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Infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia,<ref>{{harvnb|Mohanty|Rehman|Kar|2005|p=191}}; {{harvnb|Hickey|2006|p=355}}; {{harvnb|Laws|O'Donohue|2008|p=407}}; {{harvnb|McCammon|Knox|Schacht|2004|p=580}}; {{harvnb|Corsini|2002|p=374}}; {{harvnb|Carroll|2006|p=558}}; {{harvnb|Flora|2001|p=90}}. Infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia,<ref>{{harvnb|Mohanty|Rehman|Kar|2005|p=191}}; {{harvnb|Hickey|2006|p=355}}; {{harvnb|Laws|O'Donohue|2008|p=407}}; {{harvnb|McCammon|Knox|Schacht|2004|p=580}}; {{harvnb|Corsini|2002|p=374}}; {{harvnb|Carroll|2006|p=558}}; {{harvnb|Flora|2001|p=90}}.
* This term was coined by the sexologist John Money in conjunction with the Greek classicist Diskin Clay. It is derived from the Greek word for infant, ''nepon''. See {{harvnb|Money|1985|p=147}}; {{harvnb|Money|1986|p=70}}</ref> adult baby syndrome,<ref>{{harvnb|Mattoon|2003|p=205}}</ref> and diaperism,<ref>{{harvnb|Corsini|2002|p=374}}</ref> refers to sexual arousal derived from acting or dressing as an infant or from being treated like an infant.<ref>{{harvnb|Hickey|2006|p=89|}}; {{harvnb|Laws|O'Donohue|2008|p=407}}; {{harvnb|Byer|Shainberg|Galliano|1999|p=534}}; {{harvnb|Ramsland|McGrain|2010|p=5}}; {{harvnb|Burgess|Regehr|Roberts|2009|p=142}}</ref> It involves role-playing where the individual symbolically regresses back to an infant like state.{{sfn|Hickey|2006|p=355}} Sexual arousal may be derived from wearing wet diapers.{{sfn|McCammon|Knox|Schacht|2004|p=580}} In infantilism, as with other forms of juvenilism, baby clothes such as diapers have a fetishistic quality.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=66}} * This term was coined by the sexologist John Money in conjunction with the Greek classicist Diskin Clay. It is derived from the Greek word for infant, ''nepon''. See {{harvnb|Money|1985|p=147}}; {{harvnb|Money|1986|p=70}}</ref> adult baby syndrome,<ref>{{harvnb|Mattoon|2003|p=205}}</ref> and diaperism,<ref>{{harvnb|Corsini|2002|p=374}}</ref> refers to sexual arousal derived from acting or dressing as an infant or from being treated like an infant.<ref>{{harvnb|Hickey|2006|p=89|}}; {{harvnb|Laws|O'Donohue|2008|p=407}}; {{harvnb|Byer|Shainberg|Galliano|1999|p=534}}; {{harvnb|Ramsland|McGrain|2010|p=5}}; {{harvnb|Burgess|Regehr|Roberts|2009|p=142}}; {{harvnb|Cantor|Blanchard|Barbaree|2008|p=531}}</ref> It involves role-playing where the individual symbolically regresses back to an infant like state.{{sfn|Hickey|2006|p=355}} Sexual arousal may be derived from wearing wet diapers.{{sfn|McCammon|Knox|Schacht|2004|p=580}} In infantilism, as with other forms of juvenilism, baby clothes such as diapers have a fetishistic quality.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=66}}


A typical scenario might involve being bathed, powdered and changed into diapers by one's partner, before being put to bed with a baby bottle.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} Thereafter the adult baby may be comforted and pampered by their partner in the role of the parent and their diapers might be changed if wet or dirty.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} For some infantilists the ritual might instead involve being scolded, spanked or chastised for having wet dirtied their diapers.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} In this latter instance the mode of arousal is masochistic.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} The erotic pleasure derived from either of these forms of infantilism may often replace the need for sexual intercourse in reaching orgasm.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} A typical scenario might involve being bathed, powdered and changed into diapers by one's partner, before being put to bed with a baby bottle.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} Thereafter the adult baby may be comforted and pampered by their partner in the role of the parent and their diapers might be changed if wet or dirty.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} For some infantilists the ritual might instead involve being scolded, spanked or chastised for having wet dirtied their diapers.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} In this latter instance the mode of arousal is masochistic.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}} The erotic pleasure derived from either of these forms of infantilism may often replace the need for sexual intercourse in reaching orgasm.{{sfn|Money|1986|p=70}}

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Infantilism, also known as autonepiophilia, adult baby syndrome, and diaperism, refers to sexual arousal derived from acting or dressing as an infant or from being treated like an infant. It involves role-playing where the individual symbolically regresses back to an infant like state. Sexual arousal may be derived from wearing wet diapers. In infantilism, as with other forms of juvenilism, baby clothes such as diapers have a fetishistic quality.

A typical scenario might involve being bathed, powdered and changed into diapers by one's partner, before being put to bed with a baby bottle. Thereafter the adult baby may be comforted and pampered by their partner in the role of the parent and their diapers might be changed if wet or dirty. For some infantilists the ritual might instead involve being scolded, spanked or chastised for having wet dirtied their diapers. In this latter instance the mode of arousal is masochistic. The erotic pleasure derived from either of these forms of infantilism may often replace the need for sexual intercourse in reaching orgasm.

Indeed, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, infantilism constitutes a variant form of masochism. Many authorities support this reading in considering infantilism solely as a form of masochism. Masochism in infantilism may manifest in spanking and verbal humiliation. However, it has been queried as to whether the criteria for masochism are invariably met in instances of infantilism. Laws and O'Donohue argue that if infantile role playing does not include aspects of humiliation and degradation it is more appropriate to classify the condition as a "paraphilia not otherwise specified". The sexologist William B. Arndt considers paraphilic infantilism to combine forms of fetishism, tranvestism and masochism.

The sexologist John Money distinguishes between infantilism or autonepiophilia and the paraphilic diaper-wearing. The latter, he argues, is a paraphilic fetish that manifests as an erotic attraction to an article of clothing; the former is a non-fetishistic paraphilia directed at a change of status in terms of age identity. For this reason infantilism is considered as a form of chronophilia which indicates in this instance that the 'paraphiliac's sexuoerotic age is dicordant with her or her actual chronological age'.

According to Money, the diaper fetishist, in addition to being an infantilist or autonepiophiliac and engaging in baby impersonation, may also be an infantophile who becomes sexually aroused by diaper wearing babies. He terms this condition nepiophilia, and he considers autonepiophilia to be its reciprocal paraphilia. Conversely, Arndt states explicitly that, 'Infantilists are not to be confused with paedophiles who are sexually aroused by infants'. This position is shared by other researchers.

Infantilists are commonly male, are on average thirty-eight years of age, in steady employment, normally have an undergraduate level of education or higher and are usually married or in a stable relationship.

Etiological theories

The etiological theories of infantilism are diverse. It has been hypothesised that infantilism represents a sex targetting imprinting error that may result where, as with other forms of masochism, the disciplinary component of mother and child interactions has been pronounced during the period of sexual target imprinting.

The term psychosexual infantilsm refers to immaturity in ... The sexologist Wilhelm Stekel considered sado-masochistic practices to be variant behaviour arising from psychosexual infantilism.

Notes

  1. Mohanty, Rehman & Kar 2005, p. 191; Hickey 2006, p. 355; Laws & O'Donohue 2008, p. 407; McCammon, Knox & Schacht 2004, p. 580 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFMcCammonKnoxSchacht2004 (help); Corsini 2002, p. 374; Carroll 2006, p. 558; Flora 2001, p. 90.
    • This term was coined by the sexologist John Money in conjunction with the Greek classicist Diskin Clay. It is derived from the Greek word for infant, nepon. See Money 1985, p. 147; Money 1986, p. 70
  2. Mattoon 2003, p. 205 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFMattoon2003 (help)
  3. Corsini 2002, p. 374
  4. Hickey 2006, p. 89; Laws & O'Donohue 2008, p. 407; Byer, Shainberg & Galliano 1999, p. 534; Ramsland & McGrain 2010, p. 5; Burgess, Regehr & Roberts 2009, p. 142; Cantor, Blanchard & Barbaree 2008, p. 531 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFCantorBlanchardBarbaree2008 (help)
  5. ^ Hickey 2006, p. 355.
  6. McCammon, Knox & Schacht 2004, p. 580. sfn error: no target: CITEREFMcCammonKnoxSchacht2004 (help)
  7. ^ Money 1986, p. 66.
  8. ^ Money 1986, p. 70.
  9. Laws & O'Donohue 2008, p. 407
  10. Becker & Stinson 2008, p. 738
  11. ^ Laws & O'Donohue 2008, p. 407. Cite error: The named reference "FOOTNOTELawsO'Donohue2008407" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  12. ^ Arndt 1991, p. 394.
  13. ^ Money 1986, p. 96.
  14. Feierman 1990, p. 455.
  15. ^ Money 1997, p. 255.
  16. Money 1986, p. 266. See also Feierman 1990, p. 459
  17. Tiefenwerth 2007, p. 111; Holmes & Holmes 2001, p. 72
  18. Wilson 1987, p. 107.
  19. Dailey 1989, p. 44.

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