features. First, three of the paraphilias most commonly described in PD patients (exhibitionism, transvestism, and voyeurism) overlap with the most frequent sexual deviances in the general population.…”

Voyeurismo: relato de caso

“…Ainda que para o diagnóstico de transtorno voyeurista seja necessária idade acima de 18 anos, há descrições de que o interesse voyeur costuma surgir ainda na adolescência [2][3][4][5][6] . Em estudo conduzido por Oliveira Júnior & Abdo, com 7.022 indivíduos das cinco regiões brasileiras, encontrou-se uma prevalência de 13% de comportamento voyeurista na amostra, sendo este o segundo comportamento sexual não convencional mais freqüente entre os estudados 8 . De modo similar, estudo realizado com amostra representativa da população sueca permitiu identificar que 7,7% dos entrevistados já havia referido interesse e/ou comportamento voyeur 7 .…”