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Acrotomophilia is a sexual attraction to amputees.
Previously rare, acrotomophilia was first recognised in clinics as commonplace in the western world in the early 1990s. It is thought that this was caused by the proliferation of the Internet, which allowed already predisposed individuals to gain access to video footage and still media of amputees in situations conducive to arousal. As these individuals learned what could be found sexually stimulating and which forms of physical deformities would sate their desires, they would then seek amputee-partners or situations where amputees could be observed during a sexual act.
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