I do believe that being ABDL will become more accepted over time. I have been around a bit longer than a lot of folks here on ADISC and yet still a bit less than others. But I have seen a huge, I mean HUGE difference that has occurred since I was in college and it just keeps increasing.
First, there WAS NO ACCEPTANCE when I was in high school for stuff like this. I mean, part of it was that it just wasn't even generally known about. And I can say this, because I thought I was the only one in this planet that even had this interest and guess what, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T ACCEPT IT, and I highly doubt many others would have either, as it just wasn't known about as the internet was in it's own infancy, and shows such as Jerry Springer and the like were the first one's bringing this to the public's eye, and it really wasn't taken well.
Fast forward to today. Not everyone has heard about it, but I would dare say there is likely at least 70-80% of the more developed world's population has a least heard of it. There are pop singers that admit they are adult babies, and sales of ABDL products continue to increase, with more and more companies joining in and making products tailored to the ABDL. There are store-front ABDL companies as well as online and you don't have to settle for some medical product anymore.
Just as with LBGTQ+ awareness evolving over time, the awareness has brought more folks with these feelings to being open about it and there are a lot more folks that are being able to be who they are as the awareness has increased. With this awareness, the discrimination and shaming that in general society has occurred is also creating laws prohibiting people from the discrimination of such. While ABDL has no such protections, it is in the infant stage of the growing awareness of it, and more and more people who have this interest are acting on it, purchasing products, and statistics can only point to more celebrities and folks in the public eye also eventually coming out about it. All of this creates more awareness, and also more acceptance, as it becomes less of such an uncommon thing.
Is it every going to become socially acceptable in general society to be ABDL? Well, I doubt it. Just as there will always be those who don't accept other things about people, due to their own beliefs and thinking. But will it get better? Well, this Teddy Bear has seen a ton of improvement and I highly doubt we are anywhere reaching a plateau.
It only takes a bunch of the "cool kids" (or adults) that make it a trend or something and "BOOM", I think it actually could make a big change (no pun intended). I have to admit, the PeekABU hats and such are pretty cool. Using this as an example, I could see it taking off amongst certain circles and spreading to its own "little" culture.
Forgive me for using any celebrity's name, but with all the attention recently on Brittney... what if suddenly she said she was ABDL? What if she sponsored some classy line of clothes that pictured a binkie, or even a diaper logo that was something like "
Why not live a little?".
Or what if Chris Helmsworth (Marvel's Thor) came out as ABDL? What if he decided to get into the youtube world and made a video or two of him wearing an ABDL diaper and said something like "
Real men aren't ashamed of being little".
Or how about if Clint Eastwood came out as being ABDL and did a vimeo video where he was in character as Harold Callahan and was chasing the bad guys and the scene caught him in his shirt and suit, but just wearing an obviously ABDL diapered bottom and he says to the bad guy, "
What, you think this looks funny, PUNK? Well do ya? Let me ask you one question, do you feel lucky punk? You wanna make a wise crack about my diaper? Well do ya, Punk? Go ahead, make my day!"
(I mean, its highly possible that Clint does wear diapers these days. He is 91 years old - so yeah, that might not have the effect as if he did this when he was aged as he was in 1971 when Dirty Harry was produced)
Okay, okay, sorry, Teddy Bear digresses into imagination there...
But my point is that
what if? I mean, truly, what if there are celebrities or others that have a following and they happen to come out as being ABDL? Has that not happened somewhat with those who are LBGTQ+ and made quite a difference? Yes, it has. So, while so far Miley has been the primary current pop culture person coming out as ABDL, I highly doubt she is the only one that will publicly do so.
And all it takes is for someone, or even not someone in the celebrity limelight, but that makes a difference in their own world to share their being ABDL, and others look to this and admire them, and follow. Then others look upon it also and follow. And so on. Suddenly, there is a trend, a difference, and being ABDL isn't the same shamed thing that it once was.
Sighs...
Long monologue. If you are still here, thanks for listening. But my point is that yes, it will continue to be more accepted and this isn't based just on hope, but on actual trends. Look at the statistics. If you can't find statistics, then simply look at observations and you will find there is an increasing trend of folks who identify as being ABDL, increasing awareness of the ABDL community, and this in turn results in a greater acceptance and more normalization of ABDLism as a whole.
Teddy Bear words of thought.
And even if it starts with young folks, those young folks grow up and carry that forward into the "little" adult world too.