Yep... it is still seen as a 'mental pathology' to have any form of fetish or BDSM related desires. Paraphillias is the technical term.

There is hope, however... these things are always being modified as times change and recently in Sweden it was taken off the list of pathologies. In the 1970s it was considered a pathology to be homosexual and that was soon changed. Mind you, they have a better union than we do...