Piquerism
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'''Piquerism''' or '''picquerism''' (from the French ''piquer'' - "to prick") is a [[paraphilia]] and form of [[sadomasochism]] in which one finds sexual gratification through penetration of another person, most commonly by stabbing or cutting the body with sharp objects. The penetration is symbolic with the penetrating object representing the penis. The most frequently targeted areas of the body are the breasts, buttocks, or groin.
==Examples==
===Jack the Ripper===
Dr. [[Robert D. Keppel]] (and the co-authors of his study) concluded in an analysis of [[London]]'s [[Jack the Ripper]] murders of [[1888]] that "the injuries sustained by the victims displayed the signature characteristic of picquerism."
===Albert Fish===
[[Image:Fish9.jpg|right|thumb|[[X-Ray]] of pelvis of [[Albert Fish]] showing over a dozen needles inserted.]]
Notorious [[serial killer]] [[Albert Fish]] often partook in piquerism upon his victims and his own body, [[flagellation|flagellating]] himself constantly with a nail-studded board. After his arrest and subsequent jailing for the murder of Grace Budd, an [[X-Ray]] revealed two-dozen [[needles]] that were inserted into his groin.
==In popular culture==
'''Piquerism''' was featured in a [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 2)|2001 episode]] of [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]] entitled "Pique," in which a man acts out anonymous piquerist attacks on women in public places by jabbing them in the buttocks with hat pins. He is ultimately driven to murder his mother by stabbing her to death with a knife.
==References==
*"The Jack the Ripper Murders: A Modus Operandi and Signature Analysis of the 1888-1891 Whitechapel Murders" - Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 2: 1-21 (2005) - Robert D. Keppel, Joseph G. Weis, Katherine M. Brown and Kristen Welch
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