OBJECTOPHILIA - (Wikipedia) Object sexuality or objectum sexuality, in German Objektophilie (OS), is a pronounced emotional and often romantic desire towards developing significant relationships with particular inanimate objects. Those individuals with this expressed preference may feel strong feelings of attraction, love, and commitment to certain items or structures of their fixation.
For some, sexual or even close emotional relationships with humans are incomprehensible. Some object-sexual individuals also often believe in animism, and sense reciprocation based on the belief that objects have souls, intelligence, and feelings, and are able to communicate. Contrary to sexual fetishism, the object to an OS person is viewed as their partner and not as a means to an end to enhance a human sexual relationship.
Married to Eiffel Tower
Erika LaBrie now Erika "Aya" Eiffel, an American World Archery champion athlete married the Eiffel Tower in a ceremony in 2007. She was first attracted to a bridge in her hometown then later on fell in love with LANCE, a bow (used in archery) but later on develop a strange affection and love for the Eiffel Tower that led to their "marriage". This is a bizarre sexual behavior because she couldn't fall in love with a human being.
[caption id="attachment_2877" align="aligncenter" width="256" caption="Erika "Aya" Eiffel - married the Eiffel Tower"]
[/caption]There are also other objectophilia cases documented:
~ Eija-Riita Eklöf-Mauer - married the Berlin Wall in 1979
I would understand "liking" a particular stuff but not to the extent of "marrying" it for any other reason. That's way too odd.
Reply DeleteSome people are just unique in their own ways. I never thought you can actually marry an inanimate object. How will they even consumate the marriage?!? Hmmmmm..... I wonder.
Geez! I can't believe there exist something like this. Nakakatakot naman! I wonder if objectophilia is medically proven to be a psychological ailment?
Reply Deletethis is interesting...i don't imagined something like this exists and really happen but thanks for sharing what it is objectophilia all about. :) oh, well...i love to see eiffel tower someday.
Reply Deletethis is very new to me, it's good to know these stuff...I want to get married to Pearl Farm resort in Davao, LOL.
Reply Deleteso weird. First time to hear about this type of obsession.
Reply DeleteWow! that is just so bizarre for me! Haven't heard about Objectophilia. But I wonder if those actress I I have heard that talks to their expensive Hermes purses falls under this description:)
Reply Deletewow, thanks for sharing this Jenny, did not learn about this objectophilia cases before, wonder how can one get married to a tower, and when love is not two way.
Reply Deleteaha! i remember i've seen a movie show featured this kind of topic but that was too long ago i forgot the entire story.
Reply DeleteBut, i think how this kind of behavior has something to do with what happened during their earliest stage of development. Fixated over something.
i was shocked nga when I saw it in the news yay
Reply DeleteI can't believe it too... I think this is psychological talaga kasi who wants to marry an objects nahihimas himasin mo lol yikes
Reply Deleteme too I want to see the Eiffel tower too but knowing it is already married to a girl then I have to think twice lol
Reply DeleteSo, this is true... I just wonder whether Erika feels jealous whenever the Eiffel tower is appreciated and visited by other people.
Reply DeleteWow! I never heard this one.I guess we were all different and unique.
Reply Deleteweird! what happen then after marrying their object of desire? they should consult a psychologist/psychiatrist, maybe it has deeper root as to why they act as one.
Reply Deleteanother information i would have never know, but because of this article i have knowledge about such unique and different behavior
Reply Deleteits kinda weird, but I have an idea about this kinds of love..but not to that extent of marrying the object. though it sounds crazy..but maybe..there is such human behavior :)
Reply DeleteWow! This is weird. Especially the part that she married the Eiffel Tower.
Reply DeleteAnd just like you, I couldn't believe that such behavior/ condition exists. Really weird and I really don't know what to say and how to react :(
Reply DeleteBy the way, sorry for the late COMEX visit sis...
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