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Paraphilia and Serial Murder

More commonly known as perversion or fetishism, paraphilia (from the Greek para: “beyond,” “amiss”; and philia: “attachment to”) describes the misdirection of sexual desire toward unusual or abnormal objects. Serial killers frequently suffer from sexual dysfunction that precludes normal relationships. Some of the pertinent paraphilias demonstrated in such cases include:

Anthropophagy—sexual fixation on eating human flesh in an act of  cannibalism. When applied specifically to corpses, often in advanced decomposition, the proper term is necrophagia. Cannibalism of young girls, as practiced by Albert Fish, is called parthenophagy.

Bestiality (or  zoophilia)—sexual activity with animals, as practiced in childhood by Henry Lee Lucas and others. Torture and mutilation of animals, seen as a childhood warning sign of future violence, is termed bestial sadism.

Bondage—the use of restraints in sexual activity may be harmless between consenting adults with established limits; when employed by murderous individuals such as Harvey Glatman in Los Angeles, it becomes a prelude to torture and death.

Coprophilia/coprolagnia—arousal sparked by feces, displayed in the writings of  Gerard Schaefer describing defecation by his female victims at the moment of death. When consumption of feces is involved, as with Albert Fish, the proper term is coprophagia.

Gerontophilia—sexual attraction to the elderly, seen in cases like that of Albert DeSalvo, where a much younger killer preys on senior citizens forsex (as opposed to robbery of victims who are simply weaker and defenseless). Attraction to older men is termed alphamegamia; fixation on elderly women is called graophilia or matronoloagnia.

Hematophilia/hematomania—fixation on blood, commonly seen in cases of vampirism such as that of John Haigh.

Mutilation—often seen in sadistic or sexually motivated crimes. Colobosis refers specifically to mutilation of the male genitalia, mazoperosis to the female breasts, perogynia to mutilation of women (primarily the genitals), and necrosadism to mutilation of corpses (sometimes performed days or weeks after the murder as the killer revisits the crime scene).

Necrophilia—sexual fixation with death and corpses. When the obsession proceeds to intercourse, it is properly termed  necrocoitus. Necrochlesis refers more specifically to sex with a female corpse.

Pedophilia—the proclivity for sex with children, seen in many serial child killers such as Arthur Goode. Fixation on young boys is also called pederasty.

Pyromania/pyrophilia—sexual release obtained from setting and/or watching fires, a condition found in many cases of arson.

Sadism—arousal dependent on the suffering of others, named in the FBI Crime Classification Manual (1992) as one of the major motives for sex crimes and serial murder.

Voyeurism—generally the passive act of watching others undress or have sex, typically accompanied by masturbation; spying sometimes turns deadly in the face of mounting frustration. Charles Floyd in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Rickey Brogsdale in Washington, D.C, present two examples of voyeurs whose activities escalated to murder of those they secretly observed.

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honeybells: celticthistle: femonster: methodistcoloringbook: sparksummit: partyprofessor: One Thursday last month, during the lunch hour at H.D. Woodson Senior High School, half a dozen teenage boys have gathered to eat pizza and talk about hollering at women. “From where I come from, you holler at a girl,” one student tells the group. “A girl can’t be too upset when a guy is paying attention to her.” “It depends on the type of girl and whether she has respect for herself,” another says. “Some girls will say, stop. But they like it, for real.” “If she’s wearing short shorts, booty shorts, short skirt, with the thong showing, she wants it,” another guy says. “Can’t blame it on the boy. She knows what she’s doing.  “But what if it’s hot out?” This is Kedrick Griffin. He’s here to play the 37-year-old devil’s advocate on a subject that’s generally considered normal behavior for a teenage boy in the District of Columbia. This exercise has come almost at the end of a year-long District program called the “Men of Strength” club—MOST Club, for short. The same pattern is repeated with groups of boys in public middle and high schools across the District: Come for the pizza, stay for the deconstructions of masculinity. I can’t even begin to express how much I love this. it is so so so important that people are doing this. i’m grateful to all programs like this.  I’m so glad this is happening I love this. We need more programs like this, everywhere. he’s also super attractive but yes this is a Good Thing

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One Thursday last month, during the lunch hour at H.D. Woodson Senior High School, half a dozen teenage boys have gathered to eat pizza and talk about hollering at women. “From where I come from, you holler at a girl,” one student tells the group. “A girl can’t be too upset when a guy is paying attention to her.” “It depends on the type of girl and whether she has respect for herself,” another says. “Some girls will say, stop. But they like it, for real.” “If she’s wearing short shorts, booty shorts, short skirt, with the thong showing, she wants it,” another guy says. “Can’t blame it on the boy. She knows what she’s doing.

 “But what if it’s hot out?” This is Kedrick Griffin. He’s here to play the 37-year-old devil’s advocate on a subject that’s generally considered normal behavior for a teenage boy in the District of Columbia. This exercise has come almost at the end of a year-long District program called the “Men of Strength” club—MOST Club, for short. The same pattern is repeated with groups of boys in public middle and high schools across the District: Come for the pizza, stay for the deconstructions of masculinity.

I can’t even begin to express how much I love this.

it is so so so important that people are doing this. i’m grateful to all programs like this.

 I’m so glad this is happening

I love this. We need more programs like this, everywhere.

he’s also super attractive

but yes this is a Good Thing

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