Autoerotic fatalities are deaths caused by unusual and risky solitary sexual practices such as self-bondage and autoerotic asphyxia. However, more exotic forms of autoerotic death also occur. The most common causes of death in autoerotic fatalities are strangulation and postural asphyxia, but autoerotic deaths have also resulted by many other mechanisms, including electrocution, sepsis after bowel perforation, crushing, and accidental self-impalement.
Estimates of autoerotic deaths in the United States are not exactly known.[1]
In some cases autoerotic fatalities are not initially recognized, and are confused with suicide.
The subject has been treated in two books, Autoerotic Fatalities by Hazelwood et al. (1983) and Autoerotic Asphyxiation: Forensic, Medical, and Social Aspects by Sheleg et al. (2006).
Further reading
- Burgess, Ann Wolbert; Hazelwood, Robert R.; Dietz, Park Elliott (1983). Autoerotic fatalities. Lexington, Mass: LexingtonBooks. ISBN 0-669-04716-3.
- Edwin Ehrlich; Sergey Sheleg (2006). Autoerotic Asphyxiation: Forensic, Medical, and Social Aspects. Wheatmark. ISBN 1-58736-604-5.
References
External links
- http://www.corpus-delicti.com/auto.html
- http://xkcd.com/682/
- O'Halloran RL, Dietz PE (March 1993). "Autoerotic fatalities with power hydraulics". J. Forensic Sci. 38 (2): 359–64. PMID 8454997.
- Byard RW, Eitzen DA, James R (March 2000). "Unusual fatal mechanisms in nonasphyxial autoerotic death". Am J Forensic Med Pathol 21 (1): 65–8. PMID 10739230. http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0195-7910&volume=21&issue=1&spage=65.
- Klintschar M, Grabuschnigg P, Beham A (June 1998). "Death from electrocution during autoerotic practice: case report and review of the literature". Am J Forensic Med Pathol 19 (2): 190–3. PMID 9662120. http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0195-7910&volume=19&issue=2&spage=190.
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