Teratophilia

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Teratophilia is a technical term for a sexual attraction to 'deformed' or 'monstrous' people. A teratophiliac is someone who is attracted to such people. One version of Teratophilia is acrotomophilia, sexual attraction to amputees. Considerable commercial and amateur erotica is published apparently targeting people with such a sexual attraction. Persons attracted to amputees in particular are said to be engaging in amputee fetishism. Teratophilia is a specific category of paraphilia.

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  • Koren G (1993) "Cocaine and the human fetus: the concept of teratophilia." Neurotoxicol Teratol 15: 301-304 (online abstract)
  • En Brazos De La Mujer Fetiche by Etxebarria, Lucia And Sonia N. Puente (Barcelona, Ediciones Destino 2002) includes a chapter on teratophilia