Aquaphilia (fetish)

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Aquaphilia is a form of sexual fetishism that involves images of people swimming or posing underwater, and sexual activity in or under water.[1][2][3]

Literally "water lover" from the Latin aqua and Greek φιλειν (philein), the term "Aquaphile" was first used by Phil Bolton, when he created the "Aquaphiles Journal" - an online magazine for followers of the underwater erotica scene published in the 1990s.[citation needed]

The psychology of Aquaphilia was the subject of a paper by Dr. Corinne Lamberth (a therapeutic counsellor based in Lewisham, South London) in 1998. A copy of this paper was published in the Aquaphiles Journal in early 1999.[citation needed]


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  2. ^ Ågmo, Anders (2007). Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior: a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology. Academic Press. p. 454. ISBN 0-12-370590-8. 
  3. ^ Swami, Viren; Furnham, Adrian (2008). The psychology of physical attraction. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 0-415-42250-7.