Question

Describe necrophilia and characteristics of people who commit necrophilia. What are the similarities and differences between people that manifest different kinds of necrophilia?

Answer 1

• Necrophilia is a paraphilia that describes an individual’s arousal and attraction to fantasies or actual sexual contact with dead people.Officially, one must experience at least six months of intense, recurring urges or fantasies involving sexual contact with corpses to be diagnosed with necrophilia; these feelings must alter one’s behavior or cause one significant distress according to the DSM-V.
• Most necrophiles identify as heterosexual males and fall between the ages of twenty and fifty, but there are also cases of homosexual and/or female necrophiles. Some necrophiles seek jobs at mortuaries or coroners' offices where they have easy access to dead bodies and are able to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them.
• Necrophiles who act on their desires sometimes suffer from a lack of sexual inhibitions, recognition of social boundaries, or general remorse for the consequences of their actions. Certain psychological conditions, such as psychopathy or sociopathy, include an inability to experience remorse or feelings of empathy.
• Types of Necrophilia-Necrophilia is such a broad term that experts have broken it down into specific classifications which are used to define and identify a person’s status, as well as to help clarify the spectrum of desires and behaviors. Some necrophiles find sexual pleasure in simply being near corpses while others desire sexual intercourse with the dead.
• Necrophilia Homicide-This describes a condition in which a person actively murders people or animals in order to accommodate their necrophilic urges. They will actively search for methods of attaining corpses of people or animals in order to engage in sexual fantasies and acts with them.
• Regular Necrophilia-People who engage in regular necrophilia are those who do not find enough sexual attraction or gratification with living people, and, therefore, they seek this experience with dead bodies. Many people with regular necrophilia have had a scarring sexual experience previously in life and have low self-esteem, which manifests as misguided sexual confidence. Many even view sexual contact with corpses as a source of comfort and therapeutic experience.
• Necrophilic Fantasy-This describes a situation in which a person is afraid that they will act upon their desire and actually pursue their necrophilic fantasy, which may cause them anxiety or motivate them to hurt another person). People who have frequent necrophilic fantasies usually includes those who have always been socially isolated, although the two circumstances do not necessarily coincide. These fantasies can also include getting sexually excited when seeing dead bodies or strewn limbs, either in person or on a screen.
• Psuedonecrophilia-It is defined as a form of necrophilia that has not been manifested for periods of time, but rather becomes triggered by an exciting or dangerous event. This situation may seem as though it happens accidentally, as necrophilic actions are not the main purpose of a sexual experience, but rather occur in the heat of the moment.
• Necrosadism-A paraphilia in which one derives sexual pleasure from violent actions performed on a corpse, such as mutilation or the drinking of blood.
• The similarities in people that manifest different kinds of necrophilia are viewing corpses as emotionally or physically non-threatening.Some necrophiliacs might be attracted to the fact that corpses cannot reject, disagree, manipulate or abuse them.They may also enjoy the feeling of being completely in control.