Ageplay is a term from the field of BDSM, in which one or both partners assume different ages in fantasy and live them out in play. It is very often the case that the bottom or the sub are made younger in order to create a greater power differential to the top.
This is the rule, but not always and everywhere valid. There are also games in which the top is made much older to achieve a similar effect.
Top and Bottom - what do the terms actually mean?
The terms top and bottom or dom and sub are almost commonplace in the BDSM scene and are used a lot and frequently. As you can see in this information video, the different roles in the various sexual games are meant.
Top or Dom are always the determining and controlling role models inthe power structure of BDSM, while Sub or Bottom are controlled and subjected to psychological or physical punishment and appropriate treatment.
How pronounced the whole thing is depends not least on the type of play and its individual expression.
Ageplay in its various forms
In ageplay, players thus change their age in the game, for example, in order to more easily empathize with or re-enact certain situations. Common forms are, for example, the rejuvenation to men or women who have just reached the age of majority and who, for example, are subjected to a comprehensive examination during muster or who are reprimanded by the instructor.
The more extreme forms of ageplay go even further and select age groups of child or baby age. Often, these preferences are located in the area of diaper fetish or adult baby. However, such games are frowned upon in parts of the scene, so many people tend to live out their preferences in the dark and in secret.
No wonder, these games seem to be clearly too much in the realm of pedophilia. Even though most of the people concerned would disagree here, research currently assumes a kind of autopaedophilia. Adherents of Adult Baby Play rarely come out for this reason and are therefore rarely found.
Bottom and Top in Ageplay - different angles of observation
Often, the bottom in ageplay is already relieved of the responsibility because of the age. Whether just at muster or at a job interview, the power imbalance is very noticeable. In addition, the new age helps the bottom to empathize more easily with the role and to be disciplined and reprimanded.
As a top in ageplay, on the other hand, roleplay is also much simplified. If in one's own mind the bottom is much younger and thus less knowledgeable, it is easier to appear dominant and knowledgeable.
It is therefore of crucial importance that in the run-up to ageplay an appropriate age and a certain level of knowledge is agreed upon. This way, both partners benefit immensely.
