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Acrotomophilia By Ian Gregson Acrotomophilia: a paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligbilic type in which the sexuerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and dependent upon a partner who is an amputee(from Greek, Akron, extremity + tome'. a cutting = - philia). An acrotomophile is erotically excited by the stump(s) of the amputee partner. |
There are many issues and problems one is faced with as a new amputee other than the loss of limb(s).
Many amputees go through life without ever meeting an acrotomophile, let alone knowing what acrotomophilia is. Many have experienced acrotomophiles first hand, some have had positive experiences some have had negative.
This page on acrotomophiles hopes to shed some light on the subject, giving a balanced impression for amputees to keep with them as they face life's little ups and downs.
There are some amputee/devotee relationships that have developed in to marriage with children. Some devotee/amputee relationships have been extremely destructive to the parties involved.
In general there is a great difficulty in the acceptance of acrotomophilia in the amputee population particularly with male amputees. Many amputees believe that people should be accepted as human being first not just "stumps".
On the other side of the coin many women who are amputees suffer rejection, divorce, and a lack of social acceptance as amputees.
It would logically seem then there are a number of female amputees and a number of acrotomophiles "who are made for each other".
However, due societies lack of acceptance of acrotomophilia as a sexual norm, the acrotomophile often suffers confusing signals from his or her peers. Most people (including many amputees) cannot understand why a person is sexually attracted to another person simply because of an amputation. This confusion on the part of the acrotomophile often leads to complications when a suitable amputee partner is eventually found. Simply put, the acrotomophilia can get in the way of developing a healthy sexual relationship.
From the devotee point of view their sexual turn on stems from their partner being an amputee in the same way other men prefer large breasted women or women with red hair. To the devotee the amputation is a sexually attractive physical characteristic no different from any other physical characteristic.
Acrotomophilia has been explained via childhood experiences or encounters with older women or men who are amputees.
A more disturbing characteristic of a devotee/amputee relationship is one of dominance. The acrotomophile is sometimes attracted to the amputee due to an innate need to dominate. This false perception of the amputee often leads to conflict. Most amputees, as with most of the other members of the human race value free will and self-determination above all else. In fact the average amputee may even be somewhat more independent than the average non-amputee.
General Profile of the acrotomophile:
Most acrotomophiles are male and they are attracted to female amputees. The acrotomophile usually prefers a female amputee on crutches, who is an AK (above knee) and wearing a short skirt.There are gay acrotomophiles that are attracted to the same sex amputee.
In general the acrotomophile does not like to see a prosthesis and is not usually inspired by other types of amputation, particularly arm amputations.
To give advice to an amputee about to embark on a relationship with a acrotomophile. Look for the tell-tale signs of insecurity: do you feel your partner is one hand treating you like God and then on the other like some thing you flush down the toilet ?
If you feel you can handle being treated as a "stump" and not a full human being you may want to venture into such a relationship. But in the long run a mutual respect has to be developed, physical relationships or relationships based on a particular attribute have a tendency to burn out quickly.
It is foolish to scoff and deny the existence of the acrotomophile. If they are ignored more amputees will get hurt, we must be open to the facts whether we agree with them or not personally.
People with bad experiences will say stay away from the acrotomophile, those with positive experiences will say give it a try. Those with no experience but some knowledge of such things will have a more educated choice.
The choice is yours.
Acrotomophile--one who is sexually aroused by amputees
Apotemnophile--one who need to be an amputee in order to achieve sexual satisfaction.
Copyright 2002
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