Anything can be a turn on, but can you be turned on by anything? Well depends on how unwell adjusted you are. Of course, well adjusted people only go in for straight heterosexual sex … hmmm, and that's a good thing? I don't think so. But before you get too chuffed at how jolly kinky you are, you might take your pen down this checklist of kink before exploring the biggies.
acrotomophilia: aroused by the stump of an amputee
acucullophallia: aroused by being cut
adolescentilism: impersonating both the dress and behaviour of an adolescent (popular in Japan for some reason)
algolagnia : love of pain
andromimetophilia: a woman who is sexually aroused by impersonating a man, purposefully looking like and act like a man
altocalciphilia: turned on by high heels
apotemnophilia: having a part of their body amputated either by the person themselves or someone else, the memory of the amputation can serve to arouse for years, as presumably, does the amputation
asphyxiophilia: loss of control over your ability to breathe by
either self-strangulation or allowing another person to asphyxiate you
autagonistophilia: similar to exhibitionism except situations are
created in which other people could see them in the nude if that other person
wanted to — the thought that someone may be watching that is arousing
autassassinophilia: putting yourself in situations in which they may be killed
autoassinophilia: stage-managing one's death
autonepiophilia: same as infantilism (adult baby)
biastophilia: being raped, but this is scripted and planned out ahead of time with a partner, it is not actually being raped by a stranger
bestiality: having sex with an animal
catheterophila: arousal by the insertion of a catheter
chrematistophilia: being charged or forced to pay, as in being blackmailed
coprophilia: smearing human faeces on yourself or having someone smear it on you, or eating it (scat)
dacyphilia: arousal from seeing tears in the eyes
ephebophilia: sexual attraction to post-pubertal adolescents (aka teenagers) 13-17
erotophonophilia: aroused by attempts (not just thoughts) of killing someone
formicophilia: aroused by having insects crawl on their genitals … it so very really takes all sorts
forniphilia: aroused by turning people into human furniture (a form of bondage)
frottage: rubbing against a stranger in a public place
gerontophilia: aroused by a significantly older person, at least a 15 year difference between their ages
gynemimesis: arousal by impersonating a woman
gynemimetophilia: aroused by a female impersonator, either transvestite or transsexual (are transsexuals "impersonators"?)
haemophile: aroused by the site or taste of blood (related to vampirism)
hybristophilia: when sexual relations with a convicted criminal are appealing … hmmm, fancy a bit of rough?
hyphephilia: aroused by touching or rubbing surfaces, wither human (skin or hair) or non-human (rubber, PVC, leather)
hypoxphilia: same as asphyxiophilia - you enjoy being asphyxiated
infantilism: same as autonepiophilia, dressing as an infant and acting the role of a child under two years old
klismaphilia - getting an enema is sexually arousing, usually the more the better
lactophilia: enjoying lactating (milking) breasts, either watching them squirt or feeding from them
masochism: arousal by the stimulation of pain (physical or emotional)
mixophilia: you like to watch their partner or themselves engage in sexual activity
morphophilia: the attraction to peculiar body shapes and sizes such as heavy, short, dwarfism, very tall etc.
mysophilia: aroused by dirt, mud, or soiled underwear, or used menstrual pads or other filth and grime
narratophilia: aroused by hearing or telling dirty stories
necrophilia: engaging in sexual activities with dead people
nepiophilia: aroused by infants, up to about two years old
olfactophilia: aroused by body odours
pedophilia: aroused by pre-pubescent children, about 2-12 - though obviously this term has become a catch-all for any underage sex.
pederasty: branch of ephebophilia, males aroused by adolescent males
pictohilia: aroused by watching sexually explicit films
pornographomania: writing sexually obscene material and graffiti
pornolagnia: aroused by prostitutes … but surely that's their job?
raptophilia: same as biastophilia (staged rape)
retifism: aroused by boots and shoes
sadism: arousal by the infliction of pain (physical or emotional)
sadomasochism: reciprocal interaction of sadist with masochist in which control, pain and pleasure are traded
scatophilia: talking about sexual or obscene matters to an unknown person (eg, telephone sex)
scoptophilia: viewing, or having other people view one's genitalia (similar to mixophilia)
somnophilia: arousal by having sex with someone who is sleeping
snuffism: roused by fantasies of murder — OK, we just made this up, but we couldn't find the proper word and we're bored of looking
stigmatophilia – arousal by body modification, piercing and tattooing
symphorphilia: arousal from disasters, especially if you caused it
transvestophilia: aroused by wearing clothes of opposite sex
troilism: aroused by watching your partner having sex
urophilia or urolagnia: aroused by being urinated on or urinating on someone, (golden showers, yellow rain, watersports)
vampirism: same as haemophile, though it implies the Gothic element
voyeurism: arousal by secretly viewing others
zoophilia: often considered the same as bestiality, but also defined
as sexual attraction to animals (but not acting on it), or as a person wants
to be treated like an animal wearing a collar and even eating out of an animals
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