Posted September 18, In this passage from the American Journal of the Crush-Freaks , the author imagines himself insect-sized and his sexual fantasy culminates in being ground into the carpet. The paraphilia of crush fetishism involves the desire to be squashed by a woman.
Although being trampled to death by a powerful femme fatale would be the epitome of fulfillment, dying is a high price to pay for great sex. So, the crush fetishist substitutes another living organism, watches it be crushed typically with high heels or bare feet , and fantasizes about being the repulsive, vulnerable victim. Until the early s, few people were aware that some men derived sexual satisfaction from watching creatures being crushed by women. A series of films produced by Jeff Vilencia put this paraphilia on the social and political radar.
The plot conventions mirrored those of low-budget porn : an ordinary setting in which a woman encounters the fetishist, followed by a large sheet of white paper on which is scattered worms and insects, and then a bit of contrived dialogue with lots of crushing, including graphic close-ups e.
However, even soft-core crush videos were sufficient to raise the ire of the publicโand politicians. House Resolution sailed through Congress. Throughout the hearings, Vilencia was a remarkably articulate advocate for his fellow fetishists. As a vegan and animal rights advocate, he argued that society was profoundly hypocritical. Why was it acceptable to raise sentient mammals in the appalling misery of factory farms to satisfy a desire to eat flesh, but it was immoral to squash insects to satisfy sexual desires?
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