The term "psychosexual disorder" (Turkish: Psikoseksüel bozukluk) has been used by the TAF for homosexuality as a reason to ban the LGBT people from military service.
Paraphilias are generally defined as psychosexual disorders in which significant distress or an impairment in a domain of functioning results from recurrent intense sexual urges, fantasies or behaviors generally involving an unusual object, activity, or situation.
[7] The term frotteurism itself can be broken down and derived from the French verb frotter which means rubbing.
More serious sexual disorders may be treated with androgen blockers or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to help restore hormonal and neurochemical balances.
[10][11] Richard Krafft-Ebing was a German psychiatrist who sought to revolutionize sexuality in the late nineteenth century.
His most notable work, Psychopathia Sexualis, was a collection of case studies highlighting sexual practices of the general public.
[12] The textbook was the first of its kind recognizing the variation within human sexuality, such as: nymphomania, fetishism, and homosexuality.
Krafft-Ebing is considered the founder of medical sexology; he is the predecessor of both Sigmund Freud and Havelock Ellis.
[14] Havelock Ellis was an English physician and writer born in the eighteen hundreds who studied human sexuality, and is referred to as one of the earliest sexologists.
[15] Ellis also conceived the term eonism, which references a man dressing as a woman.