Thank you for posting this, I enjoyed the article.
Id have to agree that diapers are the main factor in becoming an AB. I strongly believe that without diapers, infantilism as we know it wouldnt exist. Just about everybody likes to relive parts pf their childhood if it was a good one, yet its only ABs who go all out with diapers and clothing.
Id also like to hypothesize why we dont see Adult Babies outside of western culture. (Japan is western, BTW, if not a strange version of it)
For the last 60 years or so women have been going to work, dividing their time between raising kids and helpig to pay the bills. I grew up in a house like this-my earliest memories are of my mom chasing me out of her home office. Lord knows how many projects of hers I fucked up.
I know that with my dad working full time and my two older sisters in school, the time I was a baby was probably the only time I received the attention I needed, and probablyhe only time I experienced tender love from my mom. I cant say I have any memories of my mom hugging me or telling me she loved me. Im sure it happened, but not wnough for me to remember, and I think my brain formed an obsession with diapering time because of this disparity.
This problem seems to be uniquely western. Only in westernized countries is the average citizen able to afford things like daycare, diapers and babysitters, all replacements for actual parenting. Look at how children are raised with the family during all activitiesof the day in other cultures, such as India and Africa. I think this allows for better parent/child bonds to form, hence why kids aren't associating love with an inanimate object such as diapers. The love they needed came from their parents.
Its ok though, while weve been casting away the traditional roles of women, soon the tradiional roles of men will be thrown out as well, and we wont have to worry about women judging us as not being "manly" because we like to wear diapers. I dont mean to end the post on a cynical note but