An expert has issued a warning about the dark and increasingly talked-about fetish known as “vorarephilia,” or “vore.”
While there are countless unusual trends that people explore to add excitement to their sex lives—ranging from the rainbow kiss to sploshing—not all are equally safe to engage in.
Hope Flynn, head of content at the sexual wellness brand IPlaySafe, has highlighted the importance of understanding the boundaries of this particular fetish. She emphasizes that vorarephilia is a fantasy that must remain strictly in the realm of imagination.
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.
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.
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.
She explains: “Films and TV shows like Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and Venom have romanticized the idea of taking a bite out of someone.”
The expert also notes that cannibalism is appearing more frequently in media, with shows like Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and House of Hammer bringing it to the screen.
However, vore remains a controversial topic and is “not as widely understood as other fetishes.”
Hope emphasizes: “When discussing these interests, it’s important to approach the topic with respect, and to prioritize consent and clear boundaries in adult contexts.
“Those exploring vore should communicate openly, ensure mutual consent, and engage in a responsible manner.”
