Category: Fetish
Subcategory: Types

Acrotomophilia (amputees)

Acrotomophilia involves sexual attraction to amputees or people with limb differences. This orientation focuses on the unique body configurations, movement patterns, or visual aesthetics of people with amputations, whether congenital or acquired.

The attraction may center on specific aspects like amputation sites, mobility adaptations, or prosthetic devices. Ethical practice requires treating partners as complete individuals rather than fetish objects, with respect for their personhood beyond physical characteristics. The community distinguishes this attraction from medically dangerous desires for self-amputation (apotemnophilia). While controversial, many amputees in the community embrace partners who appreciate their bodies as they are rather than despite their differences.

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About the category Fetish

Fetish describes a focused arousal response to specific objects, materials, body parts, or scenarios that aren't inherently sexual. These can include attraction to leather, latex, specific clothing items, particular body features, or specialized scenarios that create intense erotic responses beyond what might be expected from their conventional context.

People with fetishes often experience powerful, concentrated arousal from their specific interests that may enhance or even be necessary for sexual satisfaction. Far from being unusual, most people have some degree of fetishistic interest, though the intensity varies widely. Many enjoy exploring these focused desires for the heightened sensation they provide, the mindfulness they create during intimate encounters, and the opportunity to celebrate specific aspects of sexuality that might otherwise be overlooked in more conventional approaches to pleasure.



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