UWSpace is currently experiencing technical difficulties resulting from its recent migration to a new version of its software. These technical issues are not affecting the submission and browse features of the site. UWaterloo community members may continue submitting items to UWSpace. We apologize for the inconvenience, and are actively working to resolve these technical issues.
 

Feederism: an exploratory study into the stigma of erotic weight gain

Thumbnail Image

Files

Bestard_THESIS.pdf (481.98 KB)

Date

2008-09-15T14:16:49Z

Authors

Bestard, Alyshia D.

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

University of Waterloo

Abstract

This thesis presents qualitative exploratory research findings on the phenomenon of feederism. Feederism, also referred to as "erotic weight gain," involves people who are sexually aroused by gaining weight (called "feedees" or "gainers") or encouraging others to gain weight (called "feeders" or "encouragers"). Sometimes feederism is practiced within relationships and sometimes it is practiced alone. Respondents emphasize the importance that fantasy plays within feederism. The experiences and understandings of 30 respondents are considered in an attempt to examine how those who are interested in feederism might be stigmatized and how they may cope with having this stigma.

Description

Keywords

feederism, weight gain, sexual fetish, stigma, stigma management

LC Keywords

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3985

Collections

Theses
Sociology and Legal Studies