Abstract
Feederism is a fat fetish subculture in which individuals eroticize weight gain and feeding. Feeders are individuals who claim to become sexually aroused by feeding their partners and encouraging them to gain weight. Conversely, Feedees are individuals who claim to become sexually aroused by eating, being fed, and the idea or act of gaining weight. Very little is known about this population. This report describes a woman who self-identified as a Feedee. It is unclear, at present, whether female Feederism represents a unique paraphilia or a thematic variation of morphophilia or sexual masochism.
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Lisa was re-contacted as this article went to press, at the request of our reviewers, in order to acquire additional information. She indicated that she had nearly lost all of the weight she had gained during her active weight gain of 35 lbs. She is now 168 lbs and stated that she will probably actively gain weight again at some point, but has no plan to gain in the near future.
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We would like to express our thanks to two anonymous reviewers, Katherine Frank, Anne Lawrence, and Martin Lalumière. We also thank the webmaster of Fantasy Feeder.com for allowing us to use that website for our research. Most of all we would like to express our sincere appreciation to “Lisa.”
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Terry, L.L., Vasey, P.L. Feederism in a Woman. Arch Sex Behav 40, 639–645 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-009-9580-9
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