Plushophilia
Plushophilia (from "plushie" and "-philia") is a paraphilia involving stuffed toy animals. Many plushophiles modify their plushies with a hole or holes reminiscent of those found in sex toys, to allow them to sexually interact with their plushies. Plushophiles are sometimes called plushies, although this term (plushies) can also refer to non-sexual stuffed toy animal enthusiasts, and to stuffed toy animals in general.[1][2] It is a form of object sexuality.
Furry fandom
[edit]Plushophilia is sometimes assumed to be a practice common within furry fandom, due in part to a 2001 article by Vanity Fair that linked various members of the furry community with plushophilia.[3][4][5][6][7] A 1998 survey of 360 members of the furry community suggested less than one percent (that is, fewer than four people) attested to being plushophiles.[8]
Pornography and sexual activity involving animal anthropomorphism (including plushophilia and paraphilias involving fursuits and cartoon animals) is known in the furry fandom community as "yiff" (and sexual acts as "yiffing").[6][9]
Being in another form
[edit]Anne Lawrence has proposed that sexual arousal that depends upon imagining one's self as plush or "representations of anthropomorphic animal characters in animated cartoons" be termed autoplushophilia.[10] Paraphilic interests that involve being in another form have been referred to as erotic target location errors.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hill, Dave (2000-06-19), "Cuddle Time", Salon.com, archived from the original on 2008-03-28, retrieved 2007-08-27
- ^ Kelleher, Kathleen (2001-06-04). "Once Seen as Taboos, Sexual Fetishes Are Gaining Acceptance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ Malisow, Craig (2003-12-18). "Wild Kingdom". Houston Press. Archived from the original on Aug 31, 2014. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ O'connor, Siobhàn. "Montreal's furries and furverts defend their unusual lifestyle". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on August 30, 2002. Retrieved November 15, 2009.
- ^ Kates, Tasha. "Animal Magnetism". Citypaper.net. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ a b Meinzer, Melissa (2006-06-29), "Animal Passions", Pittsburgh City Paper, archived from the original on 2007-08-27, retrieved 2007-08-27
- ^ Gurley, George (March 2001), "Pleasures of the Fur", Vanity Fair
- ^ Rust, David J. (2002-08-01). "The Darken Hollow - Thoughts - Furry Sociology". Visi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ "Who are the furries?". BBC News. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ Lawrence, A. A. (2009). Erotic target location errors: An under appreciated paraphilic dimension. The Journal of Sex Research, 46, 194-215.
External links
[edit]- "Museum of Sex Exhibits Modified Plush Toys" at WikiFur
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