Loving Objects. Can Autism Explain Objectophilia?

0558396 - FLÚ 2023 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Gatzia, Dimitria Electra - Arnaud, S.
Loving Objects. Can Autism Explain Objectophilia?
Archives of Sexual Behavior. Roč. 51, č. 4 (2022), s. 2117-2133. ISSN 0004-0002. E-ISSN 1573-2800
Institutional support: RVO:67985955
Keywords : extreme male brain * prior knowledge * spectrum * world * interoception * recognition * sexuality * premotor * children * objectophilia * sexual paraphilia * synesthesia * autism * asd * coss-modal mental imagery * dsm-5
OECD category: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Impact factor: 3.8, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02281-5

Objectophilia (also known as objectum-sexuality) involves romantic and sexual attraction to specific objects. Objectophiles often develop deep and enduring emotional, romantic, and sexual relations with specific inanimate (concrete or abstract) objects such as trains, bridges, cars, or words. The determinants of objectophilia are poorly understood. The aim of this paper is to examine the determining factors of objectophilia. We examine four hypotheses about the determinants of objectophilia (pertaining to fetishism, synesthesia, cross-modal mental imagery, and autism) and argue that the most likely determining factors of objectophilia are the social and non-social features of autism. Future studies on the determinants of objectophilia could enhance our understanding and potentially lessen the marginalization experienced by objectophiles.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0332415