coprophilia
{{short description|Sexual paraphilia involving feces}}
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Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros 'excrement' and φιλία, philía 'liking, fondness'), also called scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'),{{cite book |last= Holmes |first= Ronald M. |title= Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behavior |date= 6 November 2001 |publisher= Sage Publications |location= Thousand Oaks |isbn= 0-7619-2417-5 |oclc= 47893709 |page=244}} is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces.{{cite book |last= Corsini |first= Raymond J. |title= The Dictionary of Psychology |publisher= Brunner-Routledge |location= Philadelphia |year= 2002 |page= [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofpsyc0000cors/page/224 224] |isbn= 1-58391-328-9 |oclc= 48932974 |url= https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofpsyc0000cors/page/224 }}{{cite book |last= Flora |first= Rudy |title= How to Work with Sex Offenders: A Handbook for Criminal Justice, Human Service, and Mental Health Professionals |page= [https://archive.org/details/howtoworkwithsex0000flor/page/91 91] |publisher= Haworth Clinical Practice Press |location= New York |year= 2001 |isbn= 0-7890-1499-8 |oclc= 45668958 |url= https://archive.org/details/howtoworkwithsex0000flor/page/91 }}
Research
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In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association, it is classified under 302.89—Paraphilia NOS (Not Otherwise Specified) and has no diagnostic criteria other than a general statement about paraphilias that says "the diagnosis is made if the behavior, sexual urges, or fantasies cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning". Furthermore, the DSM-IV-TR notes, "Fantasies, behaviors, or objects are paraphilic only when they lead to clinically significant distress or impairment (e.g. are obligatory, result in sexual dysfunction, require participation of nonconsenting individuals, lead to legal complications, interfere with social relationships)".
Although there may be no connection between coprophilia and sadomasochism (SM), the limited data on the former comes from studies of the latter. A 1999 study of 164 males in Finland from two SM clubs found that 18.2% had engaged in coprophilia; 3% as a sadist only, 6.1% as a masochist only, and 9.1% as both.{{cite journal |author1=N. Kenneth Sandnabba |author2=Pekka Santtila |author3=Niklas Nordling |title=Sexual Behavior and Social Adaptation Among Sadomasochistically-Oriented Males |journal=Journal of Sex Research |date=August 1999 | doi = 10.1080/00224499909551997 |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=273–282}} In the study pool 18% of heterosexuals and 17% of homosexuals had tried coprophilia, showing no statistically significant difference between heterosexuals and homosexuals. In a separate article analyzing 12 men who engaged in bestiality, an additional analysis of an 11-man subgroup revealed that six had engaged in coprophilic behavior, compared with only one in the matched control group consisting of 12 SM-oriented males who did not engage in bestiality.{{cite journal |author1=Sandnabba N. K. |author2=Santtila P. |author3=Nordling N. |author4=Beetz A. M. |author5=Alison L. |title=Characteristics of a Sample of Sadomasochistically-oriented Males with Recent Experience of Sexual Contact with Animals |journal=Deviant Behavior |volume=23 |issue=6 |date=November 2002 |pages=511–529 |doi=10.1080/01639620290086503|s2cid=144188679 }}
Society and culture
A table in Larry Townsend's The Leatherman's Handbook II (the 1983 second edition; the 1972 first edition did not include this list) which is generally considered authoritative states that a brown handkerchief is a symbol for coprophilia in the handkerchief code, which is employed usually among gay male casual-sex seekers or BDSM practitioners in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. Wearing the handkerchief on the left indicates the top, dominant, or active partner; right the bottom, submissive, or passive partner. However, negotiation with a prospective partner remains important because, as Townsend noted, people may wear hankies of any color "only because the idea of the hankie turns them on" or "may not even know what it means".{{cite book |last=Townsend |first=Larry|title=The Leatherman's Handbook II |year=1983 |publisher=Modernismo Publications |location=New York |isbn=0-89237-010-6 |page=26}}
Originally the Mineshaft had a room for coprophilia, but it was soon abandoned as too extreme.Patrick Moore, Beyond Shame. Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality, Boston, Beacon Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0807079561}}, p. 23.
American musician Chuck Berry recorded videos of himself urinating on and engaging in coprophilia with women. In one video, a woman defecates on him after he says "Now it's time for my breakfast."{{Cite magazine|last=Sagar|first=Mike|date=February 1993|title=Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll Especially Sex|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akzvdiyCQ1EC&pg=PA58|magazine=Spy Magazine|page=|pages=58–63|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}} He was also sued for videotaping dozens of women in the restroom of a restaurant he owned, which has been identified as being motivated by his coprophilia fetish.{{cite news|last=Gilmore|first=Mikal|date=7 April 2017|title=Chuck Berry: Farewell to the Father of Rock|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chuck-berry-inside-father-of-rocks-triumphs-scandals-w475260|url-status=live|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620004542/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chuck-berry-inside-father-of-rocks-triumphs-scandals-w475260|archive-date=20 June 2017}}{{Cite news|last=Hines|first=Will|date=2011-04-27|title=Diving Into the Archives of 'Spy,' The Funniest Magazine Ever|language=en-us|website=Vulture|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/04/digging-into-the-archives-of-spy.html|access-date=2021-02-20}}
{{anchor|Cleveland steamer}}The Cleveland steamer is a colloquial term for a form of coprophilia, where someone defecates on their partner's chest. The term received news attention through its use in a U.S. Congress staff hoax email and being addressed by the United States Federal Communications Commission.{{Cite magazine |title=State Of Shock |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/state-shock/ |author=Josh Wolk |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014023406/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,454147,00.html |archive-date=14 October 2007}}
{{anchor|Hot Karl}} Hot Karl (also Hot Sasser) is sexual slang referring to one of several purported acts involving feces. It variously means an act of defecating on one's sexual partner, defecating on someone who is asleep, or defecating on someone's face while covered in plastic wrap.Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2008). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Psychology Press, {{ISBN|9780415212595}} According to psychologist Anil Aggrawal, it is a synonym for a Cleveland steamer and is part of a coprophilia vocabulary that also includes the Dirty Sanchez.Aggrawal, Anil (2009). Forensic And Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes And Unusual Sexual Practices. CRC Press, {{ISBN|9781420043082}} The term was adopted as a name by rapper Hot Karl.Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2007). Sex Slang. Psychology Press, {{ISBN|9780415371803}}
{{anchor|Dirty Sanchez}} Dirty Sanchez is a purported sex act which consists of feces purposely being smeared onto a partner's upper lip. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English says, "This appears to have been contrived with the intention to provoke shock rather than actually as a practice, although, no doubt, some have or will experiment."Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2006). The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. Taylor & Francis, 9780415259378 Columnist Gustavo Arellano of ¡Ask a Mexican! contends the term evokes the stereotypical mustache of a Mexican.{{cite book|title=Ask a Mexican|first=Gustavo|last=Arellano|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781416540021/page/67 67]|year=2007|publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-1-4165-4002-1|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781416540021/page/67}}{{dubious|date=June 2021}} The term for the sex act entered British gay cant Polari in the 1960s.{{cite book|title=Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang|last=Baker|first=Paul|year=2004|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|pages=109|isbn=0-8264-7343-1}}
See also
- 2 Girls 1 Cup
- Anilingus
- Ass to mouth — removing the penis from the passive partner's anus followed by its immediate insertion into either their mouth, or another person's.
- Coprophagia — the consumption of feces
- Scatology
- Urolagnia (also known as urophilia) — a paraphilia involving sexual pleasure from urine
References
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Further reading
- {{cite magazine
|first=Jack
|last=Fritscher
|magazine=Drummer
|year=1978
|title=Review of END PRODUCT: THE FIRST TABOO by Dan Sabbath and Mandel Hall, Preface by Abby Rockefeller. URIZEN BOOKS, N.Y., 1977. 287 pp.
|url=http://www.jackfritscher.com/Drummer/Issues/022/End%20Product2.pdf
|number=22
|access-date=December 28, 2018}}
- {{cite journal |author=Xavier CM |title=Coprophilia; a clinical study |journal=Br J Med Psychol |volume=28 |issue=2–3 |pages=188–90 |date=June 1955 |pmid=14389628 |doi=10.1111/j.2044-8341.1955.tb00893.x}}
External links
- {{Wiktionary inline|coprophilia}}
- {{Commons category-inline|Coprophilia}}
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