A cuckquean is the wife of an adulterous

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(or partner for unmarried companions), and the gender-opposite of a cuckold. In

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, the term is also applied to females who are investing parental effort in offspring that are not genetically their own. Similar prying within a family is called ''wittoldry''. The term is derived from

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dating back to AD 1562 and is composed of the terms ''cuck''Merriam-Webster: cuck
/ref> "someone whose partner is unfaithful" and ''quean'' "disreputable woman".Merriam-Webster: queane
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Cuckqueanry as a fetish

A cuckquean fetishist is aware of her partner's activity, sometimes actively encouraging it, and derives sexual pleasure from it. Among some fetishists, the cuckquean's humiliation or victimization is a major element of the

paraphilia A paraphilia is an experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, places, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It has also been defined as a sexual interest in anything other than a legally consenting human ...

. In the cuckqueaning fetish subculture, the

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takes on the role of being sexually dominant, while the female takes on a submissive role. The wife usually only becomes involved with the man or his lover(s) when he permits it—sometimes remaining altogether

celibate Celibacy (from Latin ''caelibatus'') is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the term ''celibacy'' is applied on ...

. In cuckqueaning, the male is known as the ''hothusband'' and the other female is known as th''e cuckcake''. Cuckqueaning is often known as ''hothusbanding''. Cuckqueanry, like cuckolding, is commonly depicted as a heteronormative sexual fantasy and/or activity played out between a husband and wife, but can involve any number of gender and sexual orientations. When the fetish is simply androphilic or heterosexual, the wife has sex only with her husband; when it is bisexual, the wife may have sex with both her husband and the other woman (or women), or only with the husband's lover(s). The fetish specifics can vary widely. Sometimes the husband and his lover(s) treat the cuckquean lovingly; sometimes it involves nothing but swinging, swapping husbands or sharing a lover. But when it goes beyond this, the fetish can require that the cuckquean be humiliated or debased. Sometimes this may be accidental or incidental (e.g., the parties involved are too aroused to stop), but at other times the humiliation may be intentional, and the husband and his lover(s) act out a story or perform a ritual in which they force the cuckquean to perform humiliating acts, or enter into circumstances that debase her. In many cuckqueaning relationships, women fantasize that their partners impregnate other women.

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Cuckqueanry as a fetish

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