Strong recurrent urges and related fantasies related to sexual acts that involve being humiliated or made to suffer are characteristic of ______. These urges may be acted upon, or may cause significant personal distress.

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Sexual masochism involves recurrent and intense arousal from the act of being humiliated or made to suffer during sexual activity. These urges may cause significant personal distress or impairment and can be acted upon, although not all individuals with these fantasies act on them. Sexual sadism, on the other hand, involves the recurrent and intense desire to inflict pain or humiliation on others for sexual pleasure. Frotteurism involves recurrent and intense sexual arousal from rubbing against or touching a non-consenting person, while scatologia involves the recurrent and intense desire to make obscene phone calls.

Strong Recurrent Urges and Related Fantasies Related to Sexual Acts