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[[Image:Crop top and navel piercing.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Two women costumed in sexualized clothing and accessories associated with youth, including hair bows and dolls (woman on left.) Youth-oriented ageplay is intended to highlight emotionals and experiences common with different ages.<ref name="Aggrawal 147">[[#Aggrawal2008|Aggrawal]], 2008, [http://books.google.com/books?id=uNkNhPZQprcC&pg=PA147 147].</ref>]] |
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'''Ageplay''' or '''age play''' is a form of [[roleplay]]ing in which an individual acts or treats another as if they were a different age. Ageplay is role playing between adults, and involves consent from all parties. Portraying any age can be the goal of ageplay, from babies, to the elderly. Usually this involves someone pretending to be younger than they actually are, but more rarely can involve assuming an older role.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sybil Holiday; Henkin, Bill; Henkin, William A. |title=Consensual Sadomasochism : How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely |publisher=Daedalus Publishing Company |location= |year=1996 |pages= [http://books.google.com/books?id=M1fqbvsfMRcC&pg=PA60 60] | isbn = 1-881943-12-7 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
'''Ageplay''' or '''age play''' is a form of [[roleplay]]ing in which an individual acts or treats another as if they were a different age. Ageplay is role playing between adults, and involves consent from all parties. Portraying any age can be the goal of ageplay, from babies, to the elderly. Usually this involves someone pretending to be younger than they actually are, but more rarely can involve assuming an older role.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sybil Holiday; Henkin, Bill; Henkin, William A. |title=Consensual Sadomasochism : How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely |publisher=Daedalus Publishing Company |location= |year=1996 |pages= [http://books.google.com/books?id=M1fqbvsfMRcC&pg=PA60 60] | isbn = 1-881943-12-7 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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Ageplay or age play is a form of roleplaying in which an individual acts or treats another as if they were a different age. Ageplay is role playing between adults, and involves consent from all parties. Portraying any age can be the goal of ageplay, from babies, to the elderly. Usually this involves someone pretending to be younger than they actually are, but more rarely can involve assuming an older role.[2]
Roles in Ageplay
The main divide in ageplay is between "Bigs," those that portray adults; and "littles," those that portray the dependent, often child-like role. "Middles" tend to incorporate elements of both the adult and child roles, for example, one child babysitting another.
These roles are often ordinarily found in typical family life. For example, roleplaying a "teacher/student", "daddy/daughter", "mother/son", "uncle/nephew", "daddy/son", "mother/daughter", "coach/player", or "doctor/patient" theme if often common. "Bigs" are often called caregivers, when their actions are caring or nuturing toward the partner who is portraying the depenedent. Ageplay can also occur when the Big portrays a stranger, or someone else who is not as concerned about the wellbeing of the person portraying the child.
Non-sexual ageplay
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In non-sexual ageplay, people act as if they were a different age, often with the goal of reliving childhood or rewriting their personal history. This longing to go back to a certain age and time of a person's life is often connected with nostalgia. People who engage in this type of ageplay often play with blocks, play games, or color. This type of play is also enjoyable and relaxing.
Sexual ageplay
Ageplay can be sexual or non-sexual. It may be mildly sexual, or very sexual.
Ageplay can enhance power dynamics, and allow a partner to feel more comfortable with their dominance or submission. Often times, sissification of boys is present, in order to add another level of power to the situation.
Sexual variations may include among other things such as incest play, in which individuals recreate and sexualize roles within a family,[3] and Daddy's girl fetishism in which real or imagined age differences are the basis of the roleplaying and the female is portrayed as the younger partner.[4]
Ageplay is not pedophilia or related to pedophilia by professional psychologists.[1] Individuals who ageplay are not attracted to children, but instead enjoy portraying children, or enjoy child-like elements typical of children present in adults.
Sexual ageplay itself does not involve the sexual attraction to biologically underage people. Rather, when a consenting adult takes on the roleplaying mindset of a young person, it is motivated by re-experiencing emotional states and social interactions of one's youth, which also happen to be pleasurable in a sexual context to the participants.
Enhancing ageplay
When people ageplay, there are several different things that enable them to get more into the role. Changing clothing, to someone either more childlike, such as footie pajamas; or something more mature, like a suit for a father figure. Alterations of the body, such as shaving, hairstyles, and makeup can also enhance one's role. Adding props, such as homework, wooden spoons for spanking, or larger than normal objects can also help one into a role.
See also
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References
- Aggrawal, Anil (2009). Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 1-4200-4308-0.
- Rulof, Paul (2011). Ageplay: From Diapers to Diplomas. Las Vegas: Nazca Plains. ISBN 1610981901.
Footnotes
- ^ a b Aggrawal, 2008, 147.
- ^ Sybil Holiday; Henkin, Bill; Henkin, William A. (1996). Consensual Sadomasochism : How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely. Daedalus Publishing Company. pp. 60. ISBN 1-881943-12-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Weiss, MD (2006). "Working at play: BDSM sexuality in the San Francisco Bay area". Anthropologica. 48 (2): 229–246. doi:10.2307/25605313. JSTOR 25605313.
- ^ Aggrawal, 2008, p. 121.
External links
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