I found out about 2 years ago, my older brother is a DL too.

[Mandy Cullen]

Originally Posted by Lukie

Genetics to do with fetishes? I honestly don't think so. I believe having any sort of fetish is a matter of preference, appeal and environmental factors.

*shrugs* maybe how they were raised im not saying badly but yeah you get what im saying....i hope...

[Maverick]

Originally Posted by Mandy_Jonas

*shrugs* maybe how they were raised im not saying badly but yeah you get what im saying....i hope...

Or they might have had a very happy babyhood, but now lead a stressful life and wish to return to the bliss they felt as a baby.

[Vaultin]

Genetic predisposition to infantilism and fur spectrum fetishes is my theory.

[Maverick]

Originally Posted by Vaultin

Genetic predisposition to infantilism and fur spectrum fetishes is my theory.

Surely you can't believe that's the only cause of infantilism, right?

[Millenniumfalsehood]

I certainly wish I had someone to talk to about my fetish, but I know no-one in my family who like diapers like me. My nephew *might*, as he seems pretty comfortable wearing them at night, even going so far as to not pulling his pajama pants up all the way, but I haven't gotten a chance to talk to him.

In any case, I took a psychology class, mainly to see what I could find out about my fetish, and I learned that fetishes are not genetically predispositioned, and are thought to be connected to that early part in life where you first learn that girls and boys have different parts. Some boys will latch on to an object and connect it with love in some way, and the feeling manifests itself sexually as the years go by.

[ricky]

Originally Posted by Millenniumfalsehood

In any case, I took a psychology class, mainly to see what I could find out about my fetish, and I learned that fetishes are not genetically predispositioned, and are thought to be connected to that early part in life where you first learn that girls and boys have different parts. Some boys will latch on to an object and connect it with love in some way, and the feeling manifests itself sexually as the years go by.

That's interesting, I haven't heard that before, but I know in my case that it was due to my volatile family environment. I began wanting to be a baby again at a young age for the security of it, and later started to take it further with actually making my own diapers. It was during puberty that it turned sexual for me. So this all fits into that theory quite well.

[Maverick]

Originally Posted by Millenniumfalsehood

In any case, I took a psychology class, mainly to see what I could find out about my fetish, and I learned that fetishes are not genetically predispositioned, and are thought to be connected to that early part in life where you first learn that girls and boys have different parts. Some boys will latch on to an object and connect it with love in some way, and the feeling manifests itself sexually as the years go by.

Yes, that is a theory popularly believed by many psychologists. However, the truth is, the cause of fetishism is currently unknown. The possibility of fetishism being caused by genetics is not ruled out because it hasn't been proven. There are multiple theories on fetishism, however, none of them have been proven and I believe only a few have been disproven.

[redtails]

Here goes genetics versus the kind of people: a poor family cannot feed their children proper food, they'll be underfed and will get bad jobs, disabling them to feed their children proper food. The fact bad jobs run through a family doesn't mean it's genetic

What I'm saying is that something can stay within a family without being genetic, be careful not to bring your children up with the thought that diapers are okay just because you're an infantilist yourself. Only the future can tell us what the relation between infantilism in parents and infantilism in their children is.

More on topic though, if you so highly suspect your brother to be an infantilist, then ask yourself if there's a possibility he wets the bed and you're the only one in the family who doesn't know that. About that e-mail address though, if you're absolutely sure it's his e-mail address, just e-mail it?

[spacemanBEN]

Nurture vs. Nature, always an interesting debate. I've had some interesting conversations with my Dad about this very topic as he is a therapist. Scientists are finding that DNA is the cause for more and more things, such as some aspects of personality and sexuality, though not morals. Have you ever read about identical twins separated at birth? It's very interesting. This is amazing to me, though I still think that the way you are raised has a lot to do with the way you turn out.

[Maverick]

Originally Posted by baBBen

Nurture vs. Nature, always an interesting debate. I've had some interesting conversations with my Dad about this very topic as he is a therapist. Scientists are finding that DNA is the cause for more and more things, such as some aspects of personality and sexuality, though not morals. Have you ever read about identical twins separated at birth? It's very interesting. This is amazing to me, though I still think that the way you are raised has a lot to do with the way you turn out.

No doubt. After all, if the way one is raised didn't have to do with the way one turns out, we would have the same personality and morals at the age of 20 that we have at the age of 5. So, clearly, the way one is raised does affect their personality and morals.