The Breathless Orgasm
A Lovemap Biography of Asphyxiophilia
John Money
Gordon Wainwright
and David Hingsburger
This dramatic personal account examines one of the most unusual sexual urges: dependency on self-strangulation for sexual arousal and orgasm. Never before has there been such a comprehensive account of the etiology and phenomenology of asphyxiophilia to appear in print.
Nelson Cooper is one who came forward to find help; he tells his story with gripping intensity in the first part of the book. A scientific and medical perspective on asphyxiophilia is then offered, documenting the effectiveness of combined pharmacologic and counseling therapy in preventing autoerotic death.
John Money's work on human sexuality has brought him world-wide recognition and has added important new words to the English language, including the term "lovemap". Gordon Wainwright is a creative-writing student with an interest in sexology who collaborated with Money and Hingsburger on the writing of The Breathless Orgasm. David Hingsburger is a therapist who specializes in the sexuality of the developmentally disabled.
178 pages