It seems probable that a form of erotic symbolism somewhat
similar to exhibitionism is to be found in the rare cases in
which sexual gratification is derived from throwing ink, acid or
other defiling liquids on women's dresses. Thoinot has recorded a
case of this kind (_Attentats aux Moeurs_, 1898, pp. 484, _et
seq._). An instructive case has been presented by Moll. In this
case a young man of somewhat neuropathic heredity had as a youth
of 16 or 17, when romping with his young sister's playfellows,
experienced sexual sensations on chancing to see their white
underlinen. From that time white underlinen and white dresses
became to him a fetich and he was only attracted to women so
attired. One day, at the age of 25, when crossing the street in
wet weather with a young lady in a white dress, a passing vehicle
splashed the dress with mud. This incident caused him strong
sexual excitement, and from that time he had the impulse to throw
ink, perchloride of iron, etc., on to ladies' white dresses, and
sometimes to cut and tear them, sexual excitement and ejaculation
taking place every time he effected this. (Moll, "Gutachten ueber
einem Sexual Perversen [Besudelungstrieb]," _Zeitschrift fuer
Medizinalbeamte_, Heft XIII, 1900).
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