Pregnancy fetishism

Pregnancy fetishism

Pregnancy fetishism (also known as maiesiophilia[1] or maieusophoria) is a term used to describe the contexts in which pregnancy is seen by individuals[2] and cultures as an erotic phenomenon. It may involve sexual attraction to women who are pregnant or appear pregnant, attraction to lactation, or attraction to particular stages of pregnancy such as impregnation or childbirth.[3]

There are no particular or preferred elements within maiesiophilia that are common to all maiesiophiliacs. Some may pursue fantasies that are concerned with the circumstances in which a subject may give birth, or to the conditions to which the pregnant subject may find themselves acting upon, such as approaches to mobility, sleeping, and dressing. Particular areas and processes of the body that change during pregnancy may also become the focus of psychological investment, but nudity or sexual activity is not always essential, and in some cases actual pregnancy is not necessary to invoke arousal. In these cases, the appearance of an enlarged abdomen caused by obesity or overeating may be sufficient, or simply the suggestion of a protruding navel.

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Popular culture

Demi Moore

The glamorization of pregnancy as represented in 1991 on the More Demi Moore cover of Vanity Fair.

The naked appearance of actress Demi Moore in the advanced stage of pregnancy on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine in 1991 marked the beginning of a period which has since seen pregnancy presented by celebrities as a glamorous state of living, while also creating a market for photographers to produce images of pregnant mothers, and for fashion stylists to introduce "pregnancy styling" to their business.[4]

Television references

In Two and a Half Men season 4, Alan Harper displays his pregnancy fetish to his brother's maid's pregnant daughter, Naomi.

Impregnation

Impregnation fantasies are characterized by the arousal or gratification from the possibility, consequences or risk of impregnation through unprotected vaginal sex. Impregnation fantasies are often indulged by reading erotic literature, and role playing with a partner.

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References

  1. ^ Fitzhugh G. Houston. 2006. MEN LET's TALK! The Workbook. Lulu.com. ISBN 1411669711. p74.
  2. ^ Inge Hegeler, Sten Hegeler (1963). An ABZ of Love. University of California. p 94.
  3. ^ Longhurst, Robyn (2006). "A Pornography of Birth: Crossing Moral Boundaries". ACME an International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 5 (2): 221. http://www.acme-journal.org/vol5/RLo.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-06. 
  4. ^ Associated Press (26 April 2006). "Celebrities make pregnancy seem glamorous". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  • Katharine Gates (1999). Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex. Juno Books. ISBN 1890451037. (p. 96)

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