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Anal Eroticism: Understanding Early Psychosexual Growth


Anal Eroticism: Understanding Early Psychosexual Growth

with regard to psychoanalytic theory, enjoyable feelings corresponding with the voiding, withholding, or overseeing of the feces, or through provocation of the anus. Such feelings initially occur in the anal stage of psychosexual development, from one year of age through three years. Commonly referred to as anal erotism.

ANAL EROTICISM: “Anal eroticism is not as uncommon as most people think, nor is it correlated strictly with homosexuality as many others perceive it to be.”

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looti, M. (2026, June 27). Anal Eroticism: Understanding Early Psychosexual Growth. Encyclopedia of psychology. https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/anal-eroticism/
looti, Mohammed. “Anal Eroticism: Understanding Early Psychosexual Growth.” Encyclopedia of psychology, 27 June 2026, https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/anal-eroticism/.
looti, Mohammed. “Anal Eroticism: Understanding Early Psychosexual Growth.” Encyclopedia of psychology. June 27, 2026. https://encyclopedia.arabpsychology.com/anal-eroticism/.