Ageplay
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Ageplay or age play is a form of roleplaying in which an individual acts or treats another as if they are a different age. Ageplay is roleplaying between adults, and involves consent from all parties. Ageplay is not necessarily sexual. Portraying any age can be the goal of ageplay, from babies to a child to the elderly. Usually this involves someone pretending to be younger than they actually are, but more rarely can involve assuming an older role.[1]
Sexual ageplay
Ageplay can be sexual. It may be mildly sexual, or very sexual. Within dominant/submissive relationships, ageplay can enhance power dynamics, and allow a partner to feel more comfortable with their dominance or submission.
Sexual variations may include among other things such as incest play, in which individuals recreate and sexualize roles within a family.[2] A common myth is that Caregiver dynamics (Caregiver/little, Daddy/little, Mommy/little) all involve ageplay. However, these dynamics are more about caring for one another than re-enacting an incest fantasy.[3]
Ageplay is not considered pedophilia or related to it by professional psychologists.[4] Individuals who engage in ageplay enjoy portraying children, or enjoy childlike elements typical of children present in adults (and to a lesser extent, adolescents).
Ageplay events
Specific conventions and major events have formed that specifically cater to ageplayers including:
- CAPcon, a convention that occurs once a year in a hotel in the Chicago area in the USA[5]
- TeddyCon, a convention that occurs once a year near Allentown, Pennsylvania in the USA[6]
- TOMKAT, founded in 2013, this event occurs twice a year in Ontario, Canada at a private wilderness camp[7]
- West Coast Jungle Gym, a convention that occurs once a year in a hotel in San Diego, California, in the USA[8]
See also
- Age disparity in sexual relationships
- Animal roleplay
- Doll fetish
- Kawaii
- Paraphilic infantilism
- Sexual roleplay
References
- ^ Holiday, Sybil; Henkin, Bill; Henkin, William A. (1996). Consensual Sadomasochism: How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely. San Francisco: Daedalus Publishing Company. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-881943-12-9. OCLC 39923440.
- ^ Weiss, M. D. (2006). "Working at play: BDSM sexuality in the San Francisco Bay area". Anthropologica. 48 (2): 229–246. doi:10.2307/25605313. JSTOR 25605313.
- ^ "Caregiving Dynamics and DDlg/CGl". KYNK 101. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ Aggrawal (2009), p. 147
- ^ "CAPCon". CAPCon. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "TeddyCon - Home". teddycon.org. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "Home". Home. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ Gym, The West Coast Jungle. "HOME". The West Coast Jungle Gym. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- Aggrawal, Anil (2009). Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-4308-2.
- Rulof, Paul (2011). Ageplay: From Diapers to Diplomas. Las Vegas: Nazca Plains. ISBN 978-1-61098-190-3.
External links
Media related to Ageplay at Wikimedia Commons
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