Somnophilia
Somnophilia (from Latin somnus "sleep" and Greek φιλία, -philia "friendship") is a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.[1][2][3] The Dictionary of Psychology categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias.[4]
Origin
The term somnophilia was coined by John Money in 1986.[1][2] He characterized the condition as a type of sexual fetishism,[1] described as a type of syndrome: "of the marauding-predatory type in which erotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and dependent on intruding upon" someone who is unable to respond.[1][5] He wrote that often the condition then subsequently involves the individual waking the unresponsive sexual partner after the act has been committed.[1][5]
According to Money, somnophilia may progress to
Prevalence
A 2015 study with a sample of 1516 participants reported that 22,6% of men and 10,8% of women have fantasized about "sexually abusing a person who is drunk, asleep, or unconscious." Another 2021 study by
Treatment
Physicians have attempted to treat somnophilia with forms of
In popular culture
Somnophilia has presented itself as a recurring phenomenon in
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Carey 2014, p. D7.
- ^ a b Laws 2008, p. 401.
- ^ Flora 2001, p. 92.
- ^ a b Corsini 2001, p. 747.
- ^ a b Money 1986, p. 270.
- ^ a b Money 1986, p. 55.
- ^ Money 1986, p. 92.
- ^ Money 1986, p. 21.
- ^ Nusbaum 2005, p. 154.
- ^ a b Ferguson 2010, p. 139.
- ^ Levine 2010, p. 407.
- PMID 35507729.
- ^ a b c d Ferguson 2010, p. 156.
References
- Carey, Benedict (December 8, 2014). "Health – When a Rapist's Weapon Is a Drug". The New York Times. p. D7; Print version: When a Rapist's Weapon Is a Pill; Edition: December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- Corsini, Raymond J. (2001). "Predatory paraphilias". The Dictionary of Psychology. Routledge. p. 747. ISBN 978-1583913284.
- Ferguson, Anthony (2010). The Sex Doll: A History. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786447947.
- Flora, Rudy (2001). How to Work with Sex Offenders: A Handbook for Criminal Justice, Human Service, and Mental Health Professionals. New York: Haworth Clinical Practice Press. p. 92. OCLC 45668958.
- Laws, D. Richard; O'Donohue, William T., eds. (2008). "Somnophilia". Sexual Deviance, Second Edition: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. The Guilford Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-1593856052.
- Levine, Stephen B.; Risen, Candace B.; Althof, Stanley E., eds. (2009). Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals. Routledge. p. 407. ISBN 978-0415800761.
- Money, John (1986). Lovemaps: Clinical Concepts of Sexual/Erotic Health and Pathology, Paraphilia, and Gender Transposition of Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity. Irvington. pp. 21, 26, 55, 79, 92. ISBN 978-0829015898.
- Nusbaum, Margaret; Jo Ann Rosenfeld (2005). Sexual Health across the Lifecycle: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. ISBN 978-0521534215.