Abasiophilia

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Abasiophilia is a psychosexual attraction to people with impaired mobility, especially those who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg braces, orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs. [1] The term abasiophilia was first used by John Money of the Johns Hopkins University in a paper on paraphilias, in 1990. [2] [3]

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Abasiophilia plays a prominent role in the Michael Connelly novel The Scarecrow , in which a serial killer is motivated by abasiophilia. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Butcher, Nancy (2003). The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse: A Chronicle of Medical Mysteries, Curious Remedies, and Bizarre but True Healing Folklore. New York: Avery. p.  132. ISBN   1-58333-160-3. OCLC   52107453.
  2. ↑ Money, J (1990). "Paraphilia in Females Fixation on Amputation and Lameness; Two Personal Accounts". Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality. 3 (2): 165–72. doi:10.1300/j056v03n02_11.
  3. ↑ Milner, JS; Dopke CA (2008). "Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified: Psychopathology and theory". In Laws DR & O'Donohue WT (ed.). Sexual Deviance, Second Edition: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. New York: The Guilford Press. pp.  384–418. ISBN   978-1-59385-605-2.
  4. ↑ Connelly, Michael (2009). The Scarecrow . New York: Little, Brown and Company. p.  419. ISBN   978-0-316-16630-0.

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