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Macrophilia is a fascination with or a sexual fantasy involving giant people. In 2023, the giantess kink was found to be the most popular kink searched for on the website Clips4Sale. Generally, depictions range from sexually explicit actions to non-sexual interactions while still providing sexual stimulation for those with the fantasy.
Description
Although macrophilia literally translates to simply a "lover of large", Generally, the interest differs among macrophiles, and depends on gender and sexual orientation. Macrophiles often enjoy the feel of being physically smaller, ranging from sadomasochistic fantasies such as being abused, degraded, dominated, or eaten,
Speculating on why there are not as many female macrophiles, psychologist Helen Friedman theorized that women who already view men as dominant and powerful have no need to fantasize about it.
Community
Internet
The internet has played an important role in helping to develop the fetish. There also existed an exhibit at the Museum of Sex titled "Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination" which explored many different fantasies, including macrophilia. In addition to generating content across websites, some content creators have even branded themselves in ways that helped them generate a following and gain revenue for their work. After data was gathered from 4,814,732 videos on clips4sale, an established porn site, it was found that "giantess" was the 34th most popular category.
The macro community has produced fiction writing, digital art, and collages on websites such as DeviantArt and Pixiv. Dedicated macrophilia websites include Giantess World, the Giantess City forums, and the male-centered CoiledFist and GTF productions, Karbo, Eskoz, and AshkiiWolf are among the more popular artists.
Video games
Macrophilia video games have also been developed; Sizebox is a sandbox game in which players import models and create scenes. Resize Me! is an anime VR game in development; the player is gradually shrunken by their childhood friend and toyed with.
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves has a level where Carmelita Fox, after putting on an ancient Mayan mask, turns into a giantess. Sly's profound reaction was shared by many users on Reddit, affirming this was their introduction to macrophilia, with some joking about Sly discovering said fetish.
Real-world experience
One way macrophiles enjoy their fetish physically is by scheduling private sessions with extraordinarily tall people to engage in non-sexual interactions; trampling, lifting and carrying, foot worshiping, roleplaying and domination.
See also
- Amazons
- Action heroine
- Crush fetish
- Foot fetishism
- Female bodybuilding
- Giantess
- Goddess
- Lust
- Masturbation
- Microphilia
- Pornography
- Resizing (fiction)
- Vorarephilia