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"Diaper lover" (or DL for short) is the popular term for a person who feels a strong desire to wear or use diapers without physiological necessity. This paraphilia is differentiated from infantilism in that those of the latter category are also focused with returning to babyhood in ways other than by wearing diapers. These desires are not related to pedophilia or infantophilia in any way.

The Diaper lover (DL) community is often associated with the Adult Baby (or AB for short) community. However, the two are not identical, as the majority of diaper lovers do not engage in any kind of babyish activities and only solely are interested in diapers. One who engages in infantilistic play is known as an adult baby (AB) or teen baby (TB), depending on age. About four in ten diaper lovers also consider themselves adult babies, so they are collectively known as AB/DLs. The majority of diaper lovers and infantilists are heterosexual males.

Contrast from Pedophilia

"Confusing diaper fetishism and infantilism with pedophilia is a common misunderstanding. Pedophilia is a sexual preference for pre-pubescent children. In contrast, infantilists have a desire to be infants themselves, and those with a diaper fetish have a sexual interest in diapers. Generally, they have ordinary heterosexual or homosexual sexual experiences otherwise. Inside the AB/DL communities, a sharp distinction is observed. Many of these communities will expel child molesters.

Aspects of the Fetish

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In many cases, the desire for these acts is of a sexual nature, in which case it is classed as a sexual fetish; but in other cases it is non-sexual, where the wearer might derive a sense of comfort and safety from wearing diapers, and may not even use them. It is also very possible that someone with this fetish may or may not want to go to a full intent of use of the diapers. Some might simply want to look at images of other people taking part in the fetish, or drawings made by artists depicting this fetish. Naturally, most people who associate with ideas or aspects of this fetish are scared of being found out.

In Society

It can be common for a diaper lover to feel ashamed and isolated in their desires and most try to hide this desire from others. Many wish for partners to participate in the fetish with, but diaper lovers are rare in the general population. Until the rise of online services and the Internet, few persons interested in the subject had contact with any others. The CompuServe Adult Human Sexuality Forum established an "Adult Babies" section in 1987, which may have been the first online community based on sharing interests similar to this. Today, there are many websites dedicated to various facets of the fetish.

Diaper usage

A central practice to AB/DL is wearing a diaper. Many AB/DLs like to "wet" or urinate diapers, and a smaller number like to "mess" or defecate in them. Others do not because they find such practices disgusting, do not enjoy it, do not want to go through the cleanup afterward, or wouldn't be able to without being obvious. Some AB/DLs have difficulty wetting their diapers when they want to, as the result of overtrained bladders or paruresis.

A common compromise between wanting to wear diapers and needing to go about daily life is to wear diapers under normal clothing. When diaper lovers do so, it is in their everyday mindset, as opposed to an infantile one. A few adult babies wear diapers all the time, and may seek to develop enuresis or urinary incontinence. The level of enjoyment in wearing diapers all the time is mixed, and it may have lasting effects; some adult babies have found that the enjoyment diminishes rapidly when the need to wear diapers is always present. Other AB/DLs enjoy wearing diapers intermittently more than they would enjoy wearing them all the time.

Psychology

A classical Freudian analysis of diaper fetishism points in textbook fashion to a fixation in the anal stage of development, specifically an anal expulsive personality. According to Freud, such a fixation might stem from a parent attempting to begin toilet training before the child feels that they are ready, or from parents being excessively lax until schools begin to require the child to be fully trained. The sudden insistence of parents caught in this situation that the child must use the toilet could cause a traumatizing sense of rushed urgency, and a subconscious need to return to that stage to develop naturally. The fact that what few psychological studies have been done on the subject point to these desires first being experienced as a young child, abandoned during latency, and returned to it some time during puberty supports this position.

See also

• Paraphilic infantilism
• Diaper
• Sexual fetishism
• Coprophilia
• Urolagnia
• Anaclitism

References

1. Thomas John Speaker, Psychosexual Infantilism in Adults: The Eroticization of Regression. Columbia Pacific University. pg 83. Available from: DPF, Sausalito, CA 94965.
2. Section 10 - Into the Future Retrieved 2002 from http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Island/5861/ds3_s10.txt, now mirrored at http://web.archive.org/web/20010424192400/www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Island/5861/DS3_S10.txt
3. Watson, J. (2005, June 9). Baby Man, Phoenix New Times
4. Thomas John Speaker, Psychosexual Infantilism in Adults: The Eroticization of Regression. Columbia Pacific University. pg 78. Available from: DPF, Sausalito, CA 94965.
5. Arndt, William B., Jr. (1991). Gender Disorders and the Paraphilias, International Universities Press, pg 394, ISBN 0-8236-2150-2.
6. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth edition, Sect. F65.4
7. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000, Fourth Edition, Pg. 527
8. Gilstrap, P. (1999, March 7-11). The Diapers They Are a-Changin'. The New Times Los Angeles. Available from DPF and the website of the interviewee, Mike A.
9. Thomas John Speaker, Psychosexual Infantilism in Adults: The Eroticization of Regression. Columbia Pacific University. pg 81. Available from: DPF, Sausalito, CA 94965.
10. What Would it be Like to Wear Diapers 24/7?, Understanding Infantilism
11. Pate J.E., Gabbard G.O. (2003). Adult baby syndrome Am J Psychiatry 160:1932–1936
12. Malitz S, (1966).Another report on the wearing of diapers and rubber pants by an adult male. Am J Psychiatry 122:1435–1437

External links

• Understanding Infantilism

• Articles lacking sources from November 2006
• Articles to be merged from March 2007
• Paraphilia