Armpit fetishism

Nude photography highlighting a female armpit.

Armpits are often displayed in much erotic photography.

Armpit fetishism (also known as maschalagnia) is a partialism in which an individual is sexually attracted to armpits.^[1]

The attraction is mostly directed towards the strong pungent odor of the armpit. The odor of the armpit is the most powerful in the body, sufficiently powerful to act as a muscular stimulant even in the absence of any direct sexual association.^[2]

See also

• Axillary intercourse

References

1. ^ Aggrawal, Anil (2008). Forensic and Medico-Legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices. CRC Press. p. 376. ISBN 9781420043082. http://books.google.com/books?id=uNkNhPZQprcC&pg=PA376&dq=maschalagnia&lr=&cd=2#v=onepage&q=maschalagnia&f=false. 
2. ^ Ellis, Havelock (1905). "Sexual Selection in Man". Studies in the Psychology of Sex 4: 64–67. ISBN 9781554458288. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13613.