I am sure there is no shortage of women who would volunteer to be the driver.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Sent to you by Coldwater via Google Reader: > > > > > Road kill for hot lady > drivers<http://mindhacks.com/2010/12/28/road-kill-for-hot-lady-drivers/> > > via Mind Hacks by vaughanbell on 12/27/10 > > > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/563603271/> > > In 1960, the *American Journal of Psychiatry* reported on “an unusual > perversion”, in a case <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14405114> of a > man with “the desire to be injured by an automobile operated by a woman.” > > The patient, a man in his late twenties, reported a periodic desire to be > injured by a woman operating an automobile. This wish, present since > adolescence, he had by dint of great ingenuity and effort, gratified > hundreds of times without serious injury or detection. Satisfaction could be > obtained by inhaling exhaust fumes, having a limb run over on a yielding > surface to avoid appreciable damage or by being pressed against a wall by > the vehicle. > > Gratification was enhanced if the woman were attractive by conventional > standards. Injuries inflicted by men operating automobiles or other types of > injury inflicted by women had no meaning. He experienced pleasure from the > experience, thus establishing the symptom as a perversion rather than a > compulsion. > > Although psychiatry no longer uses the word perversion (problematic sexual > compulsions are now called > ‘paraphilias<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilia>‘) > the introduction to the case study says, in a rather understated way, that > “some perversions, while representing formidable psychopathology, are also > tributes to the complexity of the human mind.” > > The article additionally notes that the patient “was ashamed of his symptom > but somewhat proud of its unusual nature.” > > > Link <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14405114> to PubMed entry for > case study. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
