Okay, so I'm now going to tell you more about Necrophilia.
Necrophilia, also called as thanatophilia, is a sexual attraction or sexual act involving corpses. Okay, I bet you're all a but disgusted, but keep an open mind because people don't just commit these acts for the fun of it, some have problems and doing these acts are some kind of coping mechanism for them.
As I said, there are different reasons people commit necrophilia as well as different classifications in which they fall on.
In Jonathan P. Rosman and Phillip J. Resnick's Sexual Attraction to Corpses: A Psychiatric Review of Necrophilia , which can be found in the website, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law Online.They examined 122 cases (comprising 88 from world literature and 34 unpublished cases of their own) and found out that the motivation for engaging in necrophilic behavior resulted that two-thirds of necrophiliacs reported the desire to possess an unresisting and unrejecting partner (68%). Other lesser motivations reported included wanting to be reunited with their dead romantic partner (21%), being sexually attracted to corpses (15%), comfort or overcome feelings of isolation (15%), and/or seeking self-esteem by expressing power over a homicide victim (12%).
They also classified the behavior into three sub-types: (1) necrophilic homicide, (2) 'regular necrophilia, (3) necrophilic fantasy.
They theorized that the reasons people commit necrophilia is that they might be fearful of rejection of others and that they desire a sexual partner who cannot reject them. Which goes to show, that necrophiliacs may probably have low self-esteem. In their review, they have also said that some necrophiliacs may be socially or sexually inept or maybe they fear the opposite sex, which makes them look for partners that are non-threatening (i.e non-living people). However, there are also suggestions in which people are fearful of the dead and as a coping mechanism, they transform their fear into sexual desire.
Anyway, they found out that 92% of the people who committed necrophilia were males, (females being the 9%) and that 100% of those who committed homicides were also males. Basically, males commit necrophiliac acts more than women. I'm not entirely sure why it is that there are more male necrophiliacs but I'll probably research that when I have time.
Unsurprisingly, necrophilia almost always appear to those who are emotionally unstable. Their emotions are probably what triggered them to commit such acts. Some say that necrophilia is a sickness of the mind, while others say that it is technically a fetish since they desire the non-living. Someone has to have some kind of problem for them to commit this act while knowing that it is wrong and widely frowned upon, not to mention illegal in some countries.
But as it is, necrophilia is a rather rare occurrence, therefore, there is still a lack of research regarding this topic.While there are some theories that has been proposed, due to lack of evidence in the matter, they still remain just that, theories. We can only hope that we can further our understanding regarding this matter and find ways to help. Sometimes, one just has to listen to help, so, if you ever meet someone who had committed these acts, try not to be too harsh on them and try to understand why is it, that they do such things.
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