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Erotic target location errors: an underappreciated paraphilic dimension
1Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge. alawrence@mindspring.com
Journal of Sex Research
|March 25, 2009
Summary
Erotic target location errors (ETLEs) propose a new paraphilic dimension where erotic focus is misdirected. This concept, underappreciated, explains diverse paraphilias like fetishism and transvestism.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Sexology
- Psychiatry
Background:
- Blanchard (1991) proposed erotic target location errors (ETLEs) as a paraphilic dimension.
- ETLEs involve misplacing erotic focus on non-genital body parts or impersonating others.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review studies supporting the ETLE concept.
- To explore ETLE manifestations across various paraphilias.
- To discuss clinical and theoretical implications of ETLEs.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on fetishism, transvestism, and transsexualism.
- Analysis of Blanchard's (1991) ETLE theory.
- Synthesis of research on ETLEs in men and women.
Main Results:
- ETLEs manifest as fetishism (peripheral focus) or transvestism/transsexualism (body focus).
- The ETLE concept applies to diverse paraphilias, including those involving non-human targets.
- ETLEs have implications for psychoanalytic theories and psychiatric nosology.
Conclusions:
- The ETLE concept offers a unifying framework for understanding paraphilias.
- Wider appreciation of ETLEs could enhance clinical understanding and treatment.
- Further research is needed to explore the etiology and full scope of ETLEs.
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