What is a Diaper Lover?
A diaper lover is someone who wear diapers for non-medical reasons. These may include convenience, sexual pleasure, or simply preferring the way they feel over regular underwear. This is different from an Adult Baby because they are fundamentally focused around the wearing of a Diaper with no age play/regression involved. DLs tend to be more sexually motivated then ABs and usually integrate Diaper Play into their general sex life through scenarios like prolonged bondage or watersports.
*Note – If there is one thing you must know about DL’s is that diaper lovers are not pedophiles! Reputable psychologists have looked into this and confirmed there is no connection. This is common knowledge in the community, even to the point of being prominently shown on wikipedia, but people who are uninformed still sometimes assume a connection where none exists.
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Diaper Fetishism:
Diaper fetishism, or diaperism, is a paraphilia in which a person feels a strong desire to wear or use diapers, usually without physiological necessity. It 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. The popular term for diaper fetishists is “diaper lover.” Diaper fetishism is a type of sexual fetishism, which is one of many paraphilias [1].
Paraphilic infantilism
Diaper fetishes are often associated with paraphilic infantilism. Similarly, diaper lovers (DLs for short) are often associated with the adult babies (ABs). While there is some commonality, they are not identical. The majority of diaper lovers do not engage in any kind of babyish activities and only solely are interested in diapers. However, about four in ten diaper lovers also consider themselves adult babies, [4][5] so they are sometimes collectively referred to as AB/DLs. [6]These desires are not related to pedophilia or infantophilia in any way. [7] Inside the AB/DL communities, a sharp distinction is observed. Most of these communities will actively expel child molesters. [8]
Rubber fetishism
Some rubber and plastic fetishists have an affinity for diapers and rubber pants. In this case of disposable diapers, this attraction would be to their crinkly plastic backing. In the case of cloth diapers, it would be towards the latex or pvc of the pants worn over them.
BDSM
Diapers are sometimes used during prolonged bondage sessions, not only as a method to control and shame the submissive partner, but also to allow longer periods of bondage. [9] In Total Power Exchange, diapers are sometimes utilized for the dependency they represent of the wearer on their master to be checked and changed.
Omorashi
Omorashi is a fetish subculture recognized predominantly in Japan, in which participants experience arousal from having a full bladder or a sexual attraction to someone else experiencing the feeling of a full bladder. For such fetishists, climax usually coincides with the moment of relief and embarrassment experienced when the desperate individual loses bladder control. Some subsets of omorashi fandom utilize diapers, in which case it is referred to as “omorashi omutsu,” or less commonly called “omorashi oshime,” both of which translate as “to wet oneself in a diaper.”
Preferences in diaper fetishism
Many diaper lovers gain arousal from “wetting” or urinating in their diapers. A smaller number [10] gain the same arousal from using the diaper to “mess” or defecate. Some fetishists do not use their diapers at all.