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Fat fetishism or adipophilia (Latin - "fat" and Greek - "love") is a sexual attraction directed towards overweight or obese people due primarily to their weight and size.

A variety of fat fetishism is 'feed(er)ism' or 'gaining', where sexual gratification is obtained from the process of gaining, or helping others gain, body fat, not necessarily from the fat itself, though there is much overlap between these groups. Fat fetishism also incorporates 'stuffing' and 'padding', whereas the focus of arousal is on the sensations and properties of a real or simulated gain.

As a subculture

The fat fetishism community has overlapped with body positivity and fat feminism movements. The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) has worked as an advocacy organization for fat people, but was partly formed to help male fat fetishists and other fat admirers (FAs) find fat women to date and have sex with.

Feedism

Gainers and feedees are people who enjoy the fantasy or reality of being fed and/or gaining weight themselves. Feedism can be distinguished from non-fetishistic attraction to fat bodies in that it commonly involves a partialistic attraction to large bellies; a sexual fixation on food and eating, often to the point of overfullness ('stuffing'); and an incorporation of weight-related degradation into erotic talk. Feedists commonly report being unable to enjoy sexual activity without the involvement of the fetish. Some prefer the term "feedism" over feederism, as it suggests a more equal relationship between the feeder and feedee.

See also

  • Bear (gay culture)
  • Big Beautiful Woman
  • Big Handsome Man
  • Chub (gay culture)
  • Fat acceptance movement
  • Leblouh
  • Fattening room
  • Obesity and sexuality

References

Sources

  • Giovanelli, Dina and Natalie Peluso. 2006. "Feederism: a new sexual pleasure and subculture"

pp 309–314 in The Handbook of New Sexuality Studies. Edited by Steven Seidman. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

  • Kathleen LeBesco. 2004. Revolting Bodies?: The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity. Univ of Massachusetts Press.
  • Don Kulick and Anne Meneley. 2005. Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession, .
  • Charles, K and Palkowski, M. 2015. Feederism: Eating, Weight Gain and Sexual Pleasure, Palgrave, .

Further reading