In my previous post, I looked at the rate at which those with a particular paraphilic interest were also aroused by the idea of being the interest they were aroused by. For example, for all the people aroused by vampires (as in, another person is the vampire), this is the % of those who are also aroused by the idea of being a vampire. The following graph shows the results of that analysis:
I decided to also look in the opposite direction - what % of respondents who are aroused by what they are around by being. For example, of all the people aroused by the idea of being a vampire, this is the % of those also aroused by another person as a vampire.
In most cases, being aroused by the idea of being something is associated with being aroused by that thing. For example, if you are aroused by the idea of being a vampire, you are most likely aroused by vampires. I think I might have gotten even higher percentages on some of the items if I changed the wording of the questions. In most cases, I asked the respondent if they would be aroused by having sex with that person or thing. It could be that some people are shy about sex. Also, in some cases the parings were not perfect. "Balloons" and "being inflated like a balloon" are not a perfect pair, but perhaps balloon fetishism is not something commonly associated with an ETII, and rather an ETLE.
There is a notable difference between men and women when comparing the two graphs. A woman who is aroused by wearing latex, for example, would be less likely to feel aroused if her partner did the same. The reverse is true with men. A man who is aroused by his partner wearing latex, for example, would be less likely to feel aroused if he did the same. This might indicate that women are more likely to be the object of desire than men.
A random finding that I found interesting when looking through the data is that being aroused by the idea of being a child is more common than being aroused by children. 2% of female respondents are aroused by children, while 10% of female respondents are aroused by the idea of being a child, and 6% of male respondents are aroused by children, while 13% of male respondents are aroused by the idea of being a child. Sexual interest in children might work differently than most other sexual interests that can also include an ETII. Using factor analysis, Tailcalled found that sexual attraction to children is associated with a disgust/taboo factor. Perhaps being part of this factor makes it somehow different from most other paraphilic interests associated with an ETII. Another possibility is that it's difficult to get data on pedophilia, even if they survey is anonymous, so the data that I gathered is not accurate.
Discussion on AGP and Future Research
AGP is often described as an ETII towards women. I think it's possible that this is missing the mark. I think AGP might be a bunch of different paraphilic interests that include the common feature of a woman. This might include pregnant women, giant women, or bimbos. It might also be associated with a paraphilic interest in feminized men. It's not obvious why some men are into GAMs, but half of men who are attracted to them are aroused by the idea of being one, and 88% of men who are aroused by the idea of being one are also aroused by them (the % might be higher if I change the wording away from having sex with them to a more abstract attraction). In future research, I might include a photo of an attractive woman and ask the participants if they would be more, less, or equally attracted to her if she was transgender. If AGPs are more attracted to her if she is transgender, it might indicate that one type of AGP (perhaps the most common) is a paraphilia associated with feminized men. It would be a good idea to also do this with other types of ETII interests associated with females, in case attraction to feminized men is more like a feature of an ETII towards women.
The Male N's (n=* for the Above Second Graph)
The Female N's (n=* for the Above Second Graph)
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