Urolagnia
Urolagnia (also known as urophilia) is a sexual fetish with a focus on urine and urination.
People with urolagnia often like to urinate in public, or urinate on, or be urinated on by other people, and may drink the urine. The consumption of urine is urophagia. Some like to watch others doing these things. These activities are often described by the euphemisms "golden showers" or "watersports" (which should not be confused with water sports).
As a paraphilia, urine may be consumed or the person may bathe in it. Other variations include arousal from wetting or seeing someone else wet their pants or underclothes, or wetting the bed. Other forms of urolagnia may involve a tendency to be sexually aroused by smelling urine soaked clothing or body parts. In many cases, a strong correlation or conditioning arises between urine smell or sight and the sexual act. For some individuals the phenomenon may include a diaper fetish and/or arousal from infantilism. Watersports may also be used in a BDSM scene as a form of humiliation, sometimes involving desperation until incontinence or infantilization, sometimes physical humiliation associated with being urinated on or pressured to consume urine. In some cases, a person is aroused by merely staging situations where others can either witness that person wet his or her clothing or smell his or her urine scent.
Urolagnia is sometimes associated with, or confused with, a sexual attraction to someone experiencing the discomfort or pain of a full bladder, a sadomasochistic inclination. More studies are still needed on this topic.
Health issues
In contrast to practices such as coprophagia, urolagnia is generally considered harmless, as the urine of healthy individuals is sterile. However, a small risk exists if there is disease present, or bacterial infection of the urethra. There may also be secondary effects, such as skin rashes in individuals sensitive to urine.
The main dangers are the high salt and mineral content. The high salt content usually does not pose a problem if the urine is sufficiently diluted and not consumed in mass quantities. The effect of the high salt may be mitigated by drinking some water after consuming urine. The urine may be diluted if the person whose urine will be consumed drinks some water (or diet soda, see below) an hour or so before the act. Many people into BDSM drink beer before the act because it dilutes any unpleasant chemicals in the urine and beer short circuits the normal excretion of liquid, stimulating the body to excrete more urine than it normally would. Asparagus, on the other hand, makes urine stink in about 40% - 79% of people.[1]
Since artificial sweeteners are excreted in urine, consuming artificial sweetener before urine play can lend a sweet taste to the urine. Drinking diet soda, or other beverages containing artificial sweetener, before urine play will have the dual effect of diluting the urine and sweetening it. However, if the taste of sugar is detected in an individual's urine, and it is known that artificial sweetener has not been consumed, this may be a sign of diabetes and a doctor should be consulted.
The participants should use caution or avoid drinking urine if one or both of them are taking vitamin or mineral supplements or medication, since many of these are excreted in urine.
Urine of persons who are ill, or regularly take medication, should generally not be consumed - in special cases ( e.g. chronic illness of the partner), a medical doctor should be consulted to clarify whether the urine of the chronically ill or medicated person may be consumed without endangering one's health, or not.
Some common variations of urolagnia
Desperation - The act of holding one's own urine until the need to urinate is urgent, making another hold in their urine, or watching another person with a urgent need to urinate. This fetish sometimes originates from childhood memories of being or of seeing another needing the restroom. Arousal may be triggered by seeing the body movements or facial expressions of that person. It can also be heightened by the person saying that they have to urinate. The arousal from being desperate comes from the sensation of having a full bladder.
Voyeurism - Seeing another urinate without the person's knowledge either through video taping by a hidden camera, or by lurking in locations where people are urinating or are likely to have an urge to urinate.
Clothes wetting - The person is sexually aroused by wetting ones clothing or observing another person doing so. Usually that person prefer to stage the wetting so that his or her legs (or other body parts) become soaked with urine. The warm sensation felt when urine trickles on body seems to be the key factor for pleasurable feelings. In many cases, that person is also aroused by smelling body parts that have a urine scent. Others get aroused by telling everyone they know about the day they lost control and wet themselves. Some prefer a particular type of clothing to urinate in.
Exhibitionism – Becoming noticeably desperate or wetting oneself with the express purpose of being seen by strangers. Practitioners have described going to public places such as a mall or a park. Some intend to create situations where others can see their wet clothing.
Pussing - British expression for an activity involving a consenting couple where the male partner watches the woman urinate otherwise undetected in a semi-public place, usually a toilet cubicle at a pub, hotel, restaurant, theatre/cinema, office, club etc. The strategies and tactics that are used to smuggle one of the couple into and out of the toilet undetected are almost or as important as the urination. The activity is done by itself or as a part of or prelude to other activities which many times involve sex.[1]
Other practices
Some people drink large quantities of their own urine as part of what they consider to be alternative medicine. This is generally not considered to be urolagnia.
Notable urophiliacs
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Ricky Martin - Puerto Rican Singer. Gave an interview with Blender Magazine in which he stated that he enjoyed "Golden Showers"[2].
Shirley Manson - Lead singer of the popular rock band Garbage. Was quoted in an interview as saying "I hate boys who are frightened of pee and shit and menstrual blood… I want a man who will let me pee in his belly button"[3]. The Garbage song "When I Grow Up" contains the lyrics "Happy Hours/Golden Showers [4]"
Cat Chaser - Seattle-based goth/punk rock band that had a small but rabid following partially based on singer Cresta wetting her clothes during the bands performances [5]
Annie Sprinkle - Multimedia performer and advocate for female sexual enjoyment. Her stage name is derived from her abilities with urination, notably the ability to turn herself into a human fountain.
Rockbitch - mostly female band featuring many sexual acts including urination as part of their stage act [6].
Andy Milonakis - MTV star with his The Andy Milonakis Show admitted recently in an interview with People Magazine that he liked the feeling of "Warm urine" on his chest during sexual intercourse[citation needed]. It is sometimes debated whether or not he was serious.
R. Kelly - R&B Singer, Songwriter and Producer. In 2002 a bootleg copy of a videotape was released to the Chicago Sun Times that showed Kelly engaging in many sexual acts including urinating on a then 14 year girl who is the daughter of an associate and niece of a former Kelly protege. It was announced during his ongoing child pornography trial that the tape will be played in public court.
See also
Notes
- ^ Allergy Advisor.com provides the following citations (accessed 3 July 2006):
- Mitchell SC. Asparagus and malodorous urine. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1989 May;27(5):641-2.
- Richer C, Decker N, Belin J, Imbs JL, Montastruc JL, Giudicelli JF. Odorous urine in man after asparagus. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1989 May;27(5):640-641.
- White RH. Occurrence of S-methyl thioesters in urines of humans after they have eaten asparagus. Science 1975 5 September;189(4205):810-11.
- Mitchell SC. Food idiosyncrasies: beetroot and asparagus. Drug Metab Dispos 2001;29:539-43.
- Mitchell SC, Waring RH, Land D, Thorpe WV. Odorous urine following asparagus ingestion in man. Experientia 1987 15 April;43(4):382-3.