Feederism: Socio-Cultural Contexts of Sexual Preferences and Practises

Dorota Majka-Rostek

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The article concerns peculiar sexual preferences and practices labeled as feederism. The aim of the article is to present the specifics of this little known phenomenon in contemporary socio-cultural conditions. Feederism is depicted in the context of contemporary meanings and norms related to body, food, attractiveness and identity. The phenomenon is illustrated by a qualitative analysis of the content of the blog plussize24.pl. The conclusions concerning the treatment of feederism as an opposition to the meanings of a dominant culture are accompanied by paying attention to those aspects of feederism that paradoxically support these meanings. 


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feederism; culture; body; sexuality

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/ks.2019.7.1.89-98
Date of publication: 2020-01-18 00:00:00
Date of submission: 2020-06-18 00:23:55


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