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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaphilia
UPDATED: November 26th, 2006
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Aquaphilia
Aquaphilia also called hydrophilia is a term used to describe a form of
sexual fetishism which involves images of people swimming or
posing underwater, and sexual activity in or under water. Literally
"water lover" from the Latin aqua and Greek ...... (philein).
Some subsets of this category are underwater glamour, breathholding,
underwater fashion (models posing underwater, often while fully
clothed), scuba fetishism, rubber (people in skin-tight rubber
wetsuits), simulated or fantasy drowning (often incorporating
asphyxiation), mermaids, and underwater sex.
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 1990's.
The psychology of Aquaphilia was the subject of a paper by the late Dr
Corinne Lamberth (a therapeautic counsellor based in Lewisham, South
London) in 1998. A copy of this paper was published in the Aquaphiles
Journal in early 1999.
Aquaphilia as a fetish has numerous followers, as exemplified by the
number of different websites that can be found discussing the subject.
As with many fetishes, there are several producers of specialist
underwater and aquaphile media, including photographers, video
producers and authors.