Even though the media and popular literature has long since made us familiar with different patterns of arousal such as sadomasochism and boot fetishism, few have heard of Somnophilia and the “Sleeping Beauty syndrome”. This despite the fact that the two latter conditions can lead to sexual violence and that knowledge about them can relieve the victim’s emotional reactions. Both Somnophilia and the Sleeping Beauty syndrome are scarcely described in literature. In 1986, psychologis...
