Telephone Scatologia: an Aural Assault Arora Anterpreet Kaur Dr.1, Gupta Pankaj Dr.2, Mahajan Shashi Dr.3 1Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vallah, Sri Amritsar 2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vallah, Sri Amritsar 3Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vallah, Sri Amritsar *(Corresponding address) Dr. Anterpreet Kaur Arora Phone: 0183-2570301; 09814975545 Email: - doctor_neeru_preet@yahoo.com
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. Top Keywords Paraphilia, scatologia, akophilia, fantasy, psychotherapy. Top |