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necrophilic fantasies

male (and occasionally female) fantasies about viewing or having heterosexual or same-sex intercourse with a corpse as a means of achieving sexual excitement. Such fantasies are sometimes acted out with the aid of prostitutes who satisfy necrophilic clients by simulating lifelessness.

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February 2nd 2025

monocular deprivation

monocular deprivation

the deprivation of light to one eye. Compare binocular deprivation.