TV Documentary - Fetish

Hi

We are making a BBC documentary looking at all kinds of sexual behaviour and the psychology behind what people find attractive or arousing. We are keen to hear from anyone into enemas and klismaphilia to see how and why people find pleasure in behaviour that society may deem outside the mainstream. Rest assured this is not a sensationalist or titillating programme, and any contact would be treated with respect and discretion. We would love to hear from you – please drop us an email at contact@libertybell.tv and we’ll be in touch.

I am curious if the psycologist in Cleveland, Ohio that used to specialize in Klismaphillia is still active in that area. She (?) would be an excellent person to provide input for such a documentory. Perhaps someone here can comment. Good Luck. Octane

Well, if I had read more of this site, I would have found the reference to Joanne Denko, the psycologist I was thinking of. I need a good "bagging" as a punishment!! How 'bout some cuckolded hubby out there having his voluptuous wife tying me up and administering a really big colonic to me. The documentory would video it! Shame on me! Octane

Joanne Denko's articles in the American Journal of Psychotherapy were in 1973 and 1976. I suppose she could still be practicing, but that is over 30 years ago! Here's a news story from a little over a year ago that seems to be one and the same lady, though.

I sure would love to see your documentary in the USA! Do you think we may be able to view it on the internet?

Bottoms Up!

I would be more than happy to share 45 years of experience -- but I need to know you are on the level -- how can I achieve that?

I agree. We need verification, Sounds a tad bogus. ???

~ Mar

Hello, Mar; I am Mar too but you are a guest and I, a member. Please, is necessary to avoid the confusion. You can; I'm not because my English is very deficient.

Sometime in the 1970s, ONE very real doctor, a Joanne M Denko did a single study of a limited number of male subjects. I'm not convinced her one study, while scientific, was large enough to establish anything more than that klismaphilia is real!

Certainly, it was a small study, and as far as I know NO ONE has ever tried to duplicate her results. That is the first step toward determining it's validity. So, her one study was, apparently never verified by the scientific community!

It also involved only males in a narrow range of ages, all Americans!

I wonder if the documentary ever got to the finish stage. I haven't seen any enema documentary on any of the BBC channels. Your post mar is dated 2007 we are now in 2009. Not even a replica on Dave or UKTV

I find it amazing that this fetish hasn't gone main stream yet. I have my suspicions as to why that is, but wonder what other's think about it.

Denko did at least 2 studies, I believe she also did a 3rd. Two are in the zity library

Denko did at least 2 studies, I believe she also did a 3rd. Two are in the zity library

When Speculumpages was still up and running, one of the webmasters once contacted dr. Denko to draw her attention to the story site. From what I remember being told, she didn't have much interest in enemas anymore. I believe she even used that rather outdated term 'enema cult', something that cropped up very often in literature and porn productions prior to the mid 1990s-2000, but which gave the whole thing a somewhat unsavory appearance. I've always found it to be sneaky sounding when 'cult' is tacked onto an activity. It even used to be used for homosexual activity too I believe in older publications, in the 1950s or 60s with phrases like 'those in the know were aware there was a homosexual cult operating in the shadier part of town ...' silly stuff like that. 😃

I know word usage changes over time, but there was still something unnecessarily sensationalist about it. And Denko's papers were also somewhat disapproving of enema activity, as if it were a sort of unsavory paraphilia that people needed to be cured of.

A couple of times over the years I too had re-visited Dr.J.Denko's early research papers....Initially out of interest but pondered how such a simple coined term..."Klismaphilia"....would long term become or have such a profound impact on a minority....yet that "blanket" term also bought her recognition & to some extent notoriety internationally.....To which later she was to distance herself more than likely for credibility sake so as to not be recognized as aligning herself with the proclivity by her peers because of perceived "unsavoury" connotations... Professional biased scrutiny or subsequent derision destroys careers !!...or as some might even say Professional Suicide..

Incidentally her "research" study only represented American male subjects & of very narrow age parameters at that---hardly very diverse, apart from that somewhat of an insignificant and incredibly small survey group on which to proclaim a definitive paraphilia, considering less than 20 "studied" in a population exceeding 250 Million....Did Dr.Denko even refer to medical texts at/of that time ??...or discuss this with the medical fraternity ??...I would contend that she merely uncovered a "niche" practice without knowing the true extent,rather than being relegated found recognition by accident....hence fate accompli !!

When in medical /clinical terms terminology already existed & simply known as the "Enema Habit" which coincidentally applied to both genders.... And yes a treatment strategy had long been developed for those so afflicted according to medical journals established well before J.Denko even put pen to paper...

If such a documentary were to eventuate hopefully it would be all encompassing from all sides of the equation...To include both genders of all ages & persuasions....as many nationalities as possible...as well as reputable medical sources (again both gender involvement) for balance.....Though that's never likely to happen as TV Documentaries per se & particularly in this case would pursue sensationalism from a ratings perspective.

Re-reading her papers I see that there was talk of one patient mentioning 'a "homosexual ring" operated in their city, with some sort of "criminal involvement.

Oh boy ... how sensationalist, sounds like something out of WWII comic book, but then with a Nazi spy ring or else a Cold War ring of subversives plotting to overthrow the government ...

With language and imagery like that, I wonder if she did enema enthusiasts any favors? Maybe just better to have left it all 'undiscovered' ... who needs the limelight?

Curious to know if libertybell tv went on to pursue their proposed documentary on this subject / paraphilia . . Or at least in part of a broader spectrum

There is certainly a considerable volume of material right here within zity from which to construct a veritable library of ‘first hand’ representations

I think they’re was a video on Fetishes by HBO several years ago, mostly about a particular NYC establishment.

Eric