I have had an attraction to leather, particularly women in leather, ever since I can remember. I would call it a fetish or perhaps a fantasy, but it is not S&M and does not drive my life. Is this normal? Were does something like this come from?Answered by:Eric Marcus
Interests of this sort are on a spectrum from normal to mildly problematic to very problematic, depending on intensity, necessity, compulsivity, and role in the emotional, interpersonal relationship to women. The best way to explore this and to understand both its origins and purposes, which are variable, is in an individual exploratory psychotherapy.
Eric R. Marcus, M.D.
Director, Columbia Unviersity Center for Training and Research
Eric R. Marcus, MD is Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a training and supervising psychoanalyst.He is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the American College of Psychoanalysts. His teaching awards include the Columbia University President's Teaching Award, the Roeske teaching award of the American Psychiatric Association, the Shabshin teaching award o...
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