Sex expert shares warning to Brits into ‘Vorarephilia’ – the bizarre fetish on the rise in the UK

Vorarephilic fantasies are ‘often composed in text or illustrations and shared with other members of this subculture via the Internet’.

People are now taking to Reddit to confess their vorarephilic and even cannibalistic desires online – including one man who admitted to wanting to ‘eat’ and ‘bite’ his girlfriend.

He said he has had these strange fantasies since he was ‘really young’ and wants to play out his kink with his current girlfriend.

‘After meeting her, my interests expanded somewhat; she’s the only person I’ve ever been interested in eating. Fortunately, this was impossible, for obvious reasons: I was still thinking in terms of “soft vore”, in which no damage is done to either party,’ he wrote in a psychology forum.

‘This is where things get difficult. We’ve been together a while now and within the past few weeks, I’ve begun to shift towards “hard vore”.

‘This includes cannibalism: I’ve been attracted especially to biting at her neck, hands, and nose. I feel that I’ve done a good job at communicating this to her, so I haven’t crossed any lines because I’ve controlled myself. I would never hurt her.’

‘Soft vore’, as the man mentions, refers to when a person is aroused by them or someone else being consumed alive, whole and unharmed whereas ‘hard vore’ is more violent but not necessarily sensually or sexually motivated.

‘Earlier tonight, after dinner, I just got an impulse. My teeth closed down on my thumb. It wasn’t even sexual; I wasn’t aroused, but I was enjoying it. It felt a bit animalistic, this kind of raw pleasure but it wasn’t sexual,’ he continued.

‘Later I bit my left hand, and then my forearm. I feel like I bit so hard that I almost broke skin, and I tore back like a dog. I’m lucky I wasn’t hurt badly. It was painful, but it felt so good! Both in my teeth and on my skin.

‘I’ve never felt less in control of myself. I especially don’t want to hurt anyone else, but I know I can’t just keep doing this to myself.’

Users offered sympathy and support to the man and some shared how they control their vorarephilic urges including breathing exercises and chewing gum.

Redditors shared where their vorarephilic kinks originated, including being fascinated with fairy tales which include characters being eaten to sharing a sleeping bag.

‘When I was 11 or 12, we were having a sleep over with some kids who were family friends. The daughter and I started wrestling, as kids do. Me being ADHD and hyper I got into my sleeping bag, acting like a worm and started trying to pull her in as well,’ one user recalled.

‘We both ended up in the same sleeping bag and almost burst the zipper on the bag. Her being so close to me in a tight space brought about my love of vore.’

Another said they’ve been into vore for ‘as long as [they] can remember’.

‘I loved Red Riding Hood and Three Little Pigs and preferred versions of the story where they didn’t get back out, then I remember wanting to re-watch scenes of cartoons where people got eaten (happens so much more than you would think),’ they explained.

‘Once hormones started turning fascination into arousal and I started seeking it out for that, I found the name Vore.

‘When I was really young I saw a scene from The Brothers Grimm where a horse swallows a girl whole and it traumatised me into getting a vore fetish,’ a third admitted.

Others said their love for vore is linked to sexual fascinations with giants or snakes like anacondas that swallow their prey whole.

Flynn, who is head of content at sexual wellness brand IPlaySafe, previously 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),’ she said.

She explained people with vore fantasies might express themselves through stories, artworks, role-playing or online discussions and forums like Reddit.

‘These kinds of online communities make it easier for people to find out about it,’ she said.

‘With popular culture changing our view of things like vampires and humanising them this influences people’s lifestyles, habit and behaviours.

‘The idea of taking a bite out of someone has been romanticised by films and shows such as twilight, vampire diaries and Venom.’

Hope added: ‘Cannibalism, which is often considered one of the most inhuman activities has been shown on-screen more and more in recent years, such as in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and House of Hammer, they both condones literal cannibalistic love or elements of it.’

Despite the increasing interest in vore, and the growing online communities, according to Hope, it is still ‘a very niche interest within the realm of sexual fetishes and fantasies’.

‘It is not as widely popular as other fetishes and there seems to be quite a tight-knit online vore community,’ she said.

This is, she said, partly because it is still considered controversial.

‘Due to its unconventional nature, vore is most definitely considered controversial, as let’s be honest eating another human or being eaten by someone is definitely considered taboo and not your usual everyday activity,’ she explained.

‘It’s also not as widely understood as other fetishes and the general reaction to it offer many differences in opinions.’

However, despite the controversy, according to Hope, as with other fetishes, vore is ‘personal’, as she says, ‘some people find it appealing and some people don’t’.

Hope continues: ‘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.’