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Expert Issues Warning Over Dark New Fetish ‘Vorarephilia’ As Trend Becomes Popular
An expert has issued a warning over the dark new fetish ‘vorarephilia,’ which is becoming an increasingly popular trend.
There are many bizarre fads when it comes to spicing up the bedroom, from the rainbow kiss to ‘sploshing.’
Yet some are safer than others to participate in, and now, s** expert Hope Flynn has shared some crucial points to understand over a rather controversial one.
Flynn, who is head of content at s**ual wellness brand IPlaySafe, says it’s ‘important’ for those learning about vorarephilia, also known as vore, to understand it stays in the fantasy territory.
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Information regarding vore comes amid a new report on the top fetishes for every U.S. state.
Researchers have been analyzing the data of millions of internet users and made some interesting findings.
For example, ‘tickling’ is a popular fetish among southern states such as Florida and Texas.
Meanwhile, ‘wrestling’ is particularly trending in states like Colorado and Oklahoma.
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Avery Martin, from the fetish website Clips4Sale (C4S), says while there’s been a ‘public resurgence of masculine energy’ men are privately ‘fantasizing about powerful women,’ per MailOnline.
Astro Domina, a Seattle-based dominatrix and fetish producer, adds that there’s a ‘giantess’ kink – also known as macrophilia – which involves being ‘shrunken down and crushed.’
“In this little scenario or fantasy of theirs, they want to be shrunken down into an ant-sized human being,” Domina told UNILAD.
“And at the end of each scenario, they either want to be eaten, which is called War fetish, they want to be also what do you call it? Crushed by either my foot or my a**? So there’s many different ways to that.”
While the research made these intriguing findings, it also brought to light that vore is one of the most popular fetishes, particularly in states on the West Coast and in the Northeast and Midwest.
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According to the National Institutes of Health, vore is ‘characterized by the erotic desire to consume or be consumed by another person or creature.’
As this s**ual interest can’t be enacted in real life due to physical and legal restraints, little details on this desire exist.
Those who have such fantasies instead seek it out through ‘text or illustrations’ via the internet.
For those intrigued, expert Hope Flynn has issued a warning.
She told Femail: “It’s important to know that vore is only fantasy and doesn’t involve real harm or eating.
“There’s a distinction between those who like to consume (predators) and those who like to be consumed (prey).”
Flynn says people have become more open-minded about such fetishes due to popular culture changing our views on vampires and humanizing their lifestyles.
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She explains: “The idea of taking a bite out of someone has been romanticized by films and shows such as Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and Venom.”
The expert adds that cannib**ism is also being shown more onscreen, such as in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and House of Hammer.
Despite this, vore is still deemed controversial and is ‘not as widely understood as other fetishes.’
Hope summarizes: “So when talking about these interests, it’s important to be respectful and aware of consent and boundaries in these adult activities.
“People who get involved in vore should communicate openly, establish consent, and engage responsibly.”
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