- Aquaphilia (fetish)
Aquaphilia also called hydrophilia is a term used to describe a form of
sexual fetishism which involves images of peopleswimming or posing underwater, and sexual activity in or under water. Literally "water lover" from theLatin "aqua" and Greek φιλειν ("philein").Fact|date=March 2007The term "Aquaphile" was first used by Phil Bolton, when he created the "Aquaphiles Journal" - an online magazine for followers of the underwater erotica scene published in the 1990s. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20010207183138/www.netaxs.com/~apjrnal/about.htm Definition of Aquaphilia] ]
The psychology of Aquaphilia was the subject of a paper by Dr Corinne Lamberth (a therapeautic counsellor based in Lewisham, South London) in 1998. A copy of this paper was published in the Aquaphiles Journal in early 1999.cn|date=December 2007
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060512132314/http://www.sexualrecords.com/WSRvariety.html Examples of drowning related sexual practises by prostitutes in Hong Kong]
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