Apotemnophilia
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'''Apotemnophilia''' is the erotic interest in being or looking like an amputee.<ref>Money, J., Jobaris, R., & Furth, G. (1977). Apotemnophilia: Two cases of self demand amputation as a sexual preference. ''The Journal of Sex Research, 13,'' 115–124.</ref><ref>Everaerd, W. (1983). A case of apotemnophilia: A handicap as sexual preference. ''American Journal of Psychotherapy, 37,'' 285–293.</ref> It should not be confused with [[acrotomophilia]], which is the erotic interest in people who ''are'' amputees.<ref>Dixon, D. (1983). An erotic attraction to amputees. ''Sexuality and Disability, 6,'' 3–19.</ref>
When experienced very strongly, some people with apotemnophilia come to feel discontented with their bodies and want to actually remove an otherwise healthy limb, a condition called [[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]. Some apotemnophiles seek surgeons to perform an amputation or purposefully injure a limb in order to force emergency medical amputation.<ref>Bensler, J. M., & Paauw, D. S. (2003). Apotemnophilia masquerading as medical morbidity. ''Southern Medical Journal, 96,'' 674–676.</ref><ref>Berger, B. D., Lehrmann, J. A., Larson, G., Alverno, L., & Tsao, C. I. (2005). Nonpsychotic, nonparaphilic self-amputation and the internet. ''Comprehensive Psychiatry, 46,'' 380–383.</ref>
==Research Studies==
Among a convenience sample of 52 apotemnophiles recruited from internet groups, the great majority wanted a single leg removed, cut above the knee.<ref>First, M. B. (2005). Desire for amputation of a limb: Paraphilia, psychosis, or a new type of identity disorder. ''Psychological Medicine, 35,'' 919–928.</ref> There are parallels between apotemnophilia as a motivation for [[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]] and [[autogynephilia]] as a motivation for some cases of male-to-female [[Gender Identity Disorder]].<ref>Lawrence, A. A. (2006). Clinical and theoretical parallels between desire for limb amputation and gender identity disorder. ''Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35,'' 263–278.</ref>
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