There is an interesting study in The Journal of Sex Research, the catchily named "The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors in the General Population: A Provincial Survey", based on research from University of Montreal affiliated institutions, that finds sexual preferences generally classified as "anomalous" (in the psychiatric and DSM-V sense) just aren't that uncommon.
Eight "abnormal" sexual interests, fetishism, exhibitionism, voyeurism, frotteurism, masochism, sadism, transvestism, and pedophilia, were examined and more than one thousand residents of Quebec were surveyed. Four of these kinks are actually statistically normal; (numbers are approximate) 35% of respondents interested in or having experienced voyeurism, 26% regarding fetishism and frotteurism, and 19% for masochism. Overall almost half (46.5%) of those surveyed wanted to do something generally considered sexually anomalous, with a third already having tried such.
Researchers believe those numbers would be similar across North America and Europe.
Unless Québécois are an unusually sexually liberal group...
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The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors in the General Population: A Provincial Survey
Eight "abnormal" sexual interests, fetishism, exhibitionism, voyeurism, frotteurism, masochism, sadism, transvestism, and pedophilia, were examined and more than one thousand residents of Quebec were surveyed. Four of these kinks are actually statistically normal; (numbers are approximate) 35% of respondents interested in or having experienced voyeurism, 26% regarding fetishism and frotteurism, and 19% for masochism. Overall almost half (46.5%) of those surveyed wanted to do something generally considered sexually anomalous, with a third already having tried such.
Researchers believe those numbers would be similar across North America and Europe.
Unless Québécois are an unusually sexually liberal group...
Links. (Do I need to warn about sexual content?)
The Globe and Mail article
EurekAlert
Medical Daily
The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors in the General Population: A Provincial Survey
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