Frotteurism
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"A la tombée de la nuit , il se dirige vers les rassemblements, aux stations d'omnibus, auprès des bateleurs , il s'approche et se place derrière une femme, cherchant de préférence la plus grosse ; puis il retire sa verge qui reste flasque et se frotte contre les fesses de sa voisine. C'est pendant qu'il se livre à cet exercice, à la station d'omnibus de la place Clichy, qu'il est arrêté par un agent des mœurs." --"Des exhibitionnistes" (1890) by Valentin Magnan |
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In psychiatry, the clinical term frotteurism (no longer called frottage) refers to a specific paraphilia which involves the non-consensual rubbing against another person to achieve sexual arousal. The contact is usually with the hands or the private parts and may involve touching any part of the body including the genital area. The majority of frotteurs are male and the majority of victims are female, although female on male frotteurs exist.
Etymology and history
Frotteuristic acts were probably first interpreted as signs of a psychological disorder by French psychiatrist Valentin Magnan, who described three acts of "frottage" in his 1890 study Des exhibitionnistes.
"Frottage" derives from the French verb frotter, meaning "to rub". Frotteur is a French noun literally meaning "one who rubs". It was popularized by German sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his book Psychopathia Sexualis, borrowing from Magnan's French terminology. Clifford Allen later coined frotteurism in his 1969 textbook of sexual disorders.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders called this sexual disorder by the name frottage until the third edition (DSM III-R), but changed to frotteurism in the fourth edition, and now uses frotteuristic disorder in the fifth edition. Nevertheless, the term frottage still remains in some law codes where it is synonymous with the term frotteurism.
See also
- Courtship disorder
- Eve teasing
- Groping
- Kazuhide Uekusa
- Masturbation
- Chaim Halpern
- Non-penetrative sex
- Sexual harassment
- Toucherism
