004: When a Tiny Man Loves a Giantess
2 responses to “004: When a Tiny Man Loves a Giantess”
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I do really dig the phrase “Size Fantasy.” I probably won’t go changing the name of my essay from “Macrophilia 101” to “Size Fantasy 101,” both for the sake of tradition and because I couldn’t really make the macroeconomics joke at the beginning anymore. And if I did ever change the name of the essay, I’d probably take off the “101” part, because you and so many other folks are exploring and publicly discussing this fascination at this point.
In addition to perhaps sounding a bit clinical, I think the “philia” part of the term macrophilia makes it seem 100% sexual, even though oenophiles and bibliophiles are a few examples of how a philia more generally means a strong affinity and doesn’t have to be sexual in nature. I think a sexual response to differences in physical magnitude between people is a sizable part of Size Fantasy, to be sure, and I expect that’s the part of it into which many of us seek the most insight, but, like you say, there can be so much else at play. It is fertile ground for exploring the nature of relationships and power dynamics of all types.
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