My qualitative research instructors at Arizona State University: T0111 Barone, Mary Lee Smith, and Amira De la Garza, for introducing me to the methods and literature of qualitative inquiry;
INTRODUCTION. Fetishistic disorder is one of the numerous forms of sexual disorders classified as paraphilias. Fetishistic disorder is characterized by a distressing and persistent pattern of sexual arousal involving the use of nonliving objects or specific, nongenital body parts.his topic addresses the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical characteristics, course, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of fetishistic disorder. Evaluation and management of other sexual and gender identity disorders are discussed separately.
Fetishism as a mental condition may be defined as the necessity to use a nongenital object in order to achieve sexual gratification. The object may be some other body part, an article of clothing, or, less frequently, some more impersonal object.