A kink built around the idea, fantasy or actual possibility of pregnancy. Ejaculation inside a partner is usually central to it, so it overlaps heavily with creampie play, but for many the real charge comes from the thought of conception rather than the act alone.
For some people breeding is purely fantasy, with no genuine chance of anyone becoming pregnant. For others the real risk is the point, and conception may actually happen. These are quite different experiences and partners tend to have firm preferences about which one they want. Going without a barrier is often a significant part of the physical and emotional feel of being bred. Dirty talk about being filled or made pregnant is common, as are D/s scenes where one partner “claims” or “marks” the other, either symbolically or literally.
Breeding play is common in gay culture too, even though the receiving partner cannot become pregnant. There the appeal lies in the language, the mindset and the act of being seeded. Some people extend the fantasy with toys such as ovipositors, which deposit eggs or other material to simulate being impregnated.
People enjoy it for many reasons. Some describe it as a primal, instinctive urge; some love the sensation of being filled or the imagery of a changing body; some find it affirms their sense of femininity or identity; and others are drawn to the surrender of letting instinct override careful planning, or to the feeling of ownership it brings to a power exchange. The word itself comes from the older farming sense of “to breed”, meaning to reproduce.
It is related to, but separate from, pregnancy fetish, and the two may or may not go together.
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