The shock value of infantilism

AB/DL practices in porn, documentaries and public perception

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ID13086196
AuthorsElisa Cuter (0000-0003-2651-9436, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume12
Issue4
Pages556-570
Publication date2022-05-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2022.2067218
OpenAlexW4281392835
LanguageEN
References cited18

This article focuses on the niche pornography produced by and addressed to the ABDL (Adult Baby/Diaper Lover) community, comparing it to documentaries and other categories of porn, in order to understand the sociocultural routes and roots of AB/DL practices and to inscribe such a community in broader sociocultural trends. Through a phenomenological analysis of said media and empirical online research, the article questions the stigma associated with AB/DL, arguing that, while the eroticization of childhood is a constant of Western culture, the most shocking aspect of AB/DL sexual fantasies resides in the pleasure associated with regression and passivity. This is culturally perceived as different according to gender binarism. The second part of the article explores, therefore, the ways in which AB/DL fantasies challenge normative gender roles, and argues that their study might even have important implications in the conceptualization of sexuality and especially of sexual identities

Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Normative · Perception · Pleasure · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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