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"   People can get turned on by some pretty random\u2014and weird-sounding\u2014stuff. There are fetishes that involve eating, feet, wearing furry costumes, wearing ball gags, you name it. But, hey, if you like doing the deed while getting whipped and drinking a chocolate milkshake, honestly, who are we to judge?  Well, until recently, the American Psychiatric Association actually classified those who like, say, being tied up, in the same category as pedophiles. (Not only that, but pretty much anyone with a sexual fetish was labeled as having mental issues. )  According the association&amp;#039;s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders\u2014a.k.a the big book of psychiatry\u2014all sexual obsessions were created equal. Which sounds pretty ridic to us\u2014getting it on like Ana Steele and Christian Grey is so not even on the same planet as people who have sexual obsessions with underage kids.  Now, however, the association plans to formally separate what its calling &amp;quot;paraphilias&amp;quot;\u2014consensual fetishes that don&amp;#039;t harm other people\u2014from &amp;quot;paraphilic disorders&amp;quot; (i.e. pedophilia).  Well, it&amp;#039;s about damn time. But we think the association should go a step further and take benign fetishes out of its mental disorder book entirely. There&amp;#039;s nothing crazy about simply wanting to fly your (harmless) kinky flag.  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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