Psychogenic Inventory Part II

Psychosexual History cont... L. Fetishism 263. Is there any particular material, fabric, or substance which appeals to you to an extraordinary extent; which you especially like to touch, stroke, or handle, e.g., silk, velvet, rubber, mud, etc.? If so, give a detailed account of your interest in such material, fabric, or substance. Can you remember the first time it exerted unusual interest? How old were you? Under just what circumstances was your interest aroused? Does contact with the particular material, fabric, or substance under discussion ever provoke sexual excitement? If so, to exactly what extent? 264. Are there any particular objects, articles of wearing apparel, etc. which interest you to the point of sexual excitement? If so, give a full and detailed account of your experience with these, telling under just what circumstances and at just what age this interest was first manifested, and to exactly what extent the article, object, etc. excites you sexually. Have you ever made collections of the item or object in question, and if so, where or from whom? Have you ever masturbated with the aid of such article or object? M. Zoophilia 265. Did you as a child or adolescent ever attempt to have sexual relations with any animal, or engage in any sort of sexual activity with any animal? If so, describe in detail, stating your age at the time. Was such activity carried out secretly, or in the company of others? 266. Have you, since reaching adulthood, ever attempted to have sexual relations with any animal, or engage in any sort of sexual activity with an animal; or has there been any occasion when proximity to or contact with any animal caused you to become sexually excited? If so, give a full detailed account of any such experience. 267. Have you ever attended any exhibition in which a woman (or a man) had any sort of sexual relation with an animal? If so, what was your reaction to such an exhibition? N. Coprophilia 268. Have you any pronounced or extraordinary reaction to urine or feces? Does the sight of them disgust or attract you, or are you completely indifferent to them? 269. Can you recall any childhood episode in which urine or feces or both figured conspicuously? If so, describe it in detail, stating your age at the time and impression it made on you. 270. Did you in childhood or later ever have another person urine on you; or did you ever urinate on another person? If so, describe the episode in detail, stating your age at the time and the impression which it left on you. 271. Did you as a child ever drink, or attempt to drink, any urine; or to get another child to do so? If so, describe the circumstances in detail. 272. Do you ever suffer from constipation or diarrhea? If so, give some account of this. Are these conditions associated with any particular circumstances? 273. Are you extremely neat and tidy in your living quarters, or are you careless and "sloppy"? How do you keep desk or dresser drawers? Are you a fanatic about personal cleanliness, or are you somewhat lax in this respect? 274. Do you have an abnormally keen sense of smell? Are you particularly sensitive to certain odors? If so, to what odors? O. Necrophilia 275. Do dead bodies interest or fascinate you? Have you ever wanted to be an undertaker or to assist an undertaker? Have you ever had occasion to handle a dead body, and if so what effect did this have on you? 276. If you are a man, are you one of those who during sexual intercourse demands complete absence of any movement by your sexual partner, or who wants the sexual partner to be as lifeless as possible? 277. Have you ever had any dreams or phantasies of inflicting injury of any kind on a dead person? Can you recall having read any story, newspaper article, etc., involving interference with the dead? If so, what was your reaction? P. Sexual Stimulation 288. Have you ever attended "strip-poker" parties, or other similar gatherings at which sexual activities, or activities suggestive of sexual interest, took place? Did such parties include persons of both sexes, or were they confined to persons of one sex only? Give an account of such parties and your reaction them. 289. If you have indulged to any extent in alcohol, discuss in detail the relation between alcohol and sex in your own case. What influence do they have on each other? What sexual activity have you engaged in under the influence of alcohol that you have not engaged in otherwise? 290. Can you recall any passags in books, scenes in plays or moving pictures, or anything else which you have read or seen, which was provocative of considerable sexual excitation? If so, describe same, stating the particular feature which you think was responsible for the sexual excitement. 281. If you have at any time used any drug or drugs, discuss in detail the relation between this and sex in your own case. Have you engaged in any sexual activity under the influence of a drug that you would not have engaged in otherwise, etc.? 282. Are there any other forms of sexual stimulation not covered by the questions that you have already answered that have figured in your past experience? If so, give a detailed account of them, state your age at which you came in contact with them, and the extent to which they affected you. Q. Personal and Social Factors 283. Would you describe yourself as prudish? What do you mean by prudish? 284. Do you think that you could be described as "over-nice," too modest, or unusually "innocent"? Would this description have applied to you at any time during your childhood? If so, at what age? As a child, were you "over-good"? 285. What is your attitude toward risque stories? Are you easily disgusted? If so, by what? 286. In your friendships are you: demonstrative; cold; whimsical? Discuss. Do you think that your friendships reflect either a parental or fraternal interest? Discuss. 287. Which members of your family do you resemble? Do you have any special attraction or repulsion in relation to either of your parents or any of your siblings? If so, describe. 288. Have you shown any marked change of attitude toward any members of your family? If so, when did such change take place? Tell something about it and the reasons for it. 289. Have you at any time shown any marked reaction to either marriage or death in your family? If so, describe. 290. Do you consider that you have good appreciation of right and wrong in sex matters? Discuss. 291. How much conscious restraint do you impose on your sexual inclinations?