Feeding

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Feeding ( English feederism or fat fetishism ) is a form of deviant sexual behavior in which a so-called feeder (" feeder ") "feeds" another person ( feedee , "fed") until they have become significantly overweight and their figure for is sexually attractive to him. Both the feeder and the feedee feel sexual arousal .

Feeding is known in different forms, from slightly overweight to extreme forms of obesity . Most of the time, these are straight relationships where the feeder is a man. Especially in homosexual relationships as the feeder is Encourager and "Force Fed" as Gainer called. In individual cases, individuals have the sexual fantasy to increase and implement it through excessive eating without this being desired by the partner.

Problem

So far it is unclear whether feeding relationships are a stand- alone paraphilia or a modification of morphophilia (a preference for particularly, sometimes misshapen body characteristics) or masochism . Psychologists value feeding relationships as dependency relationships in which the feeder has a dominant position. This ranges from the psychological dependency of the "fed" to physical dependence at the moment when the fattened person can hardly move due to extreme overweight and is de facto a need for care. If you are very overweight, there are numerous health risks such as diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure , some of which are life-threatening.

The feedee (s) serves the feeder as a fetish object due to the desired body size . There are numerous portals on the Internet for people with a corresponding inclination. Participation in Internet forums indicates that there are significantly more male potential feeders than women who want to be fattened.

The so-called Fat Acceptance Movement, which fights against discrimination against fat people, has accepted feeding as part of their movement over a longer period of time. That has changed in the last few years. In the meantime, these groups clearly differentiate themselves from feeding and sometimes describe it as pathological .

Differentiation from Fat Admiration

The feeder wants to get a person who can be relatively slim at first to gain weight. The fat admirer looks directly for a person who is already obese. Increase or decrease does not play such a big role as with feeding.

Artistic processing

The Thuringian dark metal band Eisregen processed the subject in the song Zauberelefant on their album Schlangensonne . The lyrics describe how a woman is fattened to death by feeding. In the Australian horror film Feed - Eat and Die! (2005) a police officer tracks down a fetishistic murderer.

See also

literature

  • Dina Giovanelli, Natalie Peluso: Feederism: a new sexual pleasure and subculture . In: Steven Seidman (Ed.): The Handbook of New Sexuality Studies . 2006, Routledge, pp. 309-314.
  • Kathleen LeBesco: Revolting Bodies? The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity . University of Massachusetts Press, 2004, ISBN 1-55849-429-4 .
  • Theodora Sutcliffe: Relationships - Having it large . In: The Mirror . March 1, 2003, p. 8 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lesley L Terry, Paul L Vasey: Feederism in a Woman. In: Archives of sexual behavior . December 30, 2009, ISSN  1573-2800 , PMID 20041284 (English).
  2. ↑ Lynda Cowell: The women who want to be obese . In: Guardian News and Media Limited . March 19, 2010 (English, guardian.co.uk ).
  3. ↑ Samantha Murray: The 'fat' female body . Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 0-230-54258-1 , pp. 130 (English).
  4. ↑ viruses Swami, Adrian Furnham: The psychology of physical attraction . Routledge, 2008, ISBN 0-415-42250-7 , pp. 134-135 (English).
  5. ↑ Feederism. (PDF; 296 kB) (No longer available online.) National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, archived from the original on January 4, 2011 ; accessed on April 9, 2010 (English).