A passion for castration: Characterizing men who are fascinated with castration, but have not been castrated

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1669-1680

  Roberts, Lesley F ^a   Brett, Michelle A ^a   Johnson, Thomas W ^b,c   Wassersug, Richard J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Roshambo Winery   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; Eunuchs; Genital mutilation; Paraphilia; Sadomasochism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FANTASY; FETISHISM; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MASOCHISM; MOTIVATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 47949131738     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2007.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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