Coprophilia is a Paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = over and philia φιλία = friendship) is a mental health term recently used to indicate sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations that are not part of societally normative arousal/activity patterns, or which may interfere with... paraphilia consisting of the condition of feeling sexual excitement focused on Feces (also spelled faeces or fæces) are the waste products from the digestive tract expelled through the anus during defecation. In humans, defecation may occur (depending on the individual and the circumstances) from once every two or three days to three times a day. Prolonged interruption in the usual... feces, often in conjunction with A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. The major subgroupings are described in the abbreviation BDSM itself: bondage & discipline (B&D) Domination & submission (D&S, Ds, D/s) sadism &... BDSM or Infantilism is the quality of imposing, pretending, or becoming an infant. In the normal development of children, it is common for very young children to regress temporarily under stress and feign infantilism. In adult psychology and sexuality, infantilism is a type of sexual roleplaying that may be part of BDSM... infantilism.

Alternative terms include scat fetishism, japscat and scat play, which share a root with the scientific and literary term Scatology, or coprology, in medicine, biology and paleontology, is the study of feces. In psychology, a scatology is an obsession with excretion or excrement, or the study of such obsessions. (See also coprophilia). In literature, scatological commonly describes indecent works that make particular reference to excretion or excrement, as well... scatology. Scat fetishism is featured prominently in some Japanese pornography has some unique features which separate it from pornography in other cultures, especially Western pornography. It is quite common and frequently translated and exported to Western cultures because of its large spectrum of themes and media. Due to cultural differences and various taboos, Japanese erotica has a reputation... Japanese pornography.

Some coprophiliacs engage in Coprophagia is the consumption of feces. It is a practice common to several animals, including, in rare cases, humans (see below). Coprophagia in non-human animals Coprophagia is a behavior sometimes observed, with considerable disgust, by dog owners. Hofmeister, Cumming, and Dhein (2001) write that this behavior in animals has... coprophagia, the eating of feces, which is a potentially hazardous activity due to the risks of infection with diseases such as In medicine (gastroenterology), hepatitis is any disease featuring inflammation of the liver. The clinical signs and prognosis, as well as the therapy, depend on the cause. Signs and symptoms Hepatitis is characterised by abdominal pain, fever, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver) and jaundice (icterus). Some chronic forms of hepatitis show very few... hepatitis. Note that even consuming one's own feces could have potentially harmful consequences, as the bowel bacteria are not necessarily safe to ingest.

Coprophile activities are sometimes referred to by the A euphemism is a word or phrase used in place of a term that originally could not be spoken aloud (see taboo) or, by extension, terms which they consider to be disagreeable or offensive. Euphemism derives from Greek words eu ευ well + pheme φήμη speaking, words... euphemism hardsports, presumably by analogy with the use of the euphemism watersports for This article or section should be merged with Watersports (BDSM) Urolagnia (also known as urophilia) is a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to urine. People with urolagnia often like to urinate in public, or urinate on, or be urinated on by, other people, and may drink the urine. Some like to... urolagnia and This article or section should be merged with Watersports (BDSM) Urolagnia (also known as urophilia) is a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to urine. People with urolagnia often like to urinate in public, or urinate on, or be urinated on by, other people, and may drink the urine. Some like to... urophilia.

The practice of brown showers refers to the practice of defecating on a person to derive sexual pleasure.

See also

• Klismaphilia is the paraphilia of deriving sexual pleasure from enemas. John Harvey Kellogg is nowadays regarded as a textbook case of klismaphilia, although he was in his time viewed as a campaigner for health and sexual temperance. Many modern commentators now see him as a man who diverted his entire... Klismaphilia

• Japscat