Mechanophilia

Mechanophilia, also spelled mechaphilia, is a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to machines such as bicycles, motorcycles, cars, helicopters and airplanes. The Wikipedia lead says that in some nations the behavior is treated as a crime, with those prosecuted being placed on a sex-offenders register. It adds that motorcycles are often portrayed as sexualized fetish objects by people who desire them, and it names milimechanophilia as the term for attraction specifically to military vehicles. The lead does not discuss causes, prevalence or treatment, so none of those is claimed here. This entry records the term, its variants and its legal treatment as the source states them; it is not medical advice.