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Please don't move the entire entry arbitrarily because you think "Maiesiophilia", "Maieusiophilia" or "Maeiusiophilia" or anything else is the right spelling. There is much debate as to the spelling of that word, so I suggest the article stay here, and anyone interested in moving it try debating it here. (Darien Shields 19:23, 20 August 2005 (UTC))
I apologise if any of my recent additions (the Community, Art, and Fiction information) is inappropriate to this article, and will completely understand if it is removed in the future. (Darien Shields 02:43, 23 July 2005 (UTC))
I am unsure what sorts of sites to include as External Links. I personally own a maieusiophilia site, but I'm concerned that linking it would be immoral, self serving, or suchlike, and furthermore, whether it is even that relevant. Although I'd say it's as relevant as the porn site that is currently linked. There are a whole load of sites that I could link, but I don't know how many could really be considered relevant. Someone also suggested that I ask permission of site owners before linking their sites. I really hadn't considered this before. Is there a wikipedia policy on linking permission? Well, anyway, I might add these things since I doubt I will get any reply swiftly, but would completely understand (and apologise) if someone else subsequently removed them. (Darien Shields 22:56, 22 July 2005 (UTC))
See Maiesiophilia. I don't know whether there is supposed to be any difference between what both articles cover, but right now that one seems to be mostly redundant. Merge anyone? –Ashmodai 22:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I've made Maiesiophilia a redirect to this article, we don't have multiple articles on the same topic on wikipedia. I didn't bother merging the content, because it was entirely unsourced. Feel free to go check the history and grab it if you want it here. --Xyzzyplugh 16:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Who conflates pregnant women with prepubescent children??
Also, I don’t remember the bus driver in “Rat Race” seeming turned on at all. —Wiki Wikardo 08:58, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
The web link below is from Wired News.com on web sites feature pictures of pregnant women (belly shots, part-nudes, childbirth close-ups) and the issues coming out of the chance of "pervert" men or women will stare at the pics, trade them to others in fetish clubs, and it made me question what are the limits of modesty, glorification (a byproduct of love-making or procreation inside a woman's body, vs. snapshots of women in pain/discomfort at labor and c-section scars/stitches?) and just plain weird sex to only disturb viewers or readers?
It's important for privacy reasons and respect to the ladies, never just trade nude prego pics without prior consent or permission, chances are it'll end up back to the original source! And there are prego pic web sites ran or produced by pregnant women (or/and their husbands) admittedly into maiesiophilia, gravidaphilia, exhibitionism and "wife-sharing" stories within the pregnancy fetish community. Here's the web link below (but no prego pics...Ok?) :-D 63.3.14.1 07:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Wired News: The naked truth of birth —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.3.14.1 (talk) 09:08, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
Please refer to the verification policy: The obligation to provide a reliable source lies with the editors wishing to include the material, not on those seeking to challenge and/or remove it. Please note that the emphasis is in the original. If there are reliable sources for any of the things that I've removed (and am about to re-remove) add them and there is no problem. - 152.91.9.144 02:25, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure the media is responsible for generating a public consciousness in a sexual nature of a woman's body during pregnancy. I always thought it's up to her and the man she loves, but this is about an abnormal (or "unwanted") attraction by other men come up to her and try to sexually involve her.
There's nothing morally wrong for a man to have a romantic feeling for a woman if she's pregnant (by another man, of course and she may left a bad marriage or not), but the focus on hidden pregnancy fetishism as a result of political correct attitudes to "feel pity" or try to "respect" women who gained weight.
Now I find it an unsourced statement (or there wasn't verification) like the media can warp other people's minds on what's sexy about pregnancy, but nevertheless it's a beautiful thing to happen for any woman...and her lover involved in the procreation process. +Mike D 26 07:12, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Rem off-topic discussion to User talk:63.3.14.129/pregnant Anchoress 11:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I apologize for my tirade, and treated an off-topic. I promise not to stray far again in wikipedia. The men in here into pregnancy fetish must understand what's pregnancy is like, then do a double-take in their obsession isn't all good. I got two sons and a daughter.
Thank you on saving and storing the comments, perhaps a good idea to take it to the talk:pregnant area, or on second thought, it may stray to another area to make others discomforted and disgusted to perseverate on fetish topics in there.
I find it ridiculous for pregnant fetishists gawk at belly shapes or the computer-enhanced photos deleted very natural and normal traits associated in a pregnant woman's belly: blue blotches, purple veins and a "linea negra".
The prego nude/model photo effects managers "slim her down", made her belly "hang high", square-shape and further out, despite other women might have bellies "hang low" or not "stick out", show more on the buttocks, and they won't know if she's 5 mos., 7 mos. or rarely, over 40 weeks (9 mos): she should get bed rest and have an induced labor (more painful than regular or natural labor).
Education is the key to beat the rising tide of eroticizing of pregnant women, and I been there myself. - married mom of 3 children.
I have just removed all of the seriously non-neutral and unsourced essay material from this article. It read like someone trying to introduce others to their obsession rather than an encyclopedic discussion of the subject matter. Huge portions were full of WP:WEASEL words and described the online community more than the actual fetish. There is plenty of psych and other examination of this fetish from a more analytical and less anecdotal perspective and the former is what the article needs to be based upon. ju66l3r 05:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
It seem to me that over the last year, a good deal of information has been removed from the article, while such edits as not in bad faith, it has reduced the quality of the article over all. I'd like to suggest, therefore, that the article is 'rolled back' to sometime before march 2007, and edited from there, in hopes that the article can be better written. However, i'd like ask what you think on this before going ahead with this move.--HoneymaneHeghlu meH QaQ jajvam 02:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Concur, with provisos - I don't agree to a full rollback, but adding in various things that were deleted is a good idea. I have no idea why the Britney Spears bit got removed, it seemed quite enlightening to me. We just need to make sure that we don't remove added links and foreign language wikis. mattbuck 10:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
I tried to out line what I'd like to do with this article down below, feel free to suggest other things or do some of it yourself. --HoneymaneHeghlu meH QaQ jajvam 00:30, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
I have removed "However, it is not usually connected to pædophilia (despite the apparently-common assumption)." because it's completely unsourced. Whether or not Pregnancy fetishism is connected to paedophilia definitely needs a reliable source, as does the fact that it is an "apparently-common assumption". Otherwise it is original research. --BelovedFreak 19:24, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Okay, Here's what I'd like to do. This article is in very bad state, both the former current article [[1]], and the one that, assuming it hasn't been reverted by the time you read this, is currently up. I admit that. However, I'm hoping to use this current article (the one with Moore) to build up an article that is ultimately a good article. However, I am not able to devote hundreds of man hours during the week, although I am free on the weekends, for the most part.
Here is the current problems with the current version (Moore):
Once we have that done, it should be easy to look over the article and fix it to better suit Wikipedia's standards, but this isn't going to happen all at once. I really don't want to spend the next month or so in an revert war over differing opinions on which version is better. Well, here's the fact, both the Moore article and the One liner are pretty crappy articles, but at least the Moore one has more information that can be worked with.
I know we can work together on this an produce an excellent article. --HoneymaneHeghlu meH QaQ jajvam 03:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Okay, this article started all wrong. Maiusiophilia isn't when someone lusts for pregnant women, its when someone loves to give birth. If you google maieusiophilia, you'll see that all definitions trace back to this article. This article basically coined the word because the only other word that comes close to the word before this article is 'Maiusiophobia', the fear of childbirth. Maiusiophilia has no etymological right to be called the lust for pregnant women.
The actual word for the sexual lust for pregnant women is cyesolagnia, whis is listed under numerous online dictionaries and some, more elaborate dictionaries, such as the oxford dictionary.
Gravidophilia is also not necessarily a sexual thing either. It is 'a fondness of pregnancy', which may attribute to to a creature that displays pregnancy as a defining trait or can achieve pregnancy with the greatest of ease, just as extremophiles are creatures that live in extreme conditions and hemophiliacs bleed profusely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.71.14 (talk) 15:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
The appearance of a pregnant (and nude) Demi Moore on the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991 should replace the embryonic example of Britney Spears; the cover was a watershed in terms of celebrity, exhibitionism and commodification. Redblueball (talk) 17:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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How do you have an article on Pregnancy Fetishism and delete the one link to an active Pregnancy Fetish community site? It's not even a pay site, it's literally the only organized community for this fetish on the site.
Please replace The Impregnation's website back in the external links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.69.155.20 (talk) 20:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
The link is as much like Myspace/Facebook as the MayoClinic, WebMD and ASK.com discussions. It is not a place for people to "Like" statuses or hook up with old boyfriends. It is a place where people come to share thoughts and ideas, as well as news and information regarding Pregnancy and Impregnation fetish. It has forums with discussions on the root of individual's fetish on the subject, as well as links to items related to the fetish.
The site has a social networking component, so does Wikipedia, but all content is open to all users. Accounts are only needed due to the adult nature of discussion.
Item #10 of WP:LINKSTOAVOID is the pot calling the kettle black, but in this case, avoiding anything that deals with "community" is avoiding one of the only sources of information regarding a fetish that is extremely prevalent but very secretive. If we are going to avoid what information there is available, in favor of what little information is presented by those who only wish to persecute the subject then Wikipedia should not even bother existing. We should be for truth, no matter who tells it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.69.155.20 (talk) 18:39, 2 September 2011 (UTC) --64.69.155.20 (talk) 18:47, 2 September 2011 (UTC)Mike Stephens
I've added a link to a discussion/poll regarding pregnancy fetishism on a pregnancy fetish website. It provides insight into the nature of this fetish which can't be found elsewhere. I should disclose that I'm a member. 135.23.52.130 (talk) 03:29, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
I have found that there was a psychology segment around "erotic humiliation" and not around this topic. I want a psychology section on this topic because I came to this page thinking "why would anyone actually get aroused by this?" so I thought this would be helpful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:7672:BE00:9816:F997:EB3D:8EE6 (talk) 01:36, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Was Pregnancy fetishism discovered in the early 1990s when "maiseiophilia" was made into an official diagnosis in sexual psychiatry? or was western culture aware of this phenomena as early as 1970 during the sexual revolution at the time? The internet opened the subject in the early 21st century where we're at and some people believe pregnancy fetishism or maiseiophilia is more of a sexual and romantic attraction. 2605:E000:100D:C32F:547D:4D18:3AC1:3909 (talk) 16:11, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
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I am surprised that no one seems to bother about the etymology of the term "maiesiophilia", and it's not mentioned in the article at all. I was hoping to get information on that here - can anyone contribute to that? --2A02:2454:9861:8700:46D:BF50:949F:C131 (talk) 17:11, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
On Fetlife and LGBTQIA Wiki, maiesiophilia aren't listed on the very sites that discusses fetishes or attractions. The fetish was thought to be "discovered" 30 years ago, a relatively new phenomena to been studied. And there are some people defending pedophilia but not maiseiophilia when an adult pregnant person can voluntarily and mutually decide to have sexual relations with other consenting adults, oddly enough. 2603:8001:2601:F351:78E1:5540:73C7:D1C9 (talk) 16:43, 30 August 2021 (UTC)