Candaulism

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Candaulism is a paraphilia, consisting in the masochistic and/or sadistic pleasure in which the husband exposes his wife, or pictures of her, to other voyeurist people; hence the term candaulism which derives its name (proposed by Gugitz) from ancient King Candaules who made a plot to show his unaware naked wife to his servant Gyges of Lydia. Discovering Gyges while he was watching her naked, Candaules' wife ordered him to choose between killing himself or killing her husband in order to repair the vicious mischief. [1], [2], [3].

Sometimes this behavior is taken to the extreme point, allowing complete sexual relations, a practice defined by many English speaking people in the swinging subculture as cuckoldry. In certain cases the relation evolves into a stable union of three persons that is known as triolism.

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[edit] History of the term

The term was first defined by Richard von Krafft-Ebbingin in his book: Psychopathia sexualis. Eine klinisch-forensische Studie (Stuttgart: Enke 1886). [4]

[edit] Psychology of candaulism

According to R. Senf, candaulism is a veiled form of homosexuality, and Sadger wrote that the candaulist completely identifies with his partner's body, and deep in his mind is showing himself. [5]

[edit] Candaulists in history

This is a list of seducer, sexually unfaithful wives, happily married for many years to famous consenting men (who deliberately ignored, tolerated, approved, encouraged, or even induced the non innocent nude exposition or promiscuous sexual behavior of their spouses, all facts fully proven, and widely known to the public). These persons/characters must have a relevance in arts, history, literature, science, cinema or cartoons, not belong to the world of pornography, and have stable relationships extending over many years.

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[edit] Filmography

[edit] References (Bibliography)

  1. ^ Gide, Le roi Candaules
  2. ^ Hebbel, Gyges und sein Ring
  3. ^ Herodotus, Histories, Book 1.8
  4. ^ Richard von Krafft-Ebbingin in his book: Psychopathia sexualis. Eine klinisch-forensische Studie (Stuttgart: Enke 1886).
  5. ^ Ernest Borneman, Lexicon der Liebe (Hannibal, 1984)

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Paraphilias as classified by the DSM-IV-TR

The numbers were given by DSM-IV Codes
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association)

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[edit] See also

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