I don't feel that my two fetishes have an effect on my identifying as a heterosexual woman.  I guess thinking of myself as having "kinks" or "fetishes" works for me, but I tend to avoid the term "paraphilia" because it sounds too much like another, more famous word, and that is why I dislike the term "dacryphilia" as well.  On the other hand, it's at least neat to know that an official term for it (attraction to crying) exists.  I don't think the general population is quite ready to embrace it, though.

I am definitely heterosexual, and in real life, I am only aroused by male tears. But in videos, pictures, sound effects, etc., I am equally aroused by males and females. It's an interesting feeling, though, because I don't feel attracted to the females themselves -- their crying just triggers a feeling of arousal in me.

Welcome to the forum, Wrightwilliams!  As I often ask our new members, what is it you like best about female crying?  Why does it turn you on?

Bisexual, identify self as having kinky sexual tastes (would never think about normal sex for my own private gratification) but never incorporating them into my sex life - I'd find requesting that a partner cried for me unbelievably awkward and incongruent with sexual activity, and my other fetish is not something I would ever, ever want to indulge in real life.

Interesting responses. Seems we all feel the fetish in different ways.