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Abstract
The present paper explores the telephone scatologia which is a sexual paraphilia. Making obscene
telephone calls for sexual pleasure is known as telephone scatalogia. An obscene phone call (OPC) is an
unsolicited telephone call where the caller receives sexual pleasure by delivering sexual or foul language
to an unknown party. In this article, the etiological theories, current incidence, characteristics and
classification of the caller is being focused. The psychotherapy, treatment, medico legal aspects and the
laws against the caller are also discussed here. The main objective of this paper is to offer a rarely
addressed material that could be useful in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, sexology, criminology and
interpersonal violence.
Keywords: Paraphilia; scatologia; akophilia; fantasy; psychotherapy.
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Making obscene telephone calls is a Class 1
Misdemeanor
[2]. Although from the
viewpoint of the recipient of the calls, and of
the law, it is generally considered to be a form
of sexual harassment [3]. Warner describes it as
aural assault. Hott characterizes it as telephone
rape or aural rape [4, 5].
Introduction
A psychosexual disorder characterized by
a recurrent, intense urge or fantasy to make
obscene telephone calls to derive sexual arousal
and gratification is called telephone scatology.
It is also called Telephonicophilia- A paraphilic
condition in which sexuoerotic arousal and
gratification are dependant upon talking about
sexual or obscene matters over the telephone
to an unknown listener.
The etymology of Telephonicophilia
comes from the words telephone, Greek words;
skatos- dung or filth, scat- scare and philiaAttraction [1] Telephone scatologia is only one
of the forms of audio scatologia (akophilia).
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Classification of scatologist
According to Bullough it is of three types.
Prevalence of scatologist
telephone
experience
may
masturbate
afterwards. Some obscene phone callers do not
speak. Instead, they emit sounds of sexual
pleasure into the phone, or breathe heavily.
Others reveal their masturbatory activity to the
victim. Sometimes it is clear to the victim that
the man on the phone may be intoxicated
because of slurred speech, mild incoherence
etc. Other callers are simply crude and utter
profanities and obscenities. Some callers bluntly
ask for sex [10].
In other countries
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Pharmacotherapy:
The
goals
of
pharmacotherapy are to reduce morbidity and
prevent complications. This treatment is also
used in other paraphilias and paraphilia-related
disorders.
Antiandrogens
Testosterone, the principal androgen (sex
hormone) produced by the testes, is considered
the most important androgen affecting male
sexual behavior. The role of testosterone is as a
primary etiological factor in physical and sexual
aggression in men.
The effect of antiandrogens thus is on sexual
desire, associated fantasies, erections and
urges.
The antiandrogens, cyproterone acetate
(CPA) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA)
are the most commonly prescribed agents for
the control of repetitive deviant sexual
behaviors. MPA, an analogue of progesterone,
lowers serum testosterone. CPA inhibits
testosterone directly at androgen receptor sites
and also exhibits antigonadotrophic effects.
Serotonergic antidepressants
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Conflict of Interest
None declared.
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