Feederism is a sexual
fetish (specifically a type of fat fetishism), centered around the practice
of eating large amounts of food. The feeder provides the feedee with an
abundant supply of food, either to encourage weight gain or simply for
delight in the act of feeding. The feeder is typically more dominant, while
the feedee is often more submissive.
Feeder/feedee relationships
appear to be somewhat common in American culture. The image of the "feeder"
appears to be a common fantasy in the fat admirer (FA) community. Many
FAs fantasize about taking part in a feeding relationship, but a lesser
quantity truly attempt to realize this fantasy. The main difference between
a feeder and a fat admirer is that feeders are more inclined towards appreciating
weight gain, and sometimes inducing weight gain.
Feeder relationships are sometimes seen as pathological. However, this veiw is manily only in refference to feedee relationships that devolope to the point of immobility or heath problems. relationships leading to immobility are frequently discouraged by the mainstream fat acceptance community as unhealthy and fetishistic, or even misogynistic. There are an uncounted number of safe, heathly relationships between feeders and feedees. Many women in this fetish feel release at not having to diet excessivly and still find love.
Many feeders, who do not have a feedee or believe that actual feeding is dangerous and unhealthy are referred to as non-practicing feeders; they satisfy themselves by looking at weight-gain photos or reading weight-gain fiction. Advocates of feeding maintain that feeding relationships, if consensual, are perfectly healthy for both parties. Opponents of feederism claim that the causes behind feederism relate to issues of control and dependency, and possibily degradation.
In a heterosexual situation, the feeder helps or encourages the feedee to gain weight. The feedee is usually the woman since this sub-fetish is usually male dominated. In the homosexual situation, the encourager encourages the gainer to gain weight. In either situation, the goals and results are usually the same. Oftentimes there is a set goal weight. The act of reaching the goal is also itself a fetish, resulting in sex. Feederism also tends to center around the pleasure of food and consuming large amounts of it. there are some risks involved with excessive weight gain. These risks can be controled by the gainer merely by keeping his/her weight within a safe value. However, most people are not willing to risk their lives and in such a case it is difficult to reach such a weight.
"Feedees" women are in very short supply, but the amount of men willing to participate in this fetish is inexhaustible, as evidenced by the number of Yahoo! Groups dedicated to the topic. The whole phenomenon is largely underground.
Feeder resources and history:
The growth of feederism
paralleled the development of feeder pornography. At first, such pornography
was limited to the letters sections of magazines such as BUF magazine,
Dimensions magazine, and other fat admirer magazines. Then first pornography
specifically devoted to the feederism fetish was the newsletter called
"The Feedlot". Feeder porn was given new life when it was first celebrated
with the now defunct site www.feeder.com. Feeder/feedee fiction was also
included as a subset of the "Weight Room" section of Dimensions magazine,
and the somewhat abandoned feeder.co.uk. The largest collection of feeder
related stories exists at Dimension's "Weight Room" and the largest amount
of feeder artwork and photo pornography can be found at Yahoo's groups.
There are numerous storywriters involved in the feeder subculture, perhaps
one of the greatest being Wilson Barbers. Feeder stories are mostly about
women (or less common, men) gaining weight by natural, magical or otherwise
extraordinary means.
Variations of feederism:
The feeder/feedee subculture
is quite varied and just as in any subculture there are different preferences
and different tastes. For example many feeders only like weight gain ranging
from slim to chubby while others prefer weight gain reaching up to obese
and beyond. Different feeders are also known to favour different body parts
just as in any other sexually oriented subculture. Some like large, fattened
breasts while some prefer hips and buttocks, bellies, etc. While most prefer
younger feedees they are in short supply compared to the vast amount of
older feedees which some favour.
Feederism should not be confused with stuffing although the feeder may sympathize with its cause. Stuffing (fetish) is simply feeding someone until the belly is greatly distended with food, thus reaching an effect close to fattening. Feeders generally prefer the accumulation of fat in the body rather than the stuffing of food into the belly. Since stuffing has few long-term effects as opposed to gaining it is more common to actually practice stuffing.
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