Symphorophilia

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As symphorophilia ( Greek συμφορά symphora , German , unhappiness' and philia ) refers to sexual arousal through the viewing of accidents or disasters in which people may have come to harm, (safe) distance from. It is a form of paraphilia , T. Knecht lists it under other forms of paraphilia . The name appears in scientific literature from 1984. Symphorophilia can become criminally relevant if gaffers hinder rescue and relief measures. A subspecies of symphorophilia is genitosymphorophilia, in which sexual arousal is triggered by the viewer believing that he has recognized that the injured person is injured in their sexual organs.

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In the novel Crash and the film adaptation of the same name , this disruption is a central theme.

Individual evidence

  1. J. Money: Lovemaps: clinical concepts of sexual / erotic health and pathology, paraphilia, and gender transposition of childhood, adolescence, and maturity. Ardent Media, 1986, ISBN 0-8290-1589-2 , p. 54, books.google.de
  2. T. Knecht: The so-called paraphilias - biological-psychiatric aspects of sexual deviations. (PDF) medicalforum.ch.
  3. ^ John Money : Paraphilias: phenomenology and classification. In: American Journal of Psychotherapy. 1984, No. 38, pp. 164-179.
  4. Brenda Love: Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices . Barricade Books, Fort Lee NJ 1992, ISBN 1-56980-011-1 , pp. 217 .