Coprophilia

This article is about the paraphilia. For dung-feeding fungi, see Coprophilous fungi.

Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros—excrement and φιλία, filía—liking, fondness), also called scatophilia or scat,^[1] is the paraphilia involving sexual pleasure from feces.^[2][3] In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV-TR), it is classified under 302.9 Paraphilia 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 not all coprophiles would necessarily be sadomasochists, little data on the prevalence of this behavior is available except from studies of the SM community. A study of 164 male sadomasochists from Finland from two sadomasochism clubs^[4] found that 18.2% had engaged in coprophilia; 3% as a sadist, 6.1% as a masochist, and 9.1% as both. 18% of heterosexuals and 17% of homosexuals in the study pool had tried coprophilia, showing no statistically significant difference between heterosexuals and homosexuals. In a separate article,^[5] a subset of 12 men from that study who engaged in bestiality was analyzed and found that 54.5% of the 12^{[clarification needed]} men had engaged in coprophilic behaviors, compared with only 8.3% of 12 of the men who did not engage in bestiality who matched up logically with each of the 12 who did.

See also

• 2 Girls 1 Cup
• Anal–oral sex
• Ass to mouth—removing the penis from the passive partner's anus followed by its immediate insertion into the mouth
• Coprophagia—the consumption of feces
• Dirty Sanchez—smearing feces under the nose of the partner in the form of a moustache
• Paraphilia
• Philia
• Sadomasochism
• Urolagnia (also known as urophilia)—a paraphilia involving sexual pleasure through urine

References

1. ^ Holmes, Ronald M.. Sex Crimes: Patterns and Behavior. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. p. 244. ISBN 0761924175. OCLC 47893709. 
2. ^ Corsini, Raymond J. (2002). The Dictionary of Psychology. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge. p. 224. ISBN 1583913289. 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 0789014998. 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. 
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). 

External links

• Xavier CM (June 1955). "Coprophilia; a clinical study". Br J Med Psychol 28 (2–3): 188–90. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1955.tb00893.x. PMID 14389628.