A Brief Report on Fetishism in Romania: An Approach Based on Gender and Sexual Orientation

Abstract

Objectives: With this research, we aimed to assess the level of fetishism in Romania, to explore the gender and sexual orientation differences and to inspect its relationship with sexual satisfaction and well-being.

Methods: This study analyses data from 525 participants from the non-clinical population.

Results: The analyses showed that some levels of fetishism are present in almost 70 % of the sample, that queer participants report higher scores and that it does not impact sexual satisfaction and well-being.

Conclusion: These findings can be used for a better understanding of fetishism and its impact by both clinicians and individuals with fetishes.

Keywords:

• Non-clinical sample
• fetishism
• gender
• sexual orientation
• satisfaction

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Accept Association and Alina Greavu (Aluziva) for distributing the online form.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.