Explanations
The established view of the attraction is that it is part of the paraphilic, or sexual fetish, spectrum. Research since 2000 focusing on amputee wannabes has produced evidence that at least in some cases the condition is an aspect of identity disorder. Research is hampered by the aforementioned secretiveness of DPWs. It is likely to remain so in view of the widespread DPW conviction that sexological, journalistic or other enquiries into them can only bring disbenefits.
There follows a listing of proffered explanations. A number of them are repeated (under different formulations) by all relevant sides.
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