TY - JOUR
T1 - Amputee fetishism and genital mutilation
T2 - Case report and literature review
AU - Wise, Thomas N.
AU - Kalyanam, Ram Chandran
PY - 2000/10
Y1 - 2000/10
N2 - A case is presented of a 49-year-old man who amputated his penis following instructions that he had obtained from the Internet. The patient had a long-standing amputee fetish, which evolved into eroticized genital mutilation. The transformation of the preferred fetish occurred in a setting of depression due to environmental stressors. The literature about amputee fetishism, also called “apotemnophilia,” is reviewed, and possible connections with the genital mutilation are discussed.
AB - A case is presented of a 49-year-old man who amputated his penis following instructions that he had obtained from the Internet. The patient had a long-standing amputee fetish, which evolved into eroticized genital mutilation. The transformation of the preferred fetish occurred in a setting of depression due to environmental stressors. The literature about amputee fetishism, also called “apotemnophilia,” is reviewed, and possible connections with the genital mutilation are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/009262300438742
DO - 10.1080/009262300438742
M3 - Article
C2 - 11056898
AN - SCOPUS:0033814932
SN - 0092-623X
VL - 26
SP - 339
EP - 344
JO - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
JF - Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
IS - 4
ER -