Misplaced Pages

Coprophilia: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 14:30, 20 May 2006 view sourceBackburner001 (talk | contribs)1,412 edits rv, add one catagory lost by reversion - why are we deleting categories?← Previous edit Latest revision as of 23:17, 19 December 2024 view source Synorem (AWB) (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users284 editsm AWB cleanupTag: AWB 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Sexual paraphilia involving feces}}
⚫ {{Wiktionary|coprophilia}}
{{About|the paraphilia|dung-feeding fungi|Coprophilous fungi|the form of ]|coprolalia}}
'''Coprophilia''' (from ] ''κόπρος, kópros - excrement'' and ''φιλία, filía - liking, fondness'') also known as '''fecophilia''', '''fecalphilia''' or '''coprolagnia''', is the ] involving ] through human ], or rather to its excretion.
{{pp-semi-indef}}
] depicting defecation on a sleeping victim, one definition of the term “Hot Karl”]]
'''Coprophilia''' (from ] κόπρος, ''kópros'' 'excrement' and φιλία, ''philía'' 'liking, fondness'), also called '''scatophilia''' or '''scat''' (]: σκατά, ''skatá'' ']'),<ref name="Holmes">{{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}}</ref> is the ] involving ] and pleasure from ].<ref name="Corsini">{{cite book |last= Corsini |first= Raymond J. |title= The Dictionary of Psychology |publisher= Brunner-Routledge |location= Philadelphia |year= 2002 |page= |isbn= 1-58391-328-9 |oclc= 48932974 |url= https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofpsyc0000cors/page/224 }}</ref><ref name="Flora">{{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= |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 }}</ref>


== Research ==
Coprophilia is the attraction to the smell, taste or sight of the act of ] as a primary means of ] and gratification. Erotic fulfilment with excrement may be practiced alone or with a sexual partner. A common slang term for this is ''"scat sex"'', other less common ones may exist.
], Prague]]
In the '']'' (DSM), published by the ], it is classified under 302.89—] (Not Otherwise Specified) and has no ] 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 ], require participation of nonconsenting individuals, lead to legal complications, interfere with social relationships)".


Although there may be no connection between coprophilia and ] (SM), the limited data on the former comes from studies of the latter. A 1999 study of 164 males in ] 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 ], 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
Some coprophiliacs engage in ], the eating of feces. This is a potentially hazardous activity due to the risks of ]. Consuming one's own feces could have potentially harmful consequences, as the ] ] are not necessarily safe to ]. Risks include viral ] and parasitic intestinal infections such as ], ], ], ] and ]. Those with weakened immune systems should certainly abstain from mucous membrane contact with stool.


== Society and culture ==
Alternative terms include scat fetishism, japscat and scat play, which share a root with the scientific and literary term ]. The ] colloquial term for scat fetishism is ''Kaviar''.
A table in ]'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 ], which is employed usually among gay male casual-sex seekers or ] 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".<ref>{{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}}</ref>


Originally the ] had a room for coprophilia, but it was soon abandoned as too extreme.<ref>Patrick Moore, ''Beyond Shame. Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality'', Boston, Beacon Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0807079561}}, p. 23.</ref>
In context of the so-called ] of the ], the color for the ] hanging out of the rear pocket is brown for scat. The use of the left pocket is generally seen as "active" whereas the right pocket stands for "passive."


American musician ] recorded ] of himself ] and engaging in coprophilia with women. In one video, a woman ] on him after he says "Now it's time for my breakfast."<ref>{{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=]|page=|pages=58–63|doi=|pmid=|access-date=}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilmore|first=Mikal|date=7 April 2017|title=Chuck Berry: Farewell to the Father of Rock|magazine=]|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}}</ref><ref>{{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=]|url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/04/digging-into-the-archives-of-spy.html|access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref>
A well-known literary work with larger coprophilia passages is ] by ]. Such acts also play a minor role in ]'s novel '']''.

{{anchor|Cleveland steamer}}The '''Cleveland steamer''' is a ] term for a form of coprophilia, where someone ] on their partner's chest. The term received news attention through its use in a ] staff ] and being addressed by the ].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=State Of Shock |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/05/30/state-shock/ |author=Josh Wolk |magazine=] |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}}</ref>

{{anchor|Hot Karl}} '''Hot Karl''' (also '''Hot Sasser''') is ] referring to one of several purported acts involving ]. 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.<ref name="Partridge">Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2008). ''The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.'' Psychology Press, {{ISBN|9780415212595}}</ref> According to psychologist ], it is a ] for a ] and is part of a coprophilia vocabulary that also includes the ].<ref name="Aggrawal">Aggrawal, Anil (2009). ''Forensic And Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes And Unusual Sexual Practices.'' CRC Press, {{ISBN|9781420043082}}</ref> The term was adopted as a name by rapper ].<ref name="Dalzell">Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2007). ''Sex Slang.'' Psychology Press, {{ISBN|9780415371803}}</ref>

{{anchor|Dirty Sanchez}} '''Dirty Sanchez''' is a purported ] which consists of feces purposely being smeared onto a partner's upper lip. The '']'' 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."<ref name="Partridge2">Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2006). ''The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English.'' Taylor & Francis, 9780415259378</ref> Columnist ] of '']'' contends the term evokes the stereotypical mustache of a Mexican.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ask a Mexican|first=Gustavo|last=Arellano|pages=|year=2007|publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-1-4165-4002-1|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781416540021/page/67}}</ref>{{dubious|date=June 2021}} The term for the sex act entered British gay ] ] in the 1960s.<ref name="Baker">{{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}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
* '']''
* ]
* ] * ]
* ] — removing the penis from the passive partner's anus followed by its immediate insertion into either their mouth, or another person's.
* ]
* ] — the consumption of feces
* ]
* ]
* ] (also known as urophilia) - a paraphilia involving sexual pleasure through urine. * ] (also known as urophilia) — a paraphilia involving sexual pleasure from urine


==External links== ==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
* PMID: 14389628


==Further reading==
]
*{{cite magazine
]
|first=Jack
]
|last=Fritscher
]
|magazine=]
]
|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}}
]
* {{Wikiquote-inline|Coprophilia}}
]

]
{{paraphilia}}
]

]
] ]
] ]
] ]
]

Latest revision as of 23:17, 19 December 2024

Sexual paraphilia involving feces This article is about the paraphilia. For dung-feeding fungi, see Coprophilous fungi. For the form of Tourette syndrome, see coprolalia.

Russian coprophiliac erotica depicting defecation on a sleeping victim, one definition of the term “Hot Karl”

Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros 'excrement' and φιλία, philía 'liking, fondness'), also called scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'), is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces.

Research

Chair with a toilet seat for use in coprophagy activities, Sex Machines Museum, Prague

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. 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.

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".

Originally the Mineshaft had a room for coprophilia, but it was soon abandoned as too extreme.

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." 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.

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.

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. 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. The term was adopted as a name by rapper Hot Karl.

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." Columnist Gustavo Arellano of ¡Ask a Mexican! contends the term evokes the stereotypical mustache of a Mexican. The term for the sex act entered British gay cant Polari in the 1960s.

See also

References

  1. Holmes, Ronald M. (6 November 2001). Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behavior. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. p. 244. ISBN 0-7619-2417-5. OCLC 47893709.
  2. Corsini, Raymond J. (2002). The Dictionary of Psychology. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge. p. 224. ISBN 1-58391-328-9. OCLC 48932974.
  3. 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. 91. ISBN 0-7890-1499-8. OCLC 45668958.
  4. N. Kenneth Sandnabba; Pekka Santtila; Niklas Nordling (August 1999). "Sexual Behavior and Social Adaptation Among Sadomasochistically-Oriented Males". Journal of Sex Research. 36 (3): 273–282. doi:10.1080/00224499909551997.
  5. Sandnabba N. K.; Santtila P.; Nordling N.; Beetz A. M.; Alison L. (November 2002). "Characteristics of a Sample of Sadomasochistically-oriented Males with Recent Experience of Sexual Contact with Animals". Deviant Behavior. 23 (6): 511–529. doi:10.1080/01639620290086503. S2CID 144188679.
  6. Townsend, Larry (1983). The Leatherman's Handbook II. New York: Modernismo Publications. p. 26. ISBN 0-89237-010-6.
  7. Patrick Moore, Beyond Shame. Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay Sexuality, Boston, Beacon Press, 2004, ISBN 0807079561, p. 23.
  8. Sagar, Mike (February 1993). "Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'Roll Especially Sex". Spy Magazine. pp. 58–63.
  9. Gilmore, Mikal (7 April 2017). "Chuck Berry: Farewell to the Father of Rock". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  10. Hines, Will (2011-04-27). "Diving Into the Archives of 'Spy,' The Funniest Magazine Ever". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  11. Josh Wolk. "State Of Shock". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007.
  12. Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2008). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Psychology Press, ISBN 9780415212595
  13. Aggrawal, Anil (2009). Forensic And Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes And Unusual Sexual Practices. CRC Press, ISBN 9781420043082
  14. Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2007). Sex Slang. Psychology Press, ISBN 9780415371803
  15. Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (2006). The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. Taylor & Francis, 9780415259378
  16. Arellano, Gustavo (2007). Ask a Mexican. Scribner. pp. 67. ISBN 978-1-4165-4002-1.
  17. Baker, Paul (2004). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 109. ISBN 0-8264-7343-1.

Further reading

External links

Paraphilias
List
See also
Categories: