<P> In one study of AB / DL website participants, 93% of the sample was male (excluding transgender individuals). 58% of the men and 34% of the women were heterosexual . Males first became interested in AB / DL at a mean age of 11, and started practicing it at 13, compared to 12 and 16 for females, respectively . The most frequent activities were wearing diapers, wetting, and using other baby items . 87% of the men and 91% of the women reported that their AB / DL had not caused any significant problems or distress . </P> <P> Meaningful information on the incidence or prevalence of any of the paraphilias are lacking due to the often clandestine nature of such practices . Similarly, it has been observed that infantilism is a closeted activity and it is not well documented in the medical literature . If exceptional behaviors do not cause functional impairment, personal distress or distress to others, or have legal implications they can escape the purview of psychiatric awareness and knowledge . Additionally, infantilists may not consider themselves as suffering from a medical condition and may not want to change their behavior, a common occurrence among individuals with paraphilias . Individuals with paraphilic infantilism may only seek therapy for other issues, or be encouraged or coerced to seek treatment if discovered by others . Given these issues the potential of anonymous internet surveys for data collection on infantilist communities has been noted . </P> <P> Infantilism is a diffuse phenomenon and different authorities have taken varied approaches to the question of its medical and sexological classification . </P> <P> The conventional definition of infantilism means the persistence of childlike traits in adults and medically the failure to attain sexual maturity, and "sexual infantilism" is also used medically as a synonym for delayed puberty . The term "psychosexual infantilism" was used in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development to refer to individuals who had not matured through its hypothetical stages into heterosexuality . Psychologist Wilhelm Stekel used "psychosexual infantilism" as a category similar to paraphilia, including paraphilic infantilism and other paraphilias and sexual orientations . </P>

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