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Necrophilia, aka Having Sex with a Corpse, How Does It Feel?

L. Small
13 min readJul 23, 2024

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The painting “The Hatred” by Pietro Pajetta (1896)
By Pietro Pajetta — Copied from an art book, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8834704

Warning: The following article contains explicit content and discusses necrophilia. Reader discretion is advised. In addition to being extremely delicate and unsettling, this topic raises ethical and legal issues. Reader discretion is advised.

Necrophilia, also known as Necrophilism, Necrolagnia, Necrocoitus, Necrochlesis, or Thanatophilia, is a sexual phenomenon that involves the attraction to deceased bodies or the performance of sexual acts on dead bodies.

Joseph Guslain, a Belgian physician, introduced the term “necrophilia” in 1850. In ancient Egypt, Herodotus intentionally murdered his wife and engaged in sexual intercourse with her cadaver, which is the origin of necrophilia. Consequently, he advised the ancient Egyptians to allow his wife to decompose for a period of 3–4 days in order to ensure that the embalmer would not be interested in her cadaver prior to embalming.

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L. Small
L. Small

Written by L. Small

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