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Fat fetishism is a sexual fetish in which sexual pleasure is derived from onself or one's parter being overweight or obese. The weight ranges from being only mildly overweight or so obese as to be immobile and unable to walk.

The homosexual and heterosexual communities tend to parallel each other. In a basic fat fetish relationship, one or both partners are overweight. Often, the thin partner takes a dominant role due to the other's reduced mobility.

The relationship becomes more complex when feederism is involved. 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. Often times 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. Such a situation is certainly not medically advisable. If not kept in check by natural or active means, doing this will result in the feedee eventually becoming too heavy to walk. At this point, the feedee is completely dependent on the feeder for food, water, and hygiene and the feeder is often cut off from family and friends. If the feeder becomes abusive, the feedee cannot leave the relationship due to their physical immobility. Most importantly, the weight at which someone is immobile is typically life-threatening. Despite the risks involved, when immobility is reached, it is often the penultimate fetish in the hierarchy and most pleasurable. However, most people are not willing to sacrifice their lifestyles for a fetish and in such a case it is dificult to reach such a weight.

Fat fetishism may at times overlap with Breast fetishism (especially large breasts), expansion fetish, breast expansion fetish, inflation fetishism and pregnancy fetishism.

The fondling of the adipose tissue of an overweight or obese person for one with a fat fetish is usually sexually arousing and is often similar to that of mammary intercourse. They may be aroused by the presence of a pannus or other hanging flaps of skin such as those on the thighs, arms, back and other places. For those aroused by an obese male, the presence of fat under the chest simulating breasts (also known as "man boobs") is arousing.

The issue of erotic weight gain has caused a collision, at least in a heterosexually-dominated realm, between the goals of fat acceptance (represented by NAAFA and others) and feederism (see Dimensions Magazine online), which some contend are not mutually exclusive interests/movements. One argument mobilized against the feeder movement is that sexuality is privileged over social movements toward fat acceptance, and direct criticisms usually entail the possibility that feederism contributes to a counter-productive objectification and dehumanization of the "feedee." Feeders/feedees and sympathetic FAs argue that that the most members of their community partake of this fetish only in the realm of fantasy and are more than mindful of rational boundaries. Also present is a belief that the sexualization of fat is not as pernicious as its detractors claim, and that if the "Fat Admirer" or "Chubby-Chaser" archetypes become more visible or mainstream, fat will thus lose a major aspect of its general social and cultural stigma.

For both the heterosexual and homosexual communities, there are strong online communities that have thrived on a variety of websites.

Terminology

Heterosexual - relies heavily on acronym.
- BBW - Big Beautiful Woman
- SSBBW - Super-Sized Big Beautiful Woman (typically is much larger than a BBW and is often mobility limited or immobile)
- FA - Fat Admirer (may or may not be a feeder)
- FFA - Female Fat Admirer
- BHM - Big Handsome Man (the male equivalent of a BBW)
- feeder - the partner who is helping their partner gain weight by feeding them food
- feedee - the partner who is trying to gain weight
Male Homosexual
- Chub - an overweight man
- Superchub - a very overweight man
- Gainer - a chub who is trying to gain weight
- Encourager - a man who is helping a gainer to gain weight

External links

Dimensions Magazine

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-'''Fat fetishism''' is a [[paraphilia]] in which sexual pleasure is derived from excess [[fat]]. Tastes range from 'pleasantly plump' all the way to morbidly [[obese]].
+'''Fat fetishism''' is a [[sexual fetish]] in which sexual pleasure is derived from onself or one's parter being [[overweight]] or [[obese]]. The weight ranges from being only mildly overweight or so obese as to be [[immobile]] and unable to walk.
+The [[homosexual]] and [[heterosexual]] communities tend to parallel each other.  In a basic fat fetish relationship, one or both partners are overweight.  Often, the thin partner takes a dominant role due to the other's reduced mobility.
-For male [[homosexuality|homosexuals]], the categories are "chub" (or, "superchub" for men who tend to be larger than 350-400 lbs) and "chaser," the former being the subject of the fat fetish. This relates to the "bear"/"cub" subculture, and also engendered the categories of "gainer" and "encourager" (For the straight equivalent, see [[Feeder (fetish)|feederism]], below). A straight male chaser is a "Fat Admirer", known better as a FA, and as follows, the female equivalent is a FFA.  BBW and BHM respectively stand for Big Beautiful Woman and Big Handsome Man, and are used in both straight and gay majority contexts (but one may venture to say that most people involved in or aware of this phenomenon associate these two categories with publications that are oriented toward, if not enjoyed by, a straight audience).  Numerous publications, now largely [[online]], have been devoted to this phenomenon, no matter the sexual orientation that undergirds its different permutations.
+The relationship becomes more complex when [[Feeder (fetish)|feederism]] is involved.  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.  Often times 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.  Such a situation is certainly not medically advisable.  If not kept in check by natural or active means, doing this will result in the feedee eventually becoming too heavy to walk.  At this point, the feedee is completely dependent on the feeder for food, water, and [[hygiene]] and the feeder is often cut off from family and friends.  If the feeder becomes abusive, the feedee cannot leave the relationship due to their physical immobility.  Most importantly, the weight at which someone is immobile is typically life-threatening.  Despite the risks involved, when immobility is reached, it is often the penultimate fetish in the hierarchy and most pleasurable.  However, most people are not willing to sacrifice their lifestyles for a fetish and in such a case it is dificult to reach such a weight.
+Fat fetishism may at times overlap with [[Breast fetishism]] (especially large breasts), [[expansion fetish]], [[breast expansion fetish]], [[inflation fetishism]] and [[pregnancy fetishism]].
+The fondling of the [[adipose tissue]] of an overweight or obese person for one with a fat fetish is usually sexually arousing and is often similar to that of [[mammary intercourse]].  They may be aroused by the presence of a [[pannus]] or other hanging flaps of skin such as those on the thighs, arms, back and other places.  For those aroused by an obese male, the presence of fat under the chest simulating breasts (also known as "man boobs") is arousing.
 The issue of erotic weight gain has caused a collision, at least in a heterosexually-dominated realm, between the goals of fat acceptance (represented by [[NAAFA]] and others) and feederism (see [[Dimensions Magazine]] online), which some contend are not mutually exclusive interests/movements. One argument mobilized against the feeder movement is that sexuality is privileged over social movements toward fat acceptance, and direct criticisms usually entail the possibility that feederism contributes to a counter-productive objectification and dehumanization of the "feedee."  Feeders/feedees and sympathetic FAs argue that that the most members of their community partake of this fetish only in the realm of [[fantasy]] and are more than mindful of rational boundaries. Also present is a belief that the sexualization of fat is not as pernicious as its detractors claim, and that if the "Fat Admirer" or "Chubby-Chaser" archetypes become more visible or mainstream, fat will thus lose a major aspect of its general social and cultural stigma.
+For both the heterosexual and homosexual communities, there are strong online communities that have thrived on a variety of websites.
+==Terminology==
+* Heterosexual - relies heavily on [[acronyms|acronym]].
+**[[BBW]] - Big Beautiful Woman
+**SSBBW - Super-Sized Big Beautiful Woman (typically is much larger than a BBW and is often mobility limited or immobile)
+**[[FA]] - Fat Admirer (may or may not be a feeder)
+**FFA - Female Fat Admirer
+**BHM - Big Handsome Man (the male equivalent of a BBW)
+**feeder - the partner who is helping their partner gain weight by feeding them food
+**feedee - the partner who is trying to gain weight
+* Male Homosexual
+**Chub - an overweight man
+**Superchub - a very overweight man
+**Gainer - a chub who is trying to gain weight
+**Encourager - a man who is helping a gainer to gain weight
+==See also==
+*[[Sexual fetish]]
+*[[Breast fetishism]]
+*[[Obese]]
+*[[Adipose tissue]]
+*[[Pannus]]
+*[[Feeder (fetish)]]
+*[[Chubby culture]]
+*[[Fat admirer]]
+==External links==
+*[http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com Dimensions Magazine]