terest in copulation or equivalent interaction with another person. Examples of the latter
would include intense or preferential sexual in terest in children, corp ses, or amputees (as
a class), as well as intense or preferential in terest in nonhuman animals, such as horses or
dogs, or in inanimate obje cts, such as shoes or articles made of rubber.
A paraphilic disorder  is a paraphilia that is currently causing distress or impairment to the
individual or a paraphilia whose satisfaction has entailed personal harm, or risk of harm, to