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necrophilia
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necrophilia /nec·ro·phil·ia/ (nek″ro-fil´e-ah) sexual attraction to or sexual contact with dead bodies.
nec·ro·phil·i·a (nkr-fl-)
n.
1. An abnormal fondness for being in the presence of dead bodies. Also called necromania.
2. Sexual contact with or erotic desire for dead bodies.

necro·phili·ac (--k) adj. & n.

necrophilia
[nek′rōfil′yə]
Etymology: Gk, nekros + philein, to love
1 a morbid liking for being with dead bodies.
2 a morbid desire to have sexual contact with a dead body, usually of men to perform a sexual act with a dead woman. necrophile, necrophiliac, n.

Necrophilia
Sexuoeroticism that hinges on fantasies about or actual sexual interactions with a corpse; the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviours cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning

necrophilia [nek″ro-fil´e-ah]
sexual attraction to or sexual contact with dead bodies.

necrophilia
 Psychiatry A paraphilia in which sexuoerotism requires a corpse, which may involve engaging in sexual activity with same; the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning; getting a stiffie with a stiff


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And there are not a few individuals and institutions out there dedicated full time to turning the crank on that necrophile money spinner.
The students got that Gowdy wants us to understand that the female necrophile who narrates the title story is both a hyperbolic representation of male sexuality and a challenge to phallocentric culture; that the two-headed man's obsession with normalcy ironically renders him monstrous; and that "Body and Soul" was meant to be uncomfortable for its readers in pointing to our constructions of social and physical difference.
Not literally - I'm not a necrophile, not yet anyway - but I've always loved watching them.
 
 
 
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