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| The term was coined by ] scholar from ] ] ] in 1986.<ref name="carey">Carey 2014, p. D7.</ref><ref name="laws">Laws 2008, p. 401.</ref> He characterized the condition as a type of ].<ref name="carey" /> Money described it 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.<ref name="carey" /><ref name="money270">Money 1986, p. 270.</ref> He wrote that often the condition then subsequently involves the individual |
The term was coined by ] scholar from ] ] ] in 1986.<ref name="carey">Carey 2014, p. D7.</ref><ref name="laws">Laws 2008, p. 401.</ref> He characterized the condition as a type of ].<ref name="carey" /> Money described it 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.<ref name="carey" /><ref name="money270">Money 1986, p. 270.</ref> He wrote that often the condition then subsequently involves the individual's awakening the unresponsive victim from his or her slumber after the act has been committed.<ref name="carey" /><ref name="money270" /> | ||
| According to Money, somnophilia may progress to ], the desire to have sexual relations with a dead body.<ref name="money55" /> He characterized it as a form of "stealth and stealing paraphilias" including ].<ref name="money92">Money 1986, p. 92.</ref> Money wrote that somnophilia has a high degree of correlation with acts of ] throughout history.<ref name="money21">Money 1986, p. 21.</ref> Abuse may follow from the condition including use of force or ].<ref name="money55">Money 1986, p. 55.</ref> Typically the individual upon whom the sex act is committed by the somnophiliac is a stranger not previously known intimately to the individual.<ref>Nusbaum 2005, p. 154.</ref> The somnophiliac may create an unconscious state in the victim by drugging |
According to Money, somnophilia may progress to ], the desire to have sexual relations with a dead body.<ref name="money55" /> He characterized it as a form of "stealth and stealing paraphilias" including ].<ref name="money92">Money 1986, p. 92.</ref> Money wrote that somnophilia has a high degree of correlation with acts of ] throughout history.<ref name="money21">Money 1986, p. 21.</ref> Abuse may follow from the condition including use of force or ].<ref name="money55">Money 1986, p. 55.</ref> Typically the individual upon whom the sex act is committed by the somnophiliac is a stranger not previously known intimately to the individual.<ref>Nusbaum 2005, p. 154.</ref> The somnophiliac may create an unconscious state in the victim by drugging him or her, engaging in sex with an inebriated individual, or while the person is asleep.<ref name="ferguson139">Ferguson 2010, p. 139.</ref> The perpetrator becomes attracted to the idea of a sexual victim who is unable to resist the perpetrator's advances.<ref name="ferguson139" /> | ||
| '']'' classified the term in 2000 under DSM-IV TR code 302.9 and in the ] under ] code F65.9.<ref>Levine 2010, p. 407.</ref> ''The Dictionary of Psychology'' categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias.<ref name="corsini747">Corsini 2001, p. 747.</ref> | '']'' classified the term in 2000 under DSM-IV TR code 302.9 and in the ] under ] code F65.9.<ref>Levine 2010, p. 407.</ref> ''The Dictionary of Psychology'' categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias.<ref name="corsini747">Corsini 2001, p. 747.</ref> | ||
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Somnophilia (from Latin "somnus" = sleep and Greek φιλία, "-philia" = love) also known as sleeping princess syndrome and sleeping beauty syndrome is a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious. The condition has a high degree of correlation throughout history with incest and may progress to necrophilia. The Dictionary of Psychology categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias.
Origin
The term was coined by sexology scholar from Johns Hopkins University psychologist John Money in 1986. He characterized the condition as a type of sexual fetishism. Money described it 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. He wrote that often the condition then subsequently involves the individual's awakening the unresponsive victim from his or her slumber after the act has been committed.
According to Money, somnophilia may progress to necrophilia, the desire to have sexual relations with a dead body. He characterized it as a form of "stealth and stealing paraphilias" including kleptophilia. Money wrote that somnophilia has a high degree of correlation with acts of incest throughout history. Abuse may follow from the condition including use of force or abduction. Typically the individual upon whom the sex act is committed by the somnophiliac is a stranger not previously known intimately to the individual. The somnophiliac may create an unconscious state in the victim by drugging him or her, engaging in sex with an inebriated individual, or while the person is asleep. The perpetrator becomes attracted to the idea of a sexual victim who is unable to resist the perpetrator's advances.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classified the term in 2000 under DSM-IV TR code 302.9 and in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems under ICD-10 code F65.9. The Dictionary of Psychology categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias.
Treatment
Physicians have attempted to treat somnophilia with forms of psychotherapy, as well as with medications used for pedophilia. However, James Cantor, psychologist and editor-in-chief of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment stated: "There are occasional claims for treatment, but no one has presented meaningful, compelling evidence that someone with a paraphilia can be turned into someone without a paraphilia. As far as we can tell, it’s like sexual orientation." The condition can be thought of as a fetish or sexual preference which could be incorporated into a healthy partnership based upon consent. Somnophilia rises to the level of diagnosis when it causes "significant impairment", specifically, when the individual performing the sex act does so with a partner who does not give their consent.
In popular culture
Somnophilia has presented itself as a recurring phenomenon in popular culture, including in the French film influenced by Alfred Hitchcock movies, Who Killed Bambi? (Template:Lang-fr). The plot of the horror film involves a surgeon who drugs his female patients in order to subsequently engage in sexual intercourse with them without their consent. The assailant resorts to murder after one of the women wakes up from her unconscious state as he begins to remove her clothing. The title character attempts to warn the board of directors at the hospital of the murderer's activity.
See also
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Notes
- ^ Carey 2014, p. D7.
- ^ Laws 2008, p. 401.
- Flora 2001, p. 92.
- ^ Money 1986, p. 21.
- ^ Corsini 2001, p. 747.
- ^ Money 1986, p. 270.
- ^ Money 1986, p. 55.
- Money 1986, p. 92.
- Nusbaum 2005, p. 154.
- ^ Ferguson 2010, p. 139.
- Levine 2010, p. 407.
- ^ 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. ISBN 0-7890-1499-8. 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. (2010). 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. Cambridge University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0521534215.
External links
- Griffiths, Mark (February 4, 2014). "Doze Were the Days – A brief look at somnophilia". Psychology Today. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
