Fantasie sessuali, disturbi organici, violenze sessuali

The study takes a look at the themes of sexual fantasies and the role it plays in the realm of sexuality, looking at both the more usual manifestations which can be considered as being within the boundaries of normality and at those which are considered more extreme and pathological, often part to the origins of heinous serial crimes.The literature taken into consideration highlights how it is, above all, the con- tent which characterises pathological fantasies and provides their ability to sepa- rate paraphilic sexual behaviour from those which can be deemed as being nor- mal. Among pathological sexual fantasies the more frequent are those of violence, sadism and power, fantasies which are found precociously and pertaining to ab- solute control in sexual offenders, often existing as a form of compensation for profound feelings of personal inadequacy and not uncommon to fears of physical shortcomings or to a self perception of being so. The study includes experiential data, arising from expert studies on various types of sexual offenders which suggests how fears of physical inadequacy repre- sent an important factor in the manifestation and perpetuation of paraphilic be- haviour.