Davian Behavior
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davian_behavior
There was an old miner named Dave
Who kept a dead whore in his cave
You have to admit
He hadn’t much wit
But look at the money he saved!
Davian behavior is, essentially, sex with a corpse—and is actually named after this limerick.
Are you kidding me?
Apparently not. “Davian behavior” has been observed in ground squirrels, frogs, praying mantises, and mallards. In regards to the latter:
[Dutch researcher] Moeliker surmised that at the time of the collision with the window the two mallards were engaged in a common pattern in duck behavior which is playfully called “rape flight”. “When one died the other one just went for it and didn’t get any negative feedback — well, didn’t get any feedback,” according to Moeliker. This is the first recorded case of necrophilia in the mallard duck- though not the only recorded case of homosexuality within the bird family.
Wow, let’s hope Rick Santorum doesn’t hear about that one, or we’ll never hear the end of it.
In humans, of course, this behavior is called “necrophilia,” and is classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association as a paraphilia: sexual arousal by atypical situations that “cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.” Other paraphilias include pedophilia (kids), zoophilia (animals), and coprophilia (feces). [*Not to be confused with coprophagia or coprolalia.]
Side Note: The current paraphilia criteria also include exhibitionism, voyeurism, sadomasochism, fetishism, and transvestitism—which many (including me) would argue do not necessarily cause distress or impairment of functioning in society. And let’s not overlook the fact that homosexuality was classified as a paraphilia up until 1973.
Sigh.
Regardless… most of us can agree that having sex with a dead body is—in layman’s terms—pretty fucked up.
Necrophilia is actually broken down into a 10-tier spectrum. According to Wikipedia, these tiers are:
- Role players
- Romantic necrophiles
- People having a necrophilic fantasy – necrophilic fantasizers
- Tactile necrophiles
- People having a sexual fetish for the dead – fetishistic necrophiles
- People having a necromutilomania – necromutilomaniacs [arousal via dissection of a corpse]
- Opportunistic necrophiles
- Regular necrophiles
- Homicidal necrophiles
- Exclusive necrophiles.
I didn’t really want to go into the specifics of these. I’m not sure my life will be enhanced by knowing what “tactile necrophilia” entails, or more about “homicidal necrophiles.”
Your kink is not my kink.
