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Marla Rutherford, Erotic Gallery: Strong, seductive beings in a surreal world. More»
11-02-2004


What did they say?

"There's no shortage of pussy - it's just the delivery system that's messed up."
-Dr. Roy V. Schenk

"No sex is better than bad sex."
-Germaine Greer

"It's the good girls that keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time."
-Tallulah Bankhead

"If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?"
-Bette Midler
THE MEANING OF PHILIA

The official version:
Philosophical terminology. A Greek term for friendship or amiability. In the philosophy of Empedocles, the constructive principle counter-acting the destructive influence of neikos*. Aristotle regarded friendship as a crucial component of the good life.

The current version:
Suffix
1. Tendency toward, e.g. hemophilia.
2. Abnormal attraction to, e.g. necrophilia.

Our version:
Equated with fetishes and/or kinks

Example:
Dentrophilia - sex with trees
Hodophilia - sex in strange places
Ochlophilia - sex in crowds
Somnophilia - sex with someone asleep
Xenophilia - sex with strangers
Endytophilia - sex while remaining clothed
Agrexophilia - arousal by being caught or seen
Androphilia - Love of men
Apodysophilia - Desire to undress and be naked
Cypripareuniaphila - Love of prostitutes
Stigmatophilia - Love of tattooing or branding
Scripophilia - Love of bond and share certificates (that's kinky!
Scopophilia - Sexual pleasure from seeing things (voyeurism)
Pygophilia - Love of buttocks
Pathenophillia - Love of virgins

You can check out some more paraphilias here!

*neikos: quarrel, feud, the spirit of discord or strife inconsistent with the benevolent influence of philia. (Come on, we gotta show our smarts, sometimes!)

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