Somnophilia

Somnophilia

Somnophilia (from Latin 'somnus' = sleep and Greek φιλία, '-philia' = love), or sleeping princess syndromecite book |last= Butcher |first= Nancy |title= The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse: A Chronicle of Medical Mysteries, Curious Remedies, and Bizarre but True Healing Folklore |pages= "p". 134 |isbn= 1583331603 |oclc= 52107453 |year= 2003 |publisher= Avery |location= New York] or Sleeping Beauty syndromecite book |last= Laws |first= D. Richard |coauthors= William O'Donohue |title= Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment |publisher= The Guilford Press |location= New York |year= 1997 |isbn= 1572302410 |oclc= 37180958 |pages= "p". 408] , is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal and/or orgasm are stimulated by intruding on and awakening a sleeping stranger with erotic caresses, but not with force or violence.cite book |last= Flora |first= Rudy |title= How to Work with Sex Offenders: A Handbook for Criminal Justice, Human Service, and Mental Health Professionals |pages= "p". 92 |publisher= Haworth Clinical Practice Press |location= New York |year= 2001 |isbn= 0789014998 |oclc= 45668958] The eye-rolling before fainting may also cause arousal. Somnophilia may also refer to having sex with a sleeping partner or rubbing against the body with the private parts or hands. There is no literal term for the reciprocal paraphilic condition of being the recipient, which more often occurs in fantasy than in reality.

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