Although Freud's theory on fetishes may seem peculiar and was based on anecdotal rather than empirical evidence, he had discovered a critical aspect of human sexuality: the relationship between human orgasms and conditioning. Ongoing studies make this relationship more clear. For example, in a study published by Dr. Lique M. Coolen on April 14, 2003 at an Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, California, male rats accustomed to having sex in a particular cage will have elevations of "pleasure-inducing chemicals in the brain" simply f ...

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Sexual fetishism, Sexual fetishism - Freud's early theories, Sexual fetishism - Modern theories of fetishism, Sexual fetishism - Common varieties of fetishism, Sexual fetishism - Less common forms of fetishism, Sexual fetishism - References and further reading

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A corset is a garment worn to mold and shape the torso into a desired shape for aesthetic or orthopaedic purposes (either for the duration of wearing it, or with a more lasting effect). Both men and women have worn – and still wear – corsets. Corset - Corsetry. The skill of making corsets is known as corsetry, as is the general wearing of them. Someone who makes corsets is a corsetier (for a man) or corsetière (for a woman), or sometimes simply a corsetmaker ...

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• Corset - Corsetry
• Corset - Uses
• Corset - Construction
• Corset - Waist reduction
• Corset - Corset comfort
• Corset - Modern history
• Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets
• Corset - Types and styles
• Corset - Media
• Corset - References and further reading

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In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. Bondage is usually, but not always, a sexual practice. The paraphilia of being sexually aroused by bondage is sometimes known as vincilagnia. Studies in the U.S. have shown that about a half of all men find the idea of bondage to be erotic; many women do as well. As with any study of sexual thoughts and behavior, the available studies are not well controlled and the best studies are now out of date. Bondage B ...

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• Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures
• Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage
• Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica
• Bondage BDSM - Technique
• Bondage BDSM - Safety
• Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?
• Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships
• Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Breast fetishism is a fetishistic sexual interest in the female breasts, especially their size, shape, display and movement. Particularly in American and Japanese culture, this fixation has increased cultural acceptance of female breast implants. The roots of this phenomenon date back to ancient history, are biologically and culturally driven, and reflect differences in each society. A bountiful bust is seen by some as a symbol of sexuality and attractiveness, especially in large portions of the Western world, although historic ...

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• Breast fetishism - People
• Breast fetishism - Media

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A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, "artificial" and facere, "to make") is a natural object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular an object created by people that has power over people. Fetishism - History. The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757, while comparing West African religion to the magical aspects of Ancient Egyptian religion. He and other 18th century scholars used the concept to apply evolution ...

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• Fetishism - History
• Fetishism - Practice
• Fetishism - Other uses of the term fetishism

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Dedicated bondage magazines again became popular in America in the 1970s. Publishers of bondage magazines included Harmony Concepts, Inc. and the House of Milan, and Lyndon Distributors Limited. House of Milan have since been purchased by Lyndon Distributors Limited. These magazines were not generally available through mainstream distributors, and were sold either in sex shops or by mail order. They contained little advertising co ...

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Bondage pornography, Bondage pornography - Detective magazines comic books and early fetish magazines, Bondage pornography - Bondage magazines return, Bondage pornography - Bondage websites and bondage imagery in mainstream pornography

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Breast expansion stories are often fantastical tales of women’s busts being enlarged by air, food, magic, medicine, alien technology or some other unseen force. Generally, the amount of enlargement is limited only by the imagination, from as little as a cup size to as big as room-filling and beyond. Occasionally, there are other types of fetishes included in these stories, such as lactation, anthropomorphism, giantess, transgender, body inflation, penis expansion, or any of the processes under the umbrella term transformation fetish. Stories and pictures associated with breast expansion often contain vivid depictions of sexual ...

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Breast expansion fetish, Breast expansion fetish - Real-world breast enlargement, Breast expansion fetish - Fiction

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As is the case with most sexual interests, fetishized animal transformations frequently involve elements of control. It is not unusual for a character to be made subserviant or humiliated as a result of a transformation (for example, to be turned into a dog and then trained), or conversely to acquire new sexual powers(for example, to be turned into a well-endowed horse). Though hardcore BDSM is rare, virtually all animal ...

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Animal transformation fantasy, Animal transformation fantasy - Possible transformation fantasies

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Aside from the many things that AB/DLs would like to do, but can’t, there is an extensive list of practices that they might actually engage in. Some common elements and practices are listed here. Infantilism - Coming out. A difficult choice that AB/DLs must make involves who to tell about their interests. This offers the possibility of being accepted for who they are, and not having to hide. However, it also includes the risk of disgrace at home, school, and work.See also:

Infantilism, Infantilism - The Contrast Between Paraphilic Infantilism and Diaper Fetishes, Infantilism - What AB/DL is Not, Infantilism - Pedophilia, Infantilism - Other infantilisms, Infantilism - Practical or Voluntary Use, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Fantasy, Infantilism - Coercion, Infantilism - Identification, Infantilism - Permanent Regression, Infantilism - Exhibitionism, Infantilism - Integrating other Interests, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Practice, Infantilism - Coming out, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers Under Clothes, Infantilism - The binge/purge cycle, Infantilism - Finding a Mommy or Daddy, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers all the Time, Infantilism - Habituation

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Infantilists usually combine the submission of the baby role with the fetish of diapers, though not all infantilists practice coprophilia or urolagnia. DLs, for example, enjoy wearing diapers without taking the role of an infant, while ABs often prefer such roleplay. Where dominance and submission are involved, the top or dominant plays the role of a parent, caretaker, nursemaid, or babysitter. Some infantilists a ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - Some infantilist lifestyles, Infantilism - Some infantilists' experiments with adoption, Infantilism - Older infantilists' reaching of equilibrium, Infantilism - The psychology of infantilism, Infantilism - Impact and ramifications, Infantilism - Subsets..., Infantilism - ...based on age TBs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on ageplay DLs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on gender little girls and sissy babies, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists, Infantilism - Health problems, Infantilism - Some interpersonal relationships that incorporate infantilism, Infantilism - The significant others SOs of infantilists

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A foot fetishist can be sexually aroused by viewing, handling, licking, tickling, sucking, sniffing or kissing the feet and/or toes of another person, or by having another person doing the same to their own feet. The fetishist response to the foot is the same or very similar to arousal at seeing genitals (or the sex-specific features like female breasts). Others enjoy having their genitals manipulated by their partner's feet to the point of orgasm or ejaculation (which is called a "footjob", analogous to the concept of a "handjob"), or merely being ...

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Foot fetishism, Foot fetishism - Scope of foot fetishism, Foot fetishism - Proposed explanations for foot fetishism

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The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757, while comparing West African religion to the magical aspects of Ancient Egyptian religion. He and other 18th century scholars used the concept to apply evolution theory to religion. In de Brosses' theory of the evolution of religion, he proposed that fetishism is the earliest (most primitive) stage, followed by the stages of polytheism and monotheism, representing ...

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Fetishism, Fetishism - History, Fetishism - Practice, Fetishism - Other uses of the term fetishism

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The most common use of corsets is to slim the body and make it conform to a fashionable silhouette. For women this most frequently emphasises a curvy figure, by reducing the waist, and thereby exaggerating the bust and hips. However, in some periods, corsets have been worn to achieve a tubular straight-up-and-down shape, which involves minimising the bust and hips. For men, corsets are more customarily used to slim the figure. However, there was a period from around 1820 to 1835 when an hourglass figure (a small, nipped-in look to the waist) was also desirable for men; this was sometime ...

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Corset, Corset - Corsetry, Corset - Uses, Corset - Construction, Corset - Waist reduction, Corset - Corset comfort, Corset - Modern history, Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets, Corset - Types and styles, Corset - Media, Corset - References and further reading

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A large section of a nascent heterosexual oriented online community refers to its fetish as “GTS”, an abbreviation for “giantess”. Within some communities erotica and pornographic imagery are grouped into two main categories: “Growth”, in which someone has been enlarged and interacts with a normal-sized environment (“MEGA” being a subset in which the giant person can range from 200′ tall to planetary proportions to even bigger, theoretical sizes still), and “Shrink”, which documents the interaction between a person (gen ...

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Macrophilia, Macrophilia - Macro Community, Macrophilia - Aspects of Macrophilia, Macrophilia - Origins, Macrophilia - Related Interests

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Bondage can be divided into six main categories: Bondage that pulls parts of the body together (rope, straps, harnesses). Bondage that spreads parts of the body apart (spreader bars, x-frames). Bondage that ties the body down to another object (such as chairs or stocks). Bondage that suspends the body from another object (suspension bondage). Bondage that restricts normal movement (hobble skirts, handcuffs, pony harness). Bondage that wraps the whole body or a part of it in bindings such as cloth or plastic (saran wrap or cling film "mummificat ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Infantilism - Pedophilia. Pedophilia is a compulsion to treat children as sexual objects. Unlike pedophilia, AB/DL play does not involve actual children. It takes place between consenting adults. In it’s strictest sense, AB/DL also does not involve sexual acts with adults pretending to be children. The AB/DL community does not condone involving actual children in infantilistic, fetishistic, or other age-inappropriate acts. < ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - The Contrast Between Paraphilic Infantilism and Diaper Fetishes, Infantilism - What AB/DL is Not, Infantilism - Pedophilia, Infantilism - Other infantilisms, Infantilism - Practical or Voluntary Use, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Fantasy, Infantilism - Coercion, Infantilism - Identification, Infantilism - Permanent Regression, Infantilism - Exhibitionism, Infantilism - Integrating other Interests, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Practice, Infantilism - Coming out, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers Under Clothes, Infantilism - The binge/purge cycle, Infantilism - Finding a Mommy or Daddy, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers all the Time, Infantilism - Habituation

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The easiest way to describe paraphilic infantilism is to contrast it with a diaper fetish. A diaper fetishes is a sexual fetish, where the diapers themselves serve as a sexual focus. This group might loosely include those who have a rubber fetish or plastic fetish, although these might skip the diapers and focus on the rubber or plastic waterproof pants. The diaper lover’s idealized partner would be an erotic lover. If their actual partner is willing, diapers and other fetish objects can be incorporated into their sexual relationship. The ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - The Contrast Between Paraphilic Infantilism and Diaper Fetishes, Infantilism - What AB/DL is Not, Infantilism - Pedophilia, Infantilism - Other infantilisms, Infantilism - Practical or Voluntary Use, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Fantasy, Infantilism - Coercion, Infantilism - Identification, Infantilism - Permanent Regression, Infantilism - Exhibitionism, Infantilism - Integrating other Interests, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Practice, Infantilism - Coming out, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers Under Clothes, Infantilism - The binge/purge cycle, Infantilism - Finding a Mommy or Daddy, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers all the Time, Infantilism - Habituation

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A cuckold is a person with a sexually unfaithful partner, typically a married man. There are connotations of helplessness and humiliation attributed to the word: implications that the husband lacks the strength to enforce the fidelity due to a man, and too weak or henpecked to leave or divorce her. Although historically it was a term used socially, when a man's wife gave birth to a child not his, nowadays it is more commonly associated with sexuality, and especially power exchange, sexual humiliation and erotic sexual denial. Including:

• Cuckold - History of the term
• Cuckold - Cultural usage
• Cuckold - Recent usage

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Infantilism - Coercion. Force or coercion is sometimes present in fantasies to remove guilt. The AB/DL deflects the guilt of wanting to be put back in diapers by fantasizing that someone else forced it upon them. Superficially, this makes it someone else’s fault. Infantilism - Identification. AB/DLs may enjoy looking at pictures showing who they want to be, as opposed to who they want to be with. For example, a heterosexual male AB may enjoy looking at pictures of men in diapers: He may be imagining himself as the men in the diapers. ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - The Contrast Between Paraphilic Infantilism and Diaper Fetishes, Infantilism - What AB/DL is Not, Infantilism - Pedophilia, Infantilism - Other infantilisms, Infantilism - Practical or Voluntary Use, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Fantasy, Infantilism - Coercion, Infantilism - Identification, Infantilism - Permanent Regression, Infantilism - Exhibitionism, Infantilism - Integrating other Interests, Infantilism - Elements of AB/DL Practice, Infantilism - Coming out, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers Under Clothes, Infantilism - The binge/purge cycle, Infantilism - Finding a Mommy or Daddy, Infantilism - Wearing Diapers all the Time, Infantilism - Habituation

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Sexual intercourse or coitus is the human form of copulation. The term sexual intercourse refers to a wider range of sexual activities than the term coitus, which only refers to male-female genital sex. See Human sexual behavior for a discussion of the broader sense of sexual intercourse and List of sexual positions for the wide variety of sexual activities that exist. See the terms frot for male-male genital sex and tribadism for female-female genital sex. "Genital sex" as used here re ...

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• Sexual intercourse - Sexual reproduction
• Sexual intercourse - Sex evolving beyond reproduction
• Sexual intercourse - Sexual drive
• Sexual intercourse - Downside of sexual intercourse
• Sexual intercourse - Sexual problems
• Sexual intercourse - Sexual morality and legality

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