Vorarephilia

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Vorarephilia (often shortened to vore) is a paraphilia wherein an individual's sexual arousal occurs in response to a fantasy of a person or creature being consumed.[1][2][3][4] Since vorarephilic fantasies cannot be acted out in reality, they are often expressed in stories or drawings shared on the Internet.[1] The word vorarephilia is derived from the Latin vorare (to "swallow" or "devour"), and Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, "love").

The fantasy usually involves the victim being swallowed whole, though occasionally the victims are chewed up, and digestion may or may not be included.[4][5][1] Vore fantasies are separated from sexual cannibalism because the living victim is swallowed whole.[1] Sometimes the consumers are human, but anthropormorphized animals, dragons, and enormous snakes also appear frequently in these fantasies.[1] After consumption, the enlarged belly of the consumer is often described with great care.[1]

It is most often enjoyed through pictures, stories, videos, and video games, and can appear in mainstream media.[6] In some cases, vorarephilia may be described as a variation of macrophilia and may combine with other paraphilias.[7] Apart from macrophilia, vore fantasies often have themes of BDSM, microphilia, pregnancy fetishism, furry fetishism, "unbirthing" (a desire to be swallowed whole into the vagina and returned to the uterus), and sexual cannibalism.[1]

One case study analysis connected the fantasy with sexual masochism, and suggested that it could be motivated by a desire to merge with a powerful other or permanently escape loneliness.[1] With "no known treatment" for vorarephiles who feel ill at ease with their sexuality, psychologists at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have recommended trying to "adjust to, rather than change or suppress" the sexual interest.[5] Medication for sex drive reduction could be used if deemed necessary.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Lykins, A. D. & Cantor, J. M. (2014). "Vorarephilia: a case study in masochism and erotic consumption". Archives of Sexual Behavior 43 (1): 181–186.
  2. ↑ Adams, Cecil (2004-07-02). "Eat or be eaten: Is cannibalism a pathology as listed in the DSM-IV?". The Straight Dope. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
  3. ↑ Ågmo, Anders (2007). Functional and dysfunctional sexual behavior: a synthesis of neuroscience and comparative psychology. Academic Press. p. 454. doi:10.1016/B978-012370590-7/50013-X. ISBN 0-12-370590-8.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brundage, Sandy (2002-07-31). "Fetish Confessions". The Wave Magazine 2 (15). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brean, Joseph (1 October 2013). "Man who desired to be eaten by a 'large, dominant woman' a baffling case for Toronto psychiatric hospital doctors". National Post.
  6. ↑ Brathwaite, Brenda (2007). "Defining sex". Sex in video games. Advances in computer graphics and game development. London: Charles River Media. p. 20. ISBN 1-58450-459-5. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
  7. ↑ Ceilán, Cynthia (2008). Weirdly Beloved: Tales of Strange Bedfellows, Odd Couplings, and Love Gone Bad. Globe Pequot. p. 90. ISBN 1-59921-403-2.

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