Macrophilia

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Macrophilia is a fascination with or a sexual fantasy involving giants, most commonly expressed as giant humans, as well as giant objects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-excess/201504/big-love|title=Big Love|website=Psychology Today|language=en|access-date=2017-10-18}} In 2023, the Giantess kink was found to be the most popular kink searched for on the website Clips4Sale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/giantess-gigantic-woman-fetish-porn-most-searched-kink/|title=The Rise of 'Giant' Kink, 2023|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2023-02-12}} Generally, depictions range from sexually explicit actions to non-sexual interactions while still providing sexual stimulation for those with the fantasy.

Online communities refer to this subculture as macro fetish or GTS fetish, an abbreviation of "giantess".{{citation |author=Wilfred D. DeVoe |date=1997 |title=Addresses of GTS & Tall Woman sites |publisher=alt.sex.fetish.size}}{{citation |author=Katharine Gates |date=1999 |title=Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex |quote=INTERNET SEARCH KEYWORDS: GTS, macro, giantess, crush, trample. WHAT IT IS: A sexual fantasy of being tiny and at the mercy of a gigantic human.}}{{citation| date=2006 |author1=Dominique Mainon |author2=James Ursini |title=Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen |quote=Technically the erotic obsession with such large women is labeled "macrophilia," but it is more commonly referred to as simply "GTS," short for giantess.}}

Description

Although macrophilia literally translates to simply a "lover of large", in the context of a sexual fantasy, it is used to denote attraction to beings larger than themselves. Males who are attracted to larger females are known as Amazon chasers.{{cite web | url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmazonChaser | title=Amazon Chaser }} Generally, the interest differs among macrophiles, and depends on gender and sexual orientation. Macrophiles often enjoy the feel of being physically smaller, ranging from sadomasochistic fantasies such as being abused, degraded, dominated, or eaten, to friendly fantasies such as being rescued, protected and befriended by the larger, typically heroic female, and they often view the much taller being as powerful and dominating.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Psychologist Mark Griffiths speculates that the roots of macrophilia may lie in sexual arousal in childhood and early adolescence that is accidentally associated with giants.{{cite news|last1=Monk|first1=Felicity|title=The Men Who Want to Have Sex with Actual Giants|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/macrophilia-fetish-the-men-who-want-to-have-sex-with-actual-giants/|access-date=12 November 2016|work=Vice|date=2016-10-26}}

Speculating on why there are not as many female macrophiles, psychologist Helen Friedman theorized that women who already view men as dominant and powerful have no need to fantasize about it. Still there exists a presence of women who can enjoy both aspects of macrophilia. Women who take on the roles of the giantess within this fetish often find the practice to be empowering and enjoy being worshipped.

One article in Men's Health argues that because the pressures faced by men tend to be greater, “becoming unimportant or unnoticed in the presence of an unconquerable creature could be a brief respite”.[https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a43721443/giantess-porn-macrophilia/ What Is Macrophilia? Sex Experts Explain Why Giantess Porn Turns People On.]

Community

=Internet=

The internet has played an important role in helping to develop the fetish. The pornography site Pornhub's 2015 annual report showed that compared to 2014, the biggest increase in search topic was giantess, which had a 1091 percent gain in searches.{{cite news|last1=Lehmiller|first1=Justin|title=GIANTESS WOMEN ARE THE NEW BIG THING IN PORN|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/giantess-porn|access-date=26 January 2016|publisher=Playboy|date=January 19, 2016}} There also existed an exhibit at the Museum of Sex titled "Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination" which explored many different fantasies, including macrophilia.

Online content creators have also developed homemade media that has helped grow the fetish's reach.{{Cite news|url=http://contemporaryqueer.com/2015/06/gay-macrophilia-sexual-fetish/|title=Gay Macrophilia: A Sexual Fantasy of Great Proportions {{!}} Contemporary Queer|date=2015-06-29|work=Contemporary Queer|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-US}} In addition to generating content across websites, some content creators have even branded themselves in ways that helped them generate a following and gain revenue for their work.{{Cite news|url=http://contemporaryqueer.com/2015/07/microphile-drevon-the-colossus-interview/|title=Interview with Microphile Erotic Artist Drevon the Colossus {{!}} Contemporary Queer|date=2015-07-13|work=Contemporary Queer|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en-US}} After data was gathered from 4,814,732 videos on clips4sale, an established porn site, it was found that "giantess" was the 34th most popular category.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2015/apr/30/porn-data-visualising-fetish-space|title=Porn data: visualising fetish space|last=Robbins|first=Martin|date=2015-04-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

The macro community has produced fiction writing, digital art, and collages on websites such as DeviantArt and Pixiv. Dedicated macrophilia websites include Giantess World, the Giantess City forums, and the male-centered CoiledFist and GTF productions, Karbo, Eskoz, and AshkiiWolf are among the more popular artists.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/giantess-vore-porn/|title=Everything you need to know about giantess vore — and why it's so big|access-date=2020-05-22}}

=Video games=

Macrophilia video games have also been developed; Sizebox is a sandbox game in which players import models and create scenes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/giantess-porn/|title=What is giantess porn, and why is it so popular?|access-date=2020-05-22}} Resize Me! is an anime VR game in development; the player is gradually shrunken by their childhood friend and toyed with.

The popularity of Resident Evil Village's antagonist Lady Dimitrescu has been attributed to her giant size.{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/04/26/lady-dimitrescu-resident-evil-village-trampling-macrophilia-dominatrix-gemma-glitter/|title=Dominatrix explains what would happen if Resident Evil's 9'6" Lady Dimitrescu actually trampled you|last=Nightingale|first=Ed|date=April 26, 2021|website=PinkNews|access-date=May 6, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inputmag.com/gaming/what-real-life-tall-women-really-think-about-resident-evil-villages-tall-vampire-lady-dimitrescu|title=What real-life tall women really think about 'Resident Evil Village''s tall vampire lady|last=Wright|first=Steven|date=May 7, 2021|work=Input Mag|access-date=May 6, 2021}}

=Real-world experience=

One way macrophiles enjoy their fetish physically is by scheduling private sessions with extraordinarily tall people to engage in non-sexual interactions; trampling, lifting and carrying, foot worshiping, roleplaying and domination.

SizeCon is an annual event for people who enjoy size changing to gather in person. Since 2016 it has provided a place for fans to showcase art, socials to discuss various aspects of the fetish, and roleplay opportunities.{{Cite web |title=F.A.Q. |url=https://sizecon.com/faq |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=SizeCon 2025 |language=en-US}}

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{{cite web|last=Bowen |first=Jon |title=Urge: A Giant Fetish |work=Salon.com |publisher=Associated Press |date=May 22, 1999 |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/05/22/macrophilia/ |access-date=February 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004232754/http://www.salon.com/1999/05/22/macrophilia/ |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web| last = Mahler| first = Kristina| title = Chatting with a Giantess| work = Vice| date = June 25, 2010| url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/chatting-with-a-giantess/| access-date = January 16, 2014}}

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