Urolagnia Notes

Introduction

• Urolagnia (also known as urophilia, undinism, golden shower, watersports)
  • Paraphilia involving sexual excitement related to urine or urination.
  • Etymology: Greek ouron (urine) + lagneia (lust).
  • Includes acts like ingestion, bathing, urinating on others or items.
  • Golden shower: Slang for urinating on another for pleasure.
  • Watersports: Includes various sexual acts involving urine.

Expressions of Urolagnia

• Involves ingestion, bathing, urinating on others, self-soiling.
• May focus on the smell of urine.
• Related fetish: Omorashi - excitement from holding a full bladder or seeing others in discomfort.

Frequency and Popularity

• 2007 study: 9% of fetish-related internet groups focused on body fluids.
• Jennifer Eve Rehor's study: 36.52% involvement among kink participants.
• Ranked 9th in UK sexual fetishes in 2017 Channel 4 survey.
• Yellow handkerchief in handkerchief code symbolizes urolagnia.

Artistic Depictions

• Artists like Bill Schmeling and Touko Laaksonen included urolagnia in their work.

Psychiatry Perspective

• DSM-III-R classified as paraphilia NOS (not otherwise specified).
  • DSM-5 refers to it as "Other specified paraphilic disorder".
  • Requires interest to be recurrent for over six months causing distress/impairment.
• WHO's ICD-11 (2018) removed fetishism as a psychiatric diagnosis.

Physical Health

• WHO states urine pathogens rarely pose health risks, except in areas with Schistosoma haematobium.

Notable Cases

• Chuck Berry: Involved in urination themed sex tape.
• Havelock Ellis: Aroused by women urinating.
• Albert Fish: Serial killer with urolagnia.
• R. Kelly: Convicted of urination related abuse.
• Ashley MacIsaac, Ricky Martin, Patrice O'Neal: Publicly discussed their engagement in urolagnia.
• Annie Sprinkle: Former porn actress with fluid obsession.
• Troughman: Known for lying in urinal troughs at events.
• Ian Watkins: Convicted of child abuse involving urolagnia.

See Also

• Related topics: Golden shower controversy, dossier, Urophagia.

These notes summarize the key information from a comprehensive overview of urolagnia as described in the Wikipedia article.