Other Fetishes

Hi @oznl, Always great to read you! Lacan knew he was not meant to be read by non-analysts. Well! not exactly a seller for us laymen, whose curiosity might just picked for a second. Lacan is harsh in his approach, and of course he knew it. He doesn't want the reader to understand too quickly. As a matter of fact it sounds like you did exactly what Lacan wanted you to do: go away and work out what this all means. In other words: Go to work! Now is it all worth the trouble? For quite a few, me included, it seems so. With the term Jouissance you touch on the classic debate within the Lacanian sphere. I wasn't expecting anything else from you here We do use the term enjoyment in the clinic, that's when we start losing patience, because the term is problematic. Besides the fact that Jouissance is indeed in the English dictionary (physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy) there is a missing dimension. Enjoyment misses the painful, masochistic part of the experience. For this reason Lacan wasn't happy with the term Enjoyment, that is, besides when the superego commands you To Enjoy! Does a German enjoys his food differently when he thinks of it in French or English? Why would anyone come to use a number of different words to describe the same thing? That is, if not because this 'thing' we think is the same, simply is not for others.  How did we come to be this way? The question is an important one, again, for those that are being curious as to their fate. But one could argue this is a question anyone could ask themselves. Why am I gay? Why do I get off on a pair of panties? Why is this woman making such an impact on me? Perhaps your question could be rephrased as Why Diapers?  Without going into a full psychoanalytic interpretation here, I find it useful to use Lacan to try and make sense of things. Never be scared of starting with stating the obvious: - Surely it is safe to say that entering the wold is not a pleasant experience - Diapers are amongst the first objects we encounter in life. What happens if we lose it too early? - Why did they not eventually fade into the background? What didn't take place instead? - What are their purposes besides offering protection (protection?)- and protection against what? A missing phallus/father? Raw and unsymbolized Jouissance? - Could it be that they provide some quilting point?Maybe even provide a much needed signifier to identify with, a discourse, some coordinates? - "Anxiety about who I am? Not for me, I am incontinent, an ABDL, etc.. I know what my place is in the world. I am in communication with my peers." - They hide, in this instance, the phallus. Note the Other seems to be involved somewhere - "what's underneath have you got there?, they ask". Even "I can't see for sure that you are a man". Surely, a better 'protection' than being overwhelmed by what words cannot do. Those are only so many questions I myself have at the present. Again, as I said, interesting only for those who like posing them... What a better subject to explore using a Lacanian grid, for me anyway, while being held in the iron grip of such a fascinating object.   

Kayla’s schoolmates split into two groups. Most of them kept whispering and grinning and even turned heads in an attempt to see the diaper under her skirt. They even noticed her fiddling and guessed what was going on. However, a small group avoided that behavior and gave her a merciful smile. Annie waited until the next break and headed towards the nurse’s office to ask her about Kayla.

When I was younger, I worked in the engine room of submarines. Then on shore-duty, I taught others how to work in the engine room of submarines.

"Oh hi," Hannah said as the door opened, and walking into the house. For as awkward as she felt just coming into a strangers house, Akiza seemed not only to be unsurprised that she'd taken her up on the offer of a snack and completely at ease with her in the home. Normally Hannah's reaction would have been to offer to help with the cookies but Akiza seemed done with them. She thought Akiza was inviting her over to chat with her specifically but after being directed to Rei in the living room, she felt like she was being shooed out of the kitchen. Maybe Akiza was just doing a good job of pretending that Hannah wasn't intruding or maybe she really liked baking and it did for her what coming home to play video games after a long week did for Hannah. Regardless, she was feeling increasingly out of place so she agreed and walked into the living room, sitting down on the couch. "Um...hi Rei, it's me, Hannah, you know, from next door? Your mommy invited me to get a cookie while my laundry finishes up. What are you watching?"

Before leaving Hannah would notice a footie zippered hello kitty sleeper was left in the dryer perhaps  Akiza maybe left it behind it did look small on the small side.    Sometime  later Akiza was taking cookies out of the oven and heard a knock on the door and set the cookies on top on the stove to cool before answering the door “Ah welcome Hannah please come in make yourself at home Rei is in the living room watching tv if you want to go say hi.”