SEXLIFE

Amputee eroticism is certainly nothing new, just take a look at the Venus De Milo.

In the 1970’s the U.S. had it’s own infamous amputee sex performer named Long Jeanne Silver, born without a foot but left with an ankle-cock that put the men of porn to shame.

Such a birth defect would be considered a setback to many, but Jeanne persevered; stripping, doing live sex shows, and in 1977 collaborating with notorious director Alex DeRenzy (of Femmes DeSade fame) to create her single pornographic film, the self titled “Long Jeanne Silver”. She became the talk of those in the New York sex underground as well as to those in San Francisco’s (due to her time served at the Mitchell Brothers theater).

I saw this film as a teen, in glorious VHS, and I truly believe it had a positive effect on me. Thinking back, I remember no context in the film, just hazy delays between scenes of Jeanne pushing her footless phallus in and out of various orifices. This allowed me, as a young man, to see the limbless in the same way that i saw the limbed; highly sexualized.

Amputee porn mags and videos have since circulated in the underground, catching my eye here and there. Like all things porn, the internet has played a great role in furthering our exposure to this niche. There’s currently a male amputee doing quite well for himself on the pro/am circuit named Pedro aka “The Amputee”. He actually uses his big dick for the fucking, so his thigh stump is more of a accoutrement, but he is making quite a splash.

All the above are examples of Acrotomophilia, an attraction to amputees (or at least the exploitation of that concept).

What I want to learn even more about is Apotemnophilia, the attraction to actually being an amputee.

The history of Chinese foot binding shows us how easily disabling the human body can become a widespread obsession.

More recently people have come forward speaking of limbs feeling like they don’t belong on them, and that they will only feel “whole” when these parts are removed. It’s not that far a jump to consider this in relation to the transgendered who really feel they are missing an appendage or are carrying one that isn’t theirs. Shit, I have far more questions than answers. So what?