What is Necrophilia?

Necrophilia is all about domination. Studies show that since necrophiliacs cannot control the living, they gain pleasure in dominating the dead.


Necrophilia is the psychological disorder characterized by a sexual attraction to corpses. There are very few studies on necrophilia as it is still considered a very taboo and unacceptable practice. One study on necrophilia has discovered that necrophiliacs often suffer from low self-esteem. Upon failure to connect with living people or due to an unhealthy fear of rejection, they develop this affliction and turn to the dead for emotional connection instead. It could also have come about due to a fear of the dead or simply a strange excitement derived from such an activity.

From a psychological standpoint, necrophilia can be explained as a desire to gain control of another. There is absolutely no possibility of rejection if you are to engage in sexual relations with the dead.

The Different Kinds of Necrophilia

There are actually three kinds of necrophilia that have been identified. First is the necrophilic homicide. A necrophiliac will kill someone to be able to obtain a corpse. He or she is not interested in the person he or she has murdered as a living person because the sole purpose and intent of killing the person is to engage in sexual relations with the dead.

The second type of necrophilia is regular necrophilia wherein the person will make do with the available corpses of the dead instead of killing someone simply to obtain one. In this second type, the necrophiliac sees the corpses as sexual objects that he or she can conquer.

The third type is simply necrophilic fantasy. A person may have delusions and thoughts of necrophilia but never acts upon them. While they exist only in the mind, the necrophiliac may cross over to the first or second type of necrophilia. However, the social stigma or personal values attached to necrophilia may deter him from ever engaging in any sexual activity or action with the dead.

Among the three types, it is actually the second type that is most common. In another study made on necrophilia, it was discovered that most necrophiliacs are employed in companies and industries where they may regularly have interaction with the dead. For example, most of them worked at a morgue or a funeral parlor where they were placed in charge of caring for the dead.

Aside from these professions, other necrophiliacs may also work as hospital orderlies or conduct their work in a cemetery as gravediggers. There have also been some known cases of necrophilia in people who have worked as clerics or soldiers. However, it should be stressed that necrophiliacs in all of these professions are more often the exception than the norm. They are still a very small and rare group of people who are very private in their sexual desires. Many people may engage in these professions where they are continually in contact with the dead but have never in their lives ever had the desire to violate a corpse in the manner that necrophiliacs do.

The profile of most necrophiliacs is that they are most commonly men and heterosexual although there have been some reported cases of females or gays.

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