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Arch Sex Behav (2013) 42:13831386 DOI 10.1007/s10508-013-0156-3
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Eproctophilia in a Young Adult Male
Mark D. Grifths
Published online: 13 July 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Olfactophilia (also known as osmolagnia, osphresiolagnia, and ozolagnia) is a paraphilia where an individual derives sexual pleasure from smells and odors (Aggrawal, 2009). Given the large body of research on olfaction, it is not surprisingthat,insomecases,thereshouldbeanassociationwith sexual behavior. As Bieber (1959) noted, smell is a powerful sexual stimulus. Furthermore, the erotic focus is most likely to relate to body odors of a sexual partner, including genital odors.
One subtype of olfactophilia is eproctophilia. This is a paraphilia in which people are sexually aroused by atulence (Aggrawal, 2009). Therefore, eproctophiles are said to spend an abnormal amount of time thinking about farting and atulence and have recurring intense sexual urges and fantasies involving farting and atulence (Grifths, 2012a). To date, there has been no academic or clinical research into eproctophilia. Therefore, the following account presents a brief case study of an eproctophile and given a pseudonym (Brad). Brad gave full consent for his case to be written up on the understanding that he could not be identied and that he was guaranteed full anonymity and condentiality.
Brad was a 22-year old single man from Illinois. His parents were divorced when he was 6 years old and was an only child. His father remarried when he was 14 years old and he then gained three step-brothers. He has a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts. He was employed in part-time work, but was looking for another job to help supplement his income. He was engaged inminimum wage part-time stuffbut would like to get a job in the arts eld, but that it required materials that he
does not currently have. He believes in God or a Prime Moverbut does not adhere to any particular religious group.
Brad rst approached the author following the publication of an article about eproctophilia on the authors website blog. Brad initially posted a comment in response to the article and disclosed the response that he was an eproctophile. In fact, Brads opening comment was:I am an eproctophileI am not ashamed of my interest. Mindyou,I dont tellpeople what Im into any more than I...