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  • 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.