Английская Википедия:Acrotomophilia
Шаблон:Short description Acrotomophilia (from the Greek Шаблон:Lang "having the top cut off"; from Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang "extremity" and -Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang from Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang "I cut" and Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang "love") is a paraphilia in which an individual expresses strong sexual interest in amputees. It is a counterpart to apotemnophilia, the desire (not necessarily sexual) to be an amputee.
Overview
Acrotomophiles may be attracted to amputees because they like the way they look or they may view the amputee's stump as a phallic object which can be used for sexual pleasure.[1] Acrotomophiles may enjoy the idea of dominating the amputee during couples play and they may also become aroused with the thought of having to take care of an amputee.
Interests and behaviours
In a survey of acrotomophiles, leg amputations were preferred over arm amputations, amputations of a single limb over double amputations, and amputations that left a stump over amputations that left no stump.[2] According to Per Solvang (2007), "Devotees adhere to standard conceptions of attractiveness in all other matters outside of amputations."[3]
Ethical issues
Some peopleШаблон:Who? question whether amputating one's own body parts or operating on a partner for the sake of sexual pleasure is ethical. For some,Шаблон:Who? modifying the body is a private ritual of self-ownership and freedom of choice. Psychiatrists may make a diagnosis of body integrity identity disorder.[4][5]
Terminology
The term amelotatism has also been used to describe acrotomophilia. The sexual interest in being an amputee is apotemnophilia.[6][7] John Money (1977) used the terms autoapotemnophilia and alloapotemnophilia to describe the erotic interest of wanting to be or appear as an amputee versus wanting amputees as sexual partners;[8] neither term has been widely used since. The term teratophilia is used to describe arousal from deformed or monstrous people.[9]
See also
- Attraction to disability
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Boxing Helena, a feature film concerning amputee fetishism
- Disability pretenders
- Disability
- Genital modification and mutilation
- List of paraphilias
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Dixon, D. (1983). An erotic attraction to amputees. Sexuality and Disability, 6, 3–19. Шаблон:Doi
- ↑ Solvang, P. (2007). The amputee body desired: Beauty destabilized? Disability re-valued? Sexuality and Disability, 25, 51–64. Шаблон:Doi
- ↑ Robin Marantz Henig. (March 22, 2005) At War With Their Bodies, They Seek to Sever Limbs. The New York Times. Retrieved: 2008.02.08.
- ↑ fleshbot.com (March 22, 2005) Devotees, Pretenders and Wannabes. Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ John Money, Kent W. Simcoe. 1984. Sexuality and Disability Journal. "Acrotomophilia, sex and disability: New concepts and case report". Springer Netherlands. ISSN 0146-1044 (Print) 1573-6717 (Online).
- ↑ Janice M. Irvine. (2005). Disorders of Desire: Sexuality And Gender In Modern American Sexology. Шаблон:ISBN. (p. 4).
- ↑ Money, J., Jobaris, R., & Furth, G. (1977). Apotemnophilia: Two cases of self demand amputation as a sexual preference. The Journal of Sex Research, 13, 115–124. Шаблон:Doi
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
