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Macrophilia is the sexual attraction to a larger person. It is the opposite of microphilia. These phenomena are two sides of the same paraphiliac coin, with most fantasizing about both being a giant and being in the presence of one. Macrophiliac fantasies seem to take several forms: with focus on hands, feet, breasts, genitals, or mouth of the object of desire, involving either sexual or asexual encounters, with or without consent of either party. Since the existence of giants or giantesses is strictly fantastic, macrophiles must depend on their own imaginations or pornography to fulfill such desires. Consequently, the latter has become a growing enterprise in the first decade of the 21st century.
A large section of the nascent online community refers to its fetish as "GTS", an abbreviation for "giantess". Within the GTS community erotica and pornographic imagery are grouped into two main categories: "Growth", in which the woman has been enlarged and interacts with a normal-sized environment ("MEGA" being a subset in which the giant person can range from 200' tall to planetary proportions), and "Shrink", which documents the intercourse between a person (generally male) reduced to miniature stature and a normal-sized person (generally female). Though exceptions exist, the majority of graphic images and literature focus on the male perspective, where the man is smaller than the woman. It seems much less common for women to develop this fetish entirely on their own, though many may learn to enjoy participating in it after being introduced to the phenomenon by male fetishists. Also, online macrophilic representation seems predominately Caucasian, though this is not to suggest other ethnic groups do not share this fetish; they may be even more reluctant to "out" themselves. There exists a burgeoning, prolific Japanese bloc of macrophilic/microphilic artwork and literature as well.
Macrophilia and Microphilia also refer to sexual attraction towards a person of height but not to an unreal, physically impossible extent. These traits are almost universally possessed by both men and women, as many people regard height as playing a role in sexual attraction. People with Macrophilia or Microphilia commonly might want the larger person to do things to them, such as step or stomp on them (which might be considered Sadism/masochism, and/or Crush fixations, which is a sexual thrill is gained by the act of crushing, being crushed, or seeing a small creature crushed beneath a foot, a shoe, buttocks/being sat upon, etc. A more specific subset is macrophilic podophilia (foot fetishism), in which pleasure is obtained from small creatures being stepped on) or any way to flatten the subject, eat them (Vorarephilia), stash them somewhere on the giant's body or in a piece of clothing, be bathed in anothers sexual fluids, or attempt Frotteurism, either masturbation by rubbing the smaller person's body against the giant person's genitals (male) or entering the person's genitals (female). Macrophiles might also enjoy witnessing the larger person cause destruction of the area around them (recurring theme in MEGA GTS).
Macrophilia commonly manifests itself in very early childhood, where children might like acting as giants. Children with macrophilic tendencies commonly might exhibit a sexual or pseudo-sexual response to giants long before physical puberty, but this is not commonly known because the fetish has been, up until recently, considered a "guilty pleasure". Macrophiles are extremely shy about their tendencies, even among sympathetic peers, and to a greater degree than other fetishists commonly in fear of being looked down upon. Recently, however, this fetish has been more widely accepted with others, with genre crossover among fetishists known as "furries". Outsiders frequently suppose the macrophile phenomenon stems from mother-lust or an inordinate desire to return to childhood, citing the giantess' impatience with the tiny man, or the tiny man's tendency towards misbehavior, though many macrophiles are quick to reject and dismiss these theories as uninformed generalizations that miss the mark. However, self-hatred and identity-negation do recur as common themes in various aspects of macrophilia.
Macrophilia might often blend or share common ground with other paraphilias or particular sexual behaviors. For example, there are macrophile furries which may be found in online communities sharing artwork, histories, experiences or points of view regarding that interest. It may touch upon Vorarephilia in which the giant devours the smaller subject whole (not uncommonly within a male homosexual context), which can also be an act that macrophile furries do. Frequently online macrophile communities share links with Amazon fetishism, featuring women possessed of overly developed musculature who enjoy abusing hapless male victims either through overbearing sexual acts or outright physical violence and torture, often with vengeance or misandrony as motivation. Another paraphilia that shows up from time to time is a spin on voyeurism, where a tiny person is in the presence of a larger person who is unaware of his or her presence. There are dozens of other obscure crossovers, such as the very rarely heard of Macro Infantism, where someone imagines the larger person wearing a diaper and might enjoy the act of the larger person putting the smaller person in their diaper and urinating or defecating on them.
External links
- Lava Dome Five (http://www.lavadomefive.com/aboutus.html#macrophile) - Introduction to Macrophilia, by Samuel Ramses, M.D., Ph.D.
- Giantess Magic, Inc. (http://www.gts2.net/main.html) - Typical popular online GTS community/gallery.
- Macrophile.com (http://www.macrophile.com) - Macrophile Community Discussion/Art/Writings.
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