Comments on: anorexia and sex

By: me

me — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:00:05 +0000

I’m a girl who searches “anorexia porn” because it’s the only way to find pictures of what a body looks like when you’re starved to the brink of death. And there’s a lot of those pictures. I’d say it’s to satisfy an artistic interest in the body. I also look up pictures of freakishly muscular people.

To Winnie: Your sexual abuse therapy doctor sexually abused you? DAMN what a shitty deal!
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

By: Myself

Myself — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:26:11 +0000

I am disgusted about anorexia. For me is unreal how a human can do that to their body. I googles “anorexia fetish” to see if there are actually people who are into that stuff, and for my surprise there are men who like it. I was shocked. So maybe many people google it just for curiosity.

By: Marrianne

Marrianne — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:16:03 +0000

p.s. I did contradict myself in that- sorry!!
I meant to say that people most COMMONLY die when emaciated, but that they CAN experience AWFULL complications prior to this!!

By: Marrianne

Marrianne — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:14:04 +0000

Okay, I stumbled upon this sight when googling ‘Anorexia Sex’. The nature of this search was not intended to be rude, but I was simply fascinated by an apparent overlap of overt sexual behavours, bordering on promiscuity [in some] & Anorexia. Having been Anorexic for the last ten years I wanted to learn about the frequency of the overlap, espeacially considering the fact that Anorexia is infamous for eradicating the ability to either feel arrousal or emotionally connect during a sexual act [it varies largely, from scource to source].

I would also say that there is no such thing as ‘Dangerously thin’. Anorexics can die when emaciated, or whilst as a higher weight due to complications. Many Anorexics also purge [as with Bulimia] wich not only messes up the chemical balance immedeatly, but has a higher risk of organ failiure and instant death. It is Anorexia that is the silent disease that does not necessarily kill untill individuals are severely emaciated. That is not to say that organ failure and similar things are not imminent.

Actually many famous sports and, espeacially, Hollywood personalities meet the criteria of Anorexia nervosa, or at least borderline.
These guidlines are in place for a reason and are not just a randomly selected bunch of numbers used to describe something. They, instead, are numbers that can be indicitive of something that we might, other wise, be unaware of; behaviours, emotions, sexual function, appetite, perfectionistic traits, irritability, development of insomnia, the organs, cognative function, etc etc1 ALL of these things may be affected past a point.

If individuals DO recover then they CAN restore their general health, unless their organs have failed and their social network has been effected!!

Some Anorexics are considered to be sexy, look at Hollywood for gods sake, look at Audrey Hepburn, Mary Kate Olsen, almost any ‘everage looking’ acress lol

I appologise for sounding like a know it all b*tch, but I trully had difficulty reading statements such as ”I can see when a woman is dangerously thin”.
Can you??
Well you are fairly amazing then as I know proffessionals who have failed to see!!
Also, Anorexia, accordimg to the Diagnostic criteria, applies to rapid weight loss blah blah blah, but the emaciated are another story entirely- no such thing as ‘dangerously thin’, if a size zero or emaciated or any thing like this, then we ALL are ‘dengerously thin’ lol

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I also had NO idea that there was even such a thing as Anorexic Porn, untill this morning that is!!
It defeats nature in the eye of the beholder!!

Some link Anorexia to narcissism, but can apparently get their ‘narcissistic supply’ through sex [?!] Which MIGHT explain some narcissistic behaviours in some, but in the porn viewer?! [we all apparently have narcissitic traits as well!!]

ALSO- wether people refer to ‘hideously obese’ or to ‘hidiously thin’ they are simply using a decriptive with is often the consensous of people!! Or the masses even!!
But, according to ‘Anorexic Porn’ and the rumours about ‘large people porn’ some people across this plannet appear to love it haha!!

I muse now; if something is different does it become sexually intreaging to some?!
Woooooooooo, Who even KNEW that us Anna’s could spark such sexual interest?! LMFAO

Oh, but Angel noted the overlap between Anorexia and the ‘pre-pubescent’ body, wich in itself is disturbing, although not always intentional!! All I can say is that if looking at this kind of porn entertains certian people who might ‘enjoy’ those kinds of ‘pre-pubesent’ bodys
it must surely be a good thing?!
Keep them on the net and OUT of the way!!

Tc People,
Thank you for an interesting ‘debate’ [rant]
Marrianne
x x

By: poroto

poroto — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:51:46 +0000

I have admired skinny girls since I was a teenyear; 12 years old perhaps. I don’t know why. I remember one girl on the bus who I used to see frecquently when going to school. Never was corageous enough to talk to her. Too bad.
Perhaps I like them because they are delicate, fragil. Someone said above because one can feel more masculine. Yes , perhaps.
I feel atracted not only to thin girls , but some “normal” girls as well. However, my eyes get trapped when catching a skinny girl in the street. Now I got 40 years old; and I feel the same regarding women as when I was a teenyear

By: You want the truth?

You want the truth? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:22:51 +0000

Part curiosity part sick fuck. Part of me wanted to see anorexics for the freak show aspects…

And the darker side of me wanted to see whipped, malnourished, good looking sex slaves [yeah, real ones].

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:46:16 +0000

i haven’t participated in this conversation here for a while. some very interesting comments here.

since it’s hopeless for me to try to address all comments, i’ll just be lazy and say something to our last commenter, “the one”:

i don’t know if you saw the results of this research project; there were quite a number of people who alluded to the “unusual” aspect of porn as one of the reasons why they looked for porn involving anorexic women. but nobody gave as clear an explanation as you did. thank you!

By: the one

the one — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:38:22 +0000

Porn user response:

I have been looking at porn since i was able to..(god bless the internet..save us an awkward trip to the store/video place) Some people have already touched on the “rare” issue.. which might have a lot of truth to it.. see when you make your first porn search ever.. that is exactly what you type in the search bar “porn.” However, do to the taste factor.. we all like different things, so as time goes by, the searches get a lot more specific.. e.g. “45 year old redhead with freckles in her chest,” or “really skinny shaved blonde wearing black boots,” etc..

as you can see how if skinny, thin, or petite fails to bring the results desired.. anorexic usually comes to mind.. whether it’s a fetish i’m not sure.. but after the things I have seen online.. nothing surprises me anymore..

I hope it helps..

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:54:48 +0000

I have several opinions on this topic. I think that every man has a different reason for liking thin girls. Some men are attracted to thinner women because it makes them feel more masculine and manly compared to them (like women who like big, strong men feel more feminine around them), and some men like thin women because they are attracted to the vulnerability and femininity of it. Unfortunately, I also think that other men are attracted to skinny women because they are (maybe subconsiously) attracted to young girls. I myself am not anorexic, but I have seen pro-ana girls on myspace and from looking at some of the girl’s pictures, they look like they are 14 instead of 18-20; They have smaller breasts, small hips, and small thighs (they post pictures of themselves in their undergarments and suck their stomach in so that they can critique themselves). I actually felt wierd looking at some of the pictures for the reason that the girls looked almost pre-pubescent. Why any man would be attracted to a slim teenage girl is probably the same as the above reasons; they feel more powerful/manly, they like the idea of caring for a helpless/vulnerable woman, and they like to be dominant.

By: frank

frank — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:20:40 +0000

First, let me say that I am really impressed with the level of dialogue going on here. It is unfortunately rare for the comment section of a blog.

I arrived here via a search for “thin fetish”. I am a bi-sexual male and have sexual partners of various body types. I myself am fairly thin, 5’9″ and 135 lbs. I have never had any sort of eating disorder, just thin framed (I have the smaller wrists than my thin female friends).

Like I said body type isn’t a determining factor in my sexual partner selection. That said, I’ve noticed a particular eroticism associated with thin female bodies. Societally influenced? probably. I am not attracted to people who are too skinny for their bodies. But thin does it for me sometimes. Just like butch does at others.

I am aware of my role in perpetuating eating disorders by placing value (beauty, eroticism, whatever) on thin people. I don’t feel right (nor true to myself) saying, “I am only attracted to thin people, anything else doesn’t do it for me.” That mindset supports the societal standards that encourage eating disorders and other body image related illnesses.

I am not shameful of nor resistant to the part of me that finds thinness attractive. I just keep it in check and make sure that it is just part of my sexuality. Similarly, I have engaged in some role play / fantasy situations that included forced sex scenarios. While these were exceptionally erotic, I did not jettison the rest of my sexual repertoire and focus exclusively on that type of fantasy play.

I’ll end this diatribe by reiterating my feeling of responsibility, as a member of this society, to own the fact that our image of beauty is fucked. To limit myself to that narrow band of what is erotic, would be to sacrifice so much. It would be like eating only fast food meals because they taste good.

Again, thank you Isabella for maintaining this site and hosting this ongoing conversation. I’m glad I could contribute.