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Encyclopedia > Milk fetishism
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Milk fetishism is a paraphilia in which pleasure is experienced from lactation, breastfeeding, and suckling. It is one of the few "female centred" fetishes, though some resist the term fetish, thinking the word has negative connotations. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... In psychology and sexology, paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = besides and -philia φιλία = love) is a term that describes a family of philias that reference sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. ... Kittens nursing Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands, the process of providing that milk to the young, and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. ... A breastfeeding infant Breastfeeding is the process of a woman feeding an infant or young child with milk from her breasts, usually directly from the nipples. ... A breastfeeding infant Breastfeeding is the practice of a woman feeding an infant (or sometimes a toddler or a young child) with milk produced from her mammary glands, usually directly from the nipples. ...

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Interest

Interest in adult breastfeeding usually occurs during the post-partum weaning period. During this period, a women may miss the pleasurable feelings they get from breast feeding infants. The behavior is sometimes increased after a partner communicates being aroused and contented during breast feeding. Other times, couples find that lactating breasts are an issue when recommencing sexual relations after pregnancy, and may incorporate it into their sexual practices. Some women, who have never had children, become interested in adult breastfeeding to experience the sensations associated with breastfeeding. Men may discover that pleasure is received when trying to relieve a woman of the discomfort of an excess of milk in her breasts. Some men report a desire to experience adult nursing because of not being breastfed as infants, while others claim it is because they were breastfed for several years as children. Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or reactions of an object or organism, usually in relation to the environment. ... A human infant The word Infant derives from the Latin in-fans, meaning unable to speak. ...


Experience

While couples can feel the need to nurse is purely sexual, others take comfort in a view that the act is loving and romantic. Women sometimes report feeling pleasant uterine contractions. Some may even attain an orgasm from the suckling of their nipples.


Though couples freely admit it is at least partly a sexual practice, many say it is far more than just sexual given the necessary closeness needed to maintain flow. The level of interdependency needed in such a relationship is, according to practitioners, a necessary condition, and a consequence of, including lactation in a partnered relationship. Couples who engage in adult breast feeding report that it leads to a very close, and mutually dependent, relationship because a frequent schedule of breast feeding is needed to keep milk flowing, and to prevent too much milk in the woman's breasts. Those couples who find the pleasure purely from the quiet intimacy may refer to themselves as purists in adult nursing.


Women report that breast feeding in an adult relationship invoke more feelings of intimacy and fulfillment, helps make them feel more feminine, and may even cause experiences similar to the higher state of consciousness achieved in yoga or meditation. These feelings may be attributed to a change in the balance of a woman's body chemistry, particularly in the balance of chemical neurotransmitters in her brain. The oxytocin released by lactation is sometimes referred to as the bonding hormone and may promote a sexual response in women. The prolactin hormone that is stimulated by lactation suppresses the sex drive, though the effects of the hormonal change differ among women. Definition Intimacy is complex in that its meaning varies from relationship to relationship, and within a given relationship over time. ... A bagpiper in Scottish military clan-uniform. ... It has been suggested that Urban yoga be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Neurotransmitters are chemicals that are used to relay, amplify and modulate electrical signals between a presynaptic and a postsynaptic neuron. ... Oxytocin is a hormone, found in mammals, which in humans is released mainly after stimulation of the nipples or distention of the vagina and which facilitates birth and breastfeeding. ...


Adult nursing in society and between women

A complaint of practitioners is that adult nursing has almost no presence in publishing when compared to other sexual practices or paraphilia, though it is promoted amongst some members of the lesbian community as part of the butch-femme diad, where the femme nurses her partner. They articulate that women's sexual psychologies undergo the object transformation that male sexual identity does not. The mother as the archetype of love remains female for the male throughout his life; for women, as children they objectify the mother but in time become the mother figure themselves. This can cause internalized whore-madonna conflicts in some women which some practitioners believe adult nursing can ease. However, the urge to experiment with nursing between women is not limited to homosexual couples. It is not uncommon for heterosexual women to experiment with nursing. ... The term Madonna-whore complex refers to a psychological complex in Freudian psychoanalysis that develops in the human male. ...


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NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Milk (1344 words)
Human milk is often fed to infants through breastfeeding, either directly or by the female expressing her milk to be saved and fed later.
Cow's milk, in contrast, is lower in sugar and higher in protein, and is composed of about 3.5% to 6.5% milkfat, 4% to 8.5% milk solids and about 88% water.
The most durable form of milk is milk powder which is produced from milk by removing almost all water.
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