The Rubber Clinic
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The Rubber Clinic
Source: The Rubber Clinic

The world of sex includes dozen of odd practices, some weird, some bizarre, and some downright illegal. From Abduction to Zoophilia, you may just be surprised.

Abduction

to kidnap or carry a person away by force, also used in sex play

Ablation

Castration

Abrasions

scratching or rubbing off skin

Abstinence

Celibacy

Acault

Burmese transvestite

Acmegenesis

orgasm

Acomoclitic

arousal from hairless genitals

Acousticophilia

arousal from sounds

Acrophilia

arousal from heights or high altitudes

Acrotomophilia

sexual preference for amputees

Actirasty

arousal from exposure to sun's rays

Acucullophallia

circumcision

Acupressure

pressure points on body that induce certain responses, some sexual

Adolescentilism

cross-dressing or playing the role of an adolescent

Adultery

having sex outside a marriage

Affair

adultery

Agalmatophilia

arousal from statues or manikins; also called pygmalionism

Agenobiosis

married couple who consent to live together without sex

Agonophilia

person who is aroused by partner pretending to struggle

Agoraphilia

arousal from open spaces or having sex in public

Agrexophilia

arousal from others knowing you are having sex

Albutophilia

arousal from water

Algophilia

arousal from experiencing pain

Aliphineur

person using lotion to arouse partner

Alloerasty

using nudity of another person to arouse partner

Allopellia

having orgasm from watching others engage in sex

Allorgasmia

arousal from fantasizing about someone other than one's partner

Allotriorasty

arousal from partners of other nations or races

Alphamegamia

arousal from partner of different age group

Altocalciphilia

high heel fetish

Alvinolagnia

stomach fetish

Amatripsis

masturbation by rubbing labia together

Amaurophilia

preference for a blind or blindfolded sex partner

Ambisexual

bi-sexual

Amelotasis

attraction to the absence of a limb

Amelotation

loss of a limb

Amokoscisia

arousal or sexual frenzy with desire to slash or mutilate women

Amomaxia

sex in a parked car

Amphisexual

bi-sexual

Amychesis

female who scratches partner during height of passion

Anaclitism

arousal from items used as infant

Analinctus

licking anus

Analingus

rimming or penetration of anus with tongue

Anasteemaphilia

attraction to taller or shorter partners

Androgynophilia

bi-sexual

Androgyny

having both male & female characteristics

Androidism

arousal from robots with human features

Andromania

nymphomania

Androminetophilia

arousal from female partner who dresses like male

Androsodomy

Anal sex with a male partner

Anililagnia

: Sexual attraction for an older women

Anisonogamist

attraction to either older or younger partner

Anocratism

Anal sex

Anomeatia

Anal sex with a female partner

Anophelorastia

arousal from defiling or ravaging a partner

Anophilemia

kissing anus

Anoraptus

rapist who only attacks elderly women

Antholagnia

arousal from smelling flowers

Anthropomorphism

attributing human characteristics to half-human half-animal characters

Anthropophagolagnia

rape with cannibalism

Anthropophagy

cannibalism

Apellous

circumcision

Aphallatia

celibacy

Aphrodisiacs

drugs stimulating a sexual response

Apistia

adultery

Apotemnophilia

person who has sexual fantasies about loosing a limb

Arachnephilia

arousal from spiders

Arrhenothigmophilous

nymphomania

Arsometry

Anal sex

Artificial insemination

deposit of sperm into the vagina by methods other than male penetration of the vagina

Asceticism

religious self-denial often including celibacy

Asphyxiaphilia

arousal from lack of oxygen often due to strangulation

Asthenolagnia

arousal from weakness or being humiliated

Astyphia

impotence

Asynodia

celibacy particularly due to impotence

Atestus

Castration

Auctions

public sale with item or sex slave going to highest bidder

Autagonistophilia

exhibitionism, arousal from exposing naked body or genitals to strangers while on stage or while being photographed

Autagonistophilia

person performing

Autassassinophilia

arousal from orchestrating one's own death by the hands of another

Autoerotic Asphyxia

arousal from oxygen deprivation and sometimes risk of dying

Autoerotica

self induced arousal (i.e. fantasies or other aids)

Autogynephilia

arousal from crossdressing

Automasochism

arousal from inflicting intense sensations or pain on one's own body

Automysophilia

arousal from being dirty or defiled

Autonepiophilia

infantilism; arousal from dressing or being treated like infant

Autopederasty

person inserting their own penis into their anus

Autophagy

self-cannibalism or eating own flesh

Autosadism

infliction of pain or injury on oneself

Avisodomy

breaking neck of bird while penetrating it for sex

Axillism

penis penetrating an arm pit

Bardajes

young gay male lover

Barosmia

arousal from strong smells

Basoexia

arousal from kissing

Bath house

commercial baths, some of which allow sex on premises

Bed of Nails

lying on a bed of nails for sensory enhancement

Bee stings

the use of bees, such as to sting genitals

Bell dancing

self-flagellation with bells or other ornaments hanging the skin

Belonephilia

arousal from piercings or needles

Berdaches

male who performs role of wife in some tribes

Bestiality

zoophilia; sex with animals

Bestialsadism

cruelty or mutilation of animals

Bi-Sexuality

people with sexual attraction for both sexes

Biastophilia

those preferring to violently rape their victims

Bigynist

sex between one male and two females

Bihari surgery

cutting ligament above penis to make it appear longer

Bindings

wrapping feet or genitals with string or lace

Bivirist

sex between one female and two males

Blastolagnia

person aroused by young females

Blindfolding

covering the eyes

Blood Sports

sex games which involve blood

Blow job

Fellatio

Body Painting

temporary designs drawn on body

Body Worship

sex game where partner is made to adore another's body

Bondage

physical or mental restriction of partner

Bordellos

houses of prostitution

Borderline self-mutilator

automasochism

Bottom

passive partner who experiences stimuli during sex games, masochist, slave, submissive

Botulinonia

using a sausage as a dildo

Bouginonia

female masturbation from the use of objects such as dildos that stretch open the vagina

Brachioprotic eroticism

a deep form of fisting where the arm enters the anus

Brachioprotic eroticism

arm in anus

Bradycubia

slow movement during penetration

Branding

burning patterns or initials into flesh

Buggery

Anal sex

Bundling

partners sleeping together clothed and without sex

Bushie Mall

agoraphilia; sex in an open area

Butt plugs

anal inserts used for masturbation

Candaulism

spouse who watches partner having sex with someone else

Caning

whipping that uses a switch or cane to discipline partner

Capnolagnia

arousal from watching others smoke

Carpet burns

abrasions from a carpet

Castration

removal of the scrotum, testicles, ovaries, or penis

Cat Fighting

women fighting without rules and often tearing off each other's clothing

Catamite

Anal sex with a male partner

Catamites

young gay male lovers

Cataphilist

male submitting to female

Catatasis

stretching of the penis

Catheterophilia

arousal from use of catheters

Catheters

insertion of plastic tube into urethra

Celibacy

abstinence from sex

Chaperon

person who escorts a young couple to ensure they don't engage in sex

Charms

objects used to bring good luck and ward off evil

Chastity Belts

leather or metal belts used to prevent genital penetration

Chastity

sexual abstinence or celibacy

Chemise Cagoule

long heavy night shirt with hole for penis

Chezolagnia

masturbating while defecating

Chipil

Couvade syndrome

Choreophilia

dancing to orgasmic release

Chrematistophilia

person aroused by having to pay for sex or having sex partner steal from them (see also harpaxophilia)

Chronophilia

arousal from passage of time; arousal from older partner

Chubby Chasers

people who are aroused by obesity in partner

Cicatrization

scarring

Circumcision

the removal of foreskin on genitals

Clamps

metal, plastic, or wood fasteners used on nipples or genitals

Claustrophilia

arousal from being confined in small space

Clitoridectomy

surgical removal of the clitoris

Clitorilingus

Cunnilingus with the clitoris

Clitoromania

nymphomania

Cock Rings

rings placed around the base of the male genitals to maintain erections

Cocktails

drinking of body secretions from a glass

Coitobalnism

sex in bath tub

Coitolimia

tremendous sexual drive

Coitophobia

fear of sexual intercourse

Coitus à Unda

sex or sex games in water

Coitus à Cheval

couple having sex on the back of an animal or one acting out role of horse

Coitus a Mammilla

penetration of penis between breasts

Coitus analis

anal sex

Coitus Intrafermoris

penetration between legs

Coitus reservatus

birth control method where male withdraws penis before ejaculation

Coitus

sexual penetration with orgasm

Colobosis

mutilation or castration of penis

Commasculation

homosexuality

Compulsive cruising

compulsive search for sex partners

Computer sex

the use of computers for sex games, communication, and erotic photography

Concubinage

use of female slaves as sex partners; living with sex partner without being married

Condoms

latex or animal intestine used as shield to guard against skin-to-skin contact with partner's genitals

Confessions

Admitting a sin; in some cases to arouse potential partner

Constrictions

bondage using rows of strings

Coprography

writing obscene words or phrases, usually in public toilets

Coprolagnia

Sexual interest in feces

Coprolalia

arousal from using obscene language or writing

Coprophagy

the consumption of feces

Coprophilia

arousal from playing with feces, also called scat

Coproscopist

person who has a sexual interest in watching someone defecate

Corephallism

Anal sex with young girl

Corsetting

body modification or oxygen restriction from using corsets

Corvus

Fellatio

Costumes

the use of costumes in sexual fantasy play

Courtesans

the mistress of a king or nobleman

Courtship

the period before marriage where a person tries to entice the other into a commitment

Couvade

custom where male mimics child birth or is confined at time of wife's delivery

Couvade syndrome

a male who experiences symptoms of pregnancy in sympathy for wife

Cratolagnia

arousal from strength of partner

Cross dressing

a person who wears the apparel of the opposite sex

Crurofact

leg feitsh

Cryptoscopophilia

desire to see behavior of others in privacy of their home, not necessarily sexual

Cuckoldry

a man whose wife has sex or becomes impregnated by a man other than himself

Cunnilalia

talk about female genitals, ie. the vagina

Cunnilingus

oral sex on a woman

Cupping

drawing blood to the surface of skin by placing heated glass jars onto the skin

Cutting

cicatrization, or scarring of skin for sexual purposes

Cyesolagnia

pregnant woman fetish

Cyesolgnia

stomach fetish

Cymbalism

lesbianism

Cynophilia

arousal from sex with dogs

Cyprieunia

sex with a prostitute

D'Eon, Chevalier

French cross-dresser from whom the term "Eonism" is derived

Dacnolagnomania

Sexual sadist killer; lust murderer

Dacryphilia

person who is aroused by seeing their partner cry

Dame de voyage

dolls designed for genital penetration, often used by sailors

Dame de voyage

Sex doll

Danse du ventre

erotic or fertility dancing; belly dance

Dating services

agencies arranging for strangers to meet each other, usually for a fee

Day belts

chastity device used for short day excursions

De Clerambault's syndrome

erotomania Defecolagnia: arousal from defecation

Defecolagnia

arousal from defecating

Defilement

arousal from partner or self becoming dirty or wet

Deliberate self-harm syndrome

automasochism

Dendrophilia

arousal from tree or fertility worship of them

Depilation

shaving, waxing, or other type of hair removal

Dermagraphism

marks left on the skin of a partner by biting, scratching or sucking

Dermaphilia

doraphilia; sexual stimulus from skin

Dermographism

Scratching

Deviance

paraphilia; practice that deviates from the majority of society

Dildos and Plugs

instruments used for genital penetration

Dippoldism

sexual arousal from abusing children

Discipline

punishment and control of a partner in sex play

Diseases (STD or VD)

sexually transmitted diseases, also called venereal diseases

Divertissement

paraphilia

Docking

slipping one partner's foreskin over the glans penis of another

Dogging

couples who engage in sex in their car while others watch from outside

Doleros

algophilia; arousal from pain

Dominance/Submission

power exchange between partners

Doraphilia

arousal from animal fur, leather, or skin

Douches

rinsing out the anus or vagina with liquids

Dowry

sum of money or goods paid to parents of future husband or wife

Drag queens

gay men who dress in female attire

Dungeons

rooms that are decorated for SM play

Dysfunctions

physical disorders relating to sex

Dysmorphophilia

arousal from deformed or physically impaired partners

Ecdemolagnia

arousal from traveling or being away from home

Ecdyosis

arousal from removing clothes in front of others

Ecorchement

Arousal from flagellation

Ecouteurism

listening to others having sex without consent

Ederacinism

to tear out sex organs by the roots as in a frenzy or to punish oneself for sexual cravings

Ejaculatio praecox

premature ejaculation

Electric Shock

using electric shock for sensory enhancement

Electrolysis

an electrical method of removing hair or shaving

Electrophilia

arousal from electrical stimulus

Elopement

hasty and clandestine marriage without consent of family members

Emasculate

Castration

Emetophilia

Roman shower; arousal from vomit

Endytolagnia

arousal only from partners who are clothed

Endytophilia

arousal only from partners who are clothed

Enema cocktail

drinking purged contents of enema

Enema

the insertion and expulsion of fluids into the anus

Entomocism

the use of insects

Entomophilia

arousal from insects or using, them in sex play

Eonism

crossdressing

Eopareunia

engaging in sex while young

Ephebophilia

attraction to adolescent sex partner

Episioclisia

suturing of the labia majora; infibulation

Eproctolagniac

person aroused by flatulence

Eproctophilia

arousal from flatulence

Eretithia

masturbation playing with own breasts

Erotamastia

masturbation playing with own breasts

Erotica

sexual literature and photos

Erotographomania

arousal from writing love poems or letters

Erotomania

people who develop an unreasonable love of a stranger or person not interested in them

Erotophobia

fear of sexual love

Essayeurs

men who were hired by bordellos to become sexual with women so that timid clients would follow their lead

Eugenics

belief that only the fittest should impregnate women

Eunuchs

castrated men

Evirate

Castration

Executions

a legal death sentence, some people become aroused by watching executions

Exhibitionism

exposing body to inappropriate and nonconsenting people for arousal

Exmuliebrate

castration

Exophilia

neophilia; fetish for the unusual or bizarre

Fainting

passing out or losing consciousness

Famulus

slaves, family

Fantasy

mental image or illusion, sometimes sexual Fantasy Play: acting out sexual fantasies

Felching

sucking semen out of vagina or anus; or inserting animals into anus or vagina

Fellatio

oral sex on a male

Female impersonators

men who dress in women's clothing, often for pay

Fetishes

an object that replaces people as primary object of love

Fibula

bar that runs through foreskin of male and attaches to semi-circle device, used by Romans to prevent intercourse

Ficaro

Brothel

Fisting

inserting a fist or hand into the vagina or anus

Flagellation

striking a person with an object

Flatulence

passing gas from bowels

Flatuphilia

arousal from flatulemce or having partner pass gas

Flirting

pretending to have affection for another person

Floating hog ranches

boats used to transport prostitutes to the Western U.S. and from which they conducted business in route

Florentine Girdle

Chastity device

Flower boats

Chinese boats used for prostitution

Foot binding

the wrapping of feet, done by Chinese and others

Foot fetish

podophilia

Foreign woman

Prostitute

Formicophilia

zoophilia; sex play with ants

Fornicatory Dolls

plastic blow up, rubber, or mechanical dolls used for penetration

Fratrilagnia

arousal from having sex with one's brother, incest

Frottage

rubbing body against partner or object for arousal

Furor uterinus

nymphomania

Furtling

the use of fingers underneath cut-outs in genital areas of photos for arousal

Galateism

agalmatophilia; sexual attraction to statues

Gamahucheur

Cunnilingus

Gamophobia

fear of marriage

Gang Bangs

sex with a series of waiting partners

Gay

person who prefers same sex lover

Geishas

Japanese women used as social companions

Geld

Castration

Gemellus

testicles

Gender dysphoria

person whose behavior matches the opposite sex

Gender transposition

the changing of behavior between sexes

Gendermap

"A developmental representation or template synchronously in the mind and brain depicting the details of one's G-I/R. It includes the lovemap but is

Gendoloma

fantasizing during sex to hasten orgasm

Genitals

sex organs of either male or female (penis, testicles, scrotum, clitoris, vagina, G-spot, cervix, etc.)

Genofact

genital fetish

Genuphallation

insertion of penis between the knees of a partner

Gerontophilia

attraction to a partner whose age is that of different generation

Gigolos

male prostitute

Girdle of Venus

Chastity device

Glory holes

a hole in a partition that allows a person on the other side to engage in sexual activity

Goddess Worship

a toilet scene using Witchcraft rituals

Godemiche

dildo in the shape of a penis with scrotum used for masturbation

Golden enemas and Douches

urine deposited into anus or vagina

Golden showers

urinating onto a partner's body

Gomphipothic

arousal by the sight of teeth

Gonads

testicles

Graffiti

drawing or inscription on public walls, sometimes sexual; coprography

Graophilia

arousal from older female partner

Graphelagnia

arousal from photographs of nudity or sex

Green bower

motels or establishments that catered to short-term rentals of rooms by couples to be used for sex

Green bower

bordellos operated from boats

Gregomulcia

sexually arousal by being fondled in a crowd

Groping

feeling of unknown or unidentified person in boxes, suits, etc.

Group Sex

sex with more than one partner or in close proximity of others

Groupies

erotomania; people who are devoted to or who follow celebrities

Gymnocryptosis

females talking about sex life of husbands

Gymnophilia

arousal from nudity

Gynandromorphous

hermaphrodite

Gynecaeum

area where Greeks kept wives at home and separated from other men

Gynecomania

compulsive desire for female sex partners

Gynecozygous

lesbianism

Gynelophilous

arousal from pubic hair

Gynelophism

scalping hair on pubic area, usually done by lust murders

Gynemimesis

female impersonation in male who is unable to become sexually aroused

Gynemimetophilia

person aroused by a male impersonating a female

Gynephonia

effeminate voice

Gynonudomania

compulsion to rip clothes off others

Hand balling

Fisting

Handkerchief Codes

color codes to identify sexual preferences

Haptosis

non-consensual sexual touching

Harem

area where Arabs kept wives at home and separated from others

Harem effect

lesbianism Harlotry: prostitution

Harlotry

Prostitution

Harmatophilia

arousal from sexual incompetence or mistakes, usually in female partner

Harmatophobia

fear of sexual incompetence or making a mistake

Harnesses

body harnesses used in suspension or penis restriction

Harpaxophilia

arousal from being robbed or burglarized

Hebephilia

men aroused by teenage boys Hedonism: act of indulging in pleasure

Hedonophilia

sexual arousal from engaging in pleasurable activity

Hedralingus

licking anus

Hemerotism

daydreaming or fantasizing about sex or nudity

Hemotigolagnia

arousal from bloody sanitary pads

Hermaphrodite

person who has both part female and male genitalia

Hetaerae

the highest class Greek prostitute or female companion

Heterophilia

arousal from members of the opposite sex

Heterosexualism

arousal from members of the opposite sex

Hierophilia

arousal from sacred objects Hirsutophilia: arousal from armpit hair

Hircusophilism

preference for underarm hair

Hirsutophilia

arousal from armpit hair

Hodophilia

arousal from traveling

Homilophilia

sexual arousal from hearing or giving sermons

Homoeroticism

sexual arousal from person of same sex

Homophilia

sexual arousal from person of same sex

Homophobia

fear of same gender sex partner

Homosexuality

arousal by partners of the same sex

Hot Wax

sex game where hot wax is melted onto partner

House of Prostitution

Brothel

Humiliation

degrading partner to establish sexual power

Hybristophilia

love of someone who has committed an outrage

Hygrophilia

arousal from body fluids or moisture

Hymenoclasis

surgical defloration of virgin

Hymenorrhaphy

suturing of the hymen; infibulation

Hymenorrhexis

defloration of hymen

Hyperphilia

compulsive desire for sex

Hyphephilia

arousal from touching skin, hair, leather, fur or fabric

Hypnosis

act that induces a level of sleep

Hypoxyphilia

strangulation for arousal

Iantronudia

arousal from exposing oneself to a physician, usually by faking an ailment

Iatronudia

arousal from exposing oneself to physician

Iconolagny

arousal from pictures or statues of nude people, pornography

Idiosyncrat

compulsive desire for sex

Impotence

the inability to achieve enough tumescence to penetrate a partner with one's penis

Incest

sex with close family member

Incubus

a spirit who was thought to lie on top of women and have sex while they slept

Infanticide

the practice of killing a newborn child

Infantilism

cross-dressing as a young child for sex play

Infantophilia

arousal from playing role of infant

Infibulation

closing penis/vagina with suture or ring

Inflatable dolls

plastic dolls that are designed for genital penetration

Inspectionism

voyeurism

Insufflation

blowing air into a body cavity

Intergenerational

sex between partners with 20+ years age difference

Interrogation

to ask questions, sometimes under duress

Inunction

anointing or rubbing person with oil or lather

Invert

arousal from person of same sex

Invirility

impotence

Ipserotic

Narcissism

Ipsism

Masturbation

Irrumation

Fellatio

Ischolagny

avoidance of females to prevent arousal

-ism

act or abnormal condition classified by prefix (i.e., transvestism)

-ist

person expert in field or adherent of prefix (i.e., sadist)

Iterandria

arousal from person of same sex

Jack gagger

a husband that procures men to pay for sex with his wife

Jactitation

a false boast that causes harm to others, sometimes sexual

Juvenilism

dressing or acting out role of a juvenile, sometimes sexual

Kabbazah Sex

tantra sex, male passive, female active

Karezza Sex

coitus reservatus

Kegel exercises

exercise of the pelvic muscles that control orgasm

Kleptolagnia

arousal from stealing

Kleptomania

compulsion to steal

Kleptophilia

arousal from stealing

Klismaphilia

arousal from enemas

Knismolagnia

arousal from tickling

Kokigami

the wrapping of the penis in a paper costume

Kolpeuryntomania

stretching of the vagina

Labiorrhaphy

suturing of the labia

Lacing

suturing body parts to another object for bondage

Lactaphilia

arousal from lactating breasts

-lagnia

lust, arousal

Lagnocolysis

inhibition of sex

Lagnolalia

discussion of sexual subjects

Lagnonector

person who kills in order to have sex with corpse

Lagnoperissia

nymphomania

Lap dancing

squatting above a sitting person and rubbing against them to create arousal without touching genitals

Latex

rubber or plastic suits worn by people with this fetish

ldrophrodisia

arousal from the odor of perspiration, especially from the genitals

Lectamia

caressing in bed without coitus

Lena

female pimp, panderer or procurer for prostitute

Leno

male panderer or pimp for prostitute

Leptosadism

mild form of sadism

Lesbian

woman who prefers female lover

Levirate marriage

marriage of widow without a son to deceased husband's brother

-lingus

suffix meaning with the tongue

Love addiction

irresistible compulsion to fantasize about or to be with a partner

Love

attachment, fondness, and devotion

Love map

"A developmental representation or template in the mind and in the brain depicting the idealized lover and the idealized program of sexuoerotic

Love potions

potions that are thought to increase a person's sexual desire

Lung-yang

arousal from person of same sex

Lust Murder

murdering a person one feels a sexual attraction toward

Lygerastia

arousal only in darkness

Macrogenitalism

arousal from large genitals

Maieusiophilia

arousal from pregnant women

Mammagymnophilia

arousal from female breasts

-mania

suffix indicating an abnormal preoccupation, compulsion, or craving for an act or object

Manuxorate

male using his hand to masturbate

Maritate

: Masturbation by female alone

Martymachlia

arousal from having others watch during sex

Maschalophilous

arousal from armpits

Masochism

ability to transfer emotions caused by pain to erotic feelings or as median in which to analyze weaknesses and strengths

Massage Parlors

a business establishment that specializes in massage

Massage

rubbing of the body to increase circulation

Mastigothymia

Arousal from flagellation

Mastix

female sadist

Mastofact

breast fetish

Masturbation

orgasm not involving penetration of partner

Matricest

Incest with mother

Matrincest

sex with one's mother

Matronolagnia

arousal from older female partner

Maturation

the process of aging including sexual changes

Mazoperosis

mutilation of breasts

Mazophallate

rubbing penis between breasts

Meatotomy

dilating urethra with a medical dilating device, the urethra is stretched to eventually facilitate a finger or a penis

Medical scenes

sex play that involves using medical instruments or settings as props

Medocure

the clipping or perfuming of the penis Medolalia: talking about the penis

Medolalia

talking about about penises

Melissophilia

use of insects

Melolagnia

arousal from music

Menage a trois

a husband and wife having sex with a third party

Menophilist

arousal from menstruating women

Menstrual taboo

separation of spouses during female's menstrual cycle

Merinthophilia

arousal from being bound

Merkin

artificial vagina used for sex by men, also a wig for the pubic area

Merlin

an artificial vagina used for penetration

Miscegenation

sex between races

Misogynist

a man who hates women

Misogyny

hatred of women by either sex

Mixoscopia

having orgasm from watching others engage in sex

Moriaphilia

arousal from telling sexual jokes

Morphophilia

arousal from person with a different physique

Mortality

inevitable death

Mucophagy

consuming mucous secretions as in nasolingus

Mummification

wrapping the full body in a manner that prevents movement

Munchausen's syndrome

arousal from reopening a wound

Mutilation

tearing the skin or otherwise deforming a person's body

Mysophilia

arousal from soiled clothing or foul decaying odors

Nanophilia

sexual attraction to a short partner

Naphephilia

arousal from touching or being touched

Narcissism

self love

Narratophilia

person who is aroused by discussing sex with others

Nasolingus

arousal from sucking nose of partner

Nasophilia

nose fetish

Natural family planning

birth control by rhythm method

Necrochlesis

sex with a female corpse

Necrocoitus

penetration of corpses

Necrophagia

cannibalism of corpses

Necrophilia

sex with corpses

Necrosadism

sadism or mutilation of corpses

Negotiation

arranging transactions for conduct with sex partner

Neophilia

arousal from novelty or change

Nepiolagnia

arousal by infants of opposite sex

Nepiophilia

arousal by infants of opposite sex

Nepiphtherosis

attempted sex with an infant

Nepirasty

arousal from handling infant often experienced by childless females

Niddah

abstaining from sex 1/3 of the time to create arousal during rest of month

Nomavalent

arousal from traveling or new places, usually impotent at home

Nonmonogamy

lifestyle that does not restrict number of partners; multiple sex partners

Normophilia

those only aroused by acts considered normal by their religion or society

Nosolagnia

arousal from knowing partner has terminal illness

Nosophilia

arousal from knowing partner has terminal illness

Nudity (Recreational)

nudity in group settings, beaches, nudist camps, etc.

Nudomania

arousal from nudity

Nymph

young woman or nature goddesses

Nympholepsy

trance state induced by erotic fantasies

Nymphomania

uncontrollable desire of woman for sex

Nymphophilia

adult males who are attracted to young females

Nymphotomy

removal of the inner labia

Obscene Phone Callers

people who become aroused by making phone calls, using vulgar language, or trying to elicit a reaction from the other party

Ochlophilia

arousal from being in a crowd

Oculolinctus

licking partner's eyeball

Oculophilia

eye fetish

Odaxelagnia

arousal from biting

Odontophilia

arousal from tooth extractions or tooth fetish

Oedipus complex

repressed desire to have sex with parent of opposite sex

Olfaction

the sense of smell

Olfactophilia

arousal from strong smells

Olisbos

dildos

Omolagnia

arousal from nudity

Onanism

masturbation or withdrawing penis from vagina before ejaculation

Ondinisme

arousal from urine

Oneiropornism

fantasizing about sex or prostitutes

Open marriage

consensual adultery

Ophidicism

use of snakes, sometimes for sexual purposes

Ophidiophilia

arousal from snakes

Oral sex

contact between the mouth and genitals; use of the mouth in sex play; fellatio or cunnilingus

Oral sex

fellatio or cunnilingus

Ordune

arousal from photographs of nudes or sex

Organofact

fetish for some part of the body

Orgasms

climax of sexual excitement, often accompanying ejaculation

Orgies

group sex

Orgy

Group sex

Osculocentric

arousal from kissing

Osmolagnia

arousal from strong smells and odors

Osmophilia

arousal from odors

Osphresiolagnia

arousal from strong smells and odors

Othello's syndrome

jealousy

Oxygen regulation

regulating intake of oxygen for sexual enhancement

Ozolagnia

arousal from strong smells and odors

Pageism

male submitting to female

Panderer

a procurer, pimp or go-between for prostitutes and clients

Paraphallus

dildos

Paraphilia

sexual arousal to unusual or socially unacceptable object or act

Parascopism

voyeurism, especially through bed room windows

Pareunasthenia

impotence

Pareunomania

compulsive desire for sex

Parthenity

Virginity

Parthenophagy

cannibalism of young girls

Parthenophilia

sexual desire for virgins

Parthenos

virgin

Passivism

submission

Pathicant

a minor who engages in anal sex with an adult

Pathicus

passive recipient in gay anal sex; catamite

Pathophobia

phobia of contracting a sexually transmitted disease

Patrolagnia

sex with one's own father; incest

Pecattiphilia

arousal from sinning or possibly guilt

Pederasty

anal sex

Pediophilia

arousal from dolls

Pedophilia

sex with minors

Peeping Tom

voyeur

Penectomy

penis castration only

Penetration toys

devices used for penis insertion during masturbation

Penis ligation

the tying of the foreskin of a penis

Penis modification

physical alteration of penis

Penosugia

Fellatio

Peodeiktophilia

arousal from shocking others with exposure of genitals; exhibitionism

Peritomy

circumcision

Perogynia

mutilation of females

Personal ads

advertisements designed to attract sex partners

Perversion

sexual acts that differ from the majority; paraphilia

-phagy

practice of eating object specified by prefix

Phallolalia

talking about penises

Phallophilia

large penis fetish or preference

Pheromones

natural chemicals or hormones that induce sexual response

Philemamania

craving for kissing

Philemanmania

compulsion to kiss

-philia

suffix that indicates an abnormal sexual attachment to what is specified by acronym

Phlebotomy

arousal from bloodletting

Phobias

an irrational fear of an object or situation

Phobophilia

arousal from fear or hate

Phone Sex

verbal sex between partners on a phone

Phygephilia

sexual arousal from being a fugitive

Pictophilia

arousal from pictures, video or movies with a sexual subject; pornography

Pie throwing

arousal from being hit with a pie

Piercing

inserting needles into skin for arousal

Pimps

procurer for sexual partners that pay

Play room

room equipped with sex paraphernalia and used primarily for sex play

Play

the consensual acting out of a role or game, sometimes sexual

Podophilia

arousal from feet

Polyandry

one wife with multiple husbands

Polygamy

one person with multiple marriage partners

Polygyny

one person with multiple wives

Polyiterophilia

arousal only after having sex with a series of partners

Polymorphous

having several forms of arousal techniques

Pompoir

vaginal muscle control that masturbates penis when inserted

Pornography

depictions of sex that are considered unacceptable by one's society

Posthetomy

circumcision

Power tools

electric or battery operated tools that can be used in sex play, although this was not their original function

Preblysis

premature ejaculation

Prisha

religious separation of males and females

Proctophallism

Anal sex with young girl

Proctotitillia

tickling anus

Procurer

a person or pimp who solicits or provides prostitutes for clients

Professional dominatrix

woman hired to function as a top or sadist

Prostitution

sex performed for financial gain Pseudo: pretended act

Psycholagny

orgasm induced from psychic or mental stimulation

Psychopathic

person who indulges in own pleasure without regard for hurting others

Psychose passionelle

erotomania

Psychrophilia

arousal from being cold or watching others freeze

Psychrotentiginous

arousal from cold weather

Pubephilia

arousal from pubic hair

Pubic dressing

coloring or adding ornaments to pubic hair

Pubic Hair sculpturing

removing pubic hair so that the remainder forms a pattern (i.e. a heart)

Pudendacure

pubic dressing for female

Purdah

veil used on women to hide their face

Puritans

a protestant group that became excessively strict regarding morals

Pygmalionism

agalmatophilia; statue fetishism where person rubs their body against statue

Pygophilemania

arousal from kissing buttocks

Pygophilia

arousal from contact with buttocks

Pygotripsis

arousal from rubbing buttocks

Pygotripsis

rubbing buttocks

Pyrophilia

arousal from fire or of its use in sex play

Quadoshka

American Indian form of tantric sex

Queening

sitting on the side of a person's face as a form of bondage

Rape

nonconsensual sex involving coercion, empowerment or anger

Rape rack

bondage device which leaves victim's genitals exposed for sex or rape

Raptophilia

arousal only from raping a victim

Red light district

area with bordellos and perhaps street prostitutes

Relics

an object that has historical or special interest

Renifleur

person aroused by smell of urine or by sniffing underwear

Retifism

shoe fetish

Rhabdophilia

arousal from being flagellated

Rimming

penetration of anus with tongue

Ringing

insertion of permanent jewelry into a body piercing

Ritual Sex

sex performed with specific rules of conduct (i.e., Wicca, weddings, slave training)

Robotism

attraction to or the use of robots in sex play

Roman Showers

vomiting on partner, usually after drinking urine or wine

Sacofricosis

cutting a hole in pant pocket to facilitate masturbation in public

Sadism

empowerment and arousal derived from injuring others

Sadomasochism by proxy

arousal from watching others disciplined; Dippoldism

Salirophilia

person ingesting human sweat or saliva (fluids with a salt content)

Sapphosadism

lesbian sadism

Sarmassophilia

arousal from kneading flesh

Satan worship

religious rituals performed to Satan as a god

Satyriasis

men who have an uncontrollable desire for sex

Scarfing

the use of a scarf in strangulation for sexual arousal

Scat

arousal from using feces in sex play

Scopophilia

arousal from being stared at oneself

Scoptolagnia

arousal from seeing the genitals of the opposite sex

Scoptophilia

arousal from looking at sexually stimulating scenes

Scortum

Prostitute

Scrotal infusion

infusion of saline into the scrotal sack so that it enlarges

Selgolalia

telling stories that include sex, or about the female genitals

Sensory compensation

our body's regulation of incoming stimulus to a tolerable level

Sensory deprivation

using lack of sensations to create desire

Sensory enhancement

increasing arousal by increased body sensations

Sensory overload

inability of our body to absorb and comprehend incoming stimulus

Seraglio

the Chinese practice of keeping wives secluded at home from other men

Serenades

musical performance during courtship given outdoors at night

Sergeism

infliction of injury to suppress arousal, automasochism, based on story of Sergius by Tolstoy

Sex addiction

compulsion to have sex

Sex Magick

the use of witchcraft rituals for sexual purposes

Sex rings

organized groups of children being sexually exploited by one or more adults

Sex surrogates

people who are trained to help people overcome sexual dysfunctions

Sex toys

mechanical objects used to assist in masturbation or sex play

Sexautism

fantasizing during sex to hasten orgasm

Sexercise

exercises designed to improve muscles used for sex

Sexologists

people who study the science of sex

Sexoschizia

bi-sexual

Sexual aberration

paraphilia

Sexual anomalies

paraphilias

Sexual inversion

arousal from person of same sex

Sexual sadist killer

lust murderer

Shaving

removing the hair with a razor of a partner or oneself for arousal

Showers

depositing body fluids onto a partner's body

Shunammitism

caressing in bed without coitus

Siderodromophilia

arousal from trains

Siphnianize

anal masturbation

Sitophilia

arousal from food

Slapping

slapping partner for arousal

Slaves

person who contracts to be sex slave

Sleeping princess syndrome

those aroused by partner who appears to be asleep

Slings

swings or other forms of support for suspension from which a person may engage in sex

Smegma

secretions from gland under foreskin of penis or clitoris

Snapping pussy

constrictions of muscles used for orgasm; sexercise

Snuff films

films that portray the actual murder and mutilation of one of the actors

Sodomy

oral or anal intercourse involving penetration with male, female, or animal

Somnophilia

fondling stranger in their sleep

Sororate marriage

right of spouse to engage in sex with sisters-in-law or sometimes brothers-in-law

Sororilagnia

Incest with sister

Sororilagnia

sex with one's own sister

Sotadism

Anal sex with young girl

Sounding

insertion of an object into the urethra

Spanking

using hand to slap partner's buttocks for sensory enhancement and arousal

Spay

castration

Spectrophilia

either coitus with spirits or arousal from image in mirrors

Speculum

dilating device used by physicians when doing pelvic exams and in SM medical scenes

Spermatophobia

fear of semen loss

Sphagia

a sacrifice used to placate the gods, the whole offering was completely burned

Sphincter

anal or urethral muscle that closes to prevent passage of urine or feces

Splitting

splitting the penis from the glans toward the base

Stabbing

insertion of a sharp object into flesh

Stag parties

private parties where only men and possibly a female stripper or entertainer are permitted

Stapling

inserting a U-shaped wire into skin during sex play

Statuophilia

agalmatophilia; sexual attraction to statues

Sthenolagnia

arousal from demonstration of strength or muscles

Stigmatophilia

arousal from partner who is stigmatized (i.e., tattoos, piercings, scars)

Strabismus

arousal from eyes of partner

Strangulation

controlling oxygen by restricting windpipe or blood vessels in neck

Stretching

stretching body or genitals for arousal

String bondage

constrictions; wrapping string around body at certain intervals for arousal

Strip poker

card game where the losers remove articles of clothing

Strip search

interrogation process where sex partner is stripped and searched

Stripping

removal of clothes, sometimes performed on stage in an erotic manner

Stuffing

insertion of objects into vagina or anus

Stupprator

man who prefers virgins

Subincision

cutting part of the glans penis from the tip toward the base

Subliminal tapes

audiotapes that give messages intended to alter habits

Submission

surrender to and trust of a partner

Subpersonality

a temporary personality or character change but one where the person does not lose all consciousness with their current surroundings, they are

Succubus

a female spirit who was thought to lie underneath men and have sex with them while they slept

Support groups

groups of people that find solace in discussing a common problem

Suspension

suspending body for sensory deprivation and bondage

Suttee

religious practice of killing wife upon husband's death and burial

Suturing

stitching flesh together

Swing

an object that allows a person to be suspended and move back and forth

Swinging

group sex or wife swapping

Switch

people who play either the top or bottom role (sadist or masochist)

Sybian

a vibrating dildo that sits on top of an object that resembles a saddle

Symphorophilia

arousal from arranging a disaster, crash, or explosion

Syntribate

rubbing thighs together to masturbate

Tachorgasmia

premature ejaculation

Talisman

charm, sometimes used in love spells

Tantalolagnia

arousal from teasing

Tantra

yoga type sexual discipline

Taphephilia

arousal from being buried alive

Tattooing

tattooing for arousal and marking

Tea Room

slang term for restrooms used for hustling and fellatio

Teasing

to excite sexually but without fulfilling implied message

Teledildonics

arousal from computer sex games

Telegony

belief that first man impregnating woman will be the father of any subsequent children

Telephone scatophilia

arousal from obscene phone calls

Telephonicophilia

arousal from using phone calls for sexual conversations

Teratophallic

large penises

Terror play

sex play using terror or fear for arousal

Thalpotentiginy

arousal from heat

Thelectize

clitoridectomy

Thesauromania

compulsion to collect objects or clothing belonging to females

Thlipsosis

arousal from pinching others

Three-legged bloomers

bondage underwear garment that has sleeve for head that opens to genitals of partner

Thusiai

a sacrifice of food cooked on an altar and eaten later by priests or worshippers

Thygatria

Incest of father/ daughter

Thygatria

sex between father and daughter

Tickling

light touch that sometimes causes a laughter response

Timophilia

when a person's primary arousal comes from gold or wealth

-tion

suffix indicating a state of being

Tithiolagnia

having an orgasm while nursing

Tithioscopia

arousal from watching infant nurse

Titillagnia

arousal from tickling

Toilet Training

urinating or defecating on a partner as a form of slave training

Top/Bottom

Dominance/Submission

Top

term used for partner who controls stimuli during sex games

Torture

inflicting pain to get information or for revenge, also used in sex play

Toucheurism

non-consensual touching; arousal from touch

Tourniquets

a device that compresses blood vessels to control bleeding, sometimes sexual

Tragolimia

compulsive desire for sex regardless of attraction of partner

Transsexual

person who are in the process of physically changing sexes

Transvestite

person who is aroused by crossdressing

Transvestophilia

arousal from transvestism

Transvestophilia

arousal from crossdressing

Traumaphilia

arousal from wounds or trauma; automasochism

Trial marriage

couple who lives together for a period to determine compatibility for marriage

Tribadism

lesbianism; sex by rubbing

Triborgasmia

wife who masturbates husband

Trichophilia

hair fetish

Tripsolagnia

arousal from having hair manipulated or shampooed

Tripsolagnia

arousal from having hair shampooed

Tripsolagnophilia

arousal from massage

Tripsophilia

arousal from being massaged

Troilism

arousal by being third party in sex scene

Troubadours

11th-13th century musician poets that popularized love and chivalry

Tunnel of love

carnival boat ride that passed through a dark tunnel allowing couples a moment of privacy

Tyrannism

mild form of sadism

Undinism

arousal from water; sex in bath tub

Uranism

arousal from person of same sex

Urethral self-instrumentation

sounding; inserting object into urethra for arousal

Urolagnia

arousal from urine

Urophilia

arousal from urine

Urtication

the use of nettles to create extra sensation

Vampirism

consuming blood of partner for arousal

Vertigo

dizziness, sometimes used to enhance sex acts

Vertugadin

large hooped skirts that also acted as chastity devices

Vibrators

tools that are inserted and which vibrate

Vicarphilia

arousal from other people's exciting experiences

Victorian lace

sexual discipline using crossdressing as punishment

Victorianism

a 19th century English society that was notorious for bigotry and restrictive about morals

Vincilagnia

arousal from bondage

Virgin

person not having experienced penetrative sex with another person

Virimimism

adoption of masculinity

Visualization

an image formed by the mind, sometimes used in sex rituals and often in sexual fantasy

Voyeurism

arousal by watching others without their consent

Water sports

the use of urine for arousal; urophilia

Waxing

removal of body hair by a sticky substance applied to a strip laid against hair and pulled off

Weddings

marriage ceremonies

Weight training

the use of hanging weights on genitals or hooks for arousal

Whipping

striking or flagellating a partner for sensory enhancement

White slavery

the sale of one race to another for purposes of prostitution

Whore house

bordello Wife swapping: exchanging spouses with another couple for sexual purposes

Whorehouse

Brothel

Wife swapping

Group sex

Worship

reverence of an object or person

Wrestling

a physical struggle between two or more people, used as sexual arousal by some

Xenodynamic

only potent with strangers

Xenodynamic

person who is only potent with strangers

Xenolimia

arousal from strangers

Xenophilia

arousal from strangers

Yoni worship

worship of the female genitals

Yoshiwara

Japanese prostitutes

Zelophilia

arousal from jealousy

Zooerasty

arousal from animals

Zoophilia

arousal from animals

Zwischenstufe

arousal from person of same sex

Reference

• Brenda Love, Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices, 1992, Barricade Books