Top 10 Weird Sexual Fetishes and Paraphilias

Aida Ekberg
Fetishes and paraphilias are taboo in our society. Many people have them, but they see them as embarrassing and as things they need to hide. Some of them are seemingly harmless; some are just gross; and others could even get you in trouble with the law. Here are ten of the weirdest:

Formicophilia

This is deriving sexual pleasure from insects crawling on the body, specifically on the genitals. It is more common in developing countries, perhaps because homes are infested with insects. This could lead to an individual's genitals being exposed to insects (especially if they have outdoor bathrooms, as many developing countries do), and if this happens at a young age when they are sexually developing, they may derive pleasure from it.

Plushophilia

Perhaps liking one of your stuffed animals a little too much as a child can lead to this fetish. It is being sexually attracted to stuffed animals or people dressed in animal costumes. Some plushophiles like to masturbate using small stuffed animals, and some like to dress up in costumes and have sex with others wearing costumes. Someone who is into bestiality, but doesn't want to actually have sex with animals could also enjoy this fetish.

Vorarephilia

This is arousal by the thought of being eaten by someone, eating someone else, or watching someone eat somebody else. It is called "vore" for short. Perhaps this is related to cannibalism, but how someone develops a fetish like this, I really could not even speculate upon. It involves pure fantasy (at least hopefully it does), since it would be very difficult to make any of the aforementioned situations reality.

Inflatophilia

This fetish can vary in what the inflatophile enjoys. It can be an attraction to inflatable animals and toys, deriving sexual pleasure from wearing inflatable suits, or just being aroused from the thought of people inflating like balloons. Perhaps an inflatophile could enjoy the company of a blow-up doll a little too much. This is another fetish that any psychologist would probably have a hard time explaining.

Erotic asphyxia

This is a dangerous practice wherein a person enjoys cutting off their air supply while having sex or masturbating. Those who practice this fetish claim that it makes orgasms more enjoyable, but sometimes they can't get the rope, belt, or seatbelt that they use to strangle themselves loose fast enough, so it can be deadly.

Robot fetishism

This is a fantasy that involves the thought of having sex with a robot, having sex dressed as robots, or having sex with a person who is transformed into a robot. I'm sure that there are many geeks out there who fantasize about having sex with a perfect android woman, but this fetish can also involve fantasizing about having sex with a non-humanoid robot. I guess someone who really loves technology or science fiction could be into this.

Burusera

This is a Japanese term for a panty fetish. It is an extremely prevalent fetish in Japan. There are burusera shops in Japan that sell used schoolgirls' panties, and there even used to be vending machines on the streets where men could buy them. The men buy them to smell them. Since laws have been passed forbidding this practice with girls under the age of eighteen, young girls have still profited off of the practice by letting men pay them to simply sniff their panties under their skirts while they are wearing them. I have no idea why this has become so popular in Japan. Maybe they really enjoy their fish there? (Sorry, horrible joke.)

Erotic lactation

This is simply the breastfeeding of an adult by a lactating woman for sexual arousal. Nipple stimulation during sex is widely practiced, but erotic lactation is much more taboo. Perhaps it gives the male in the relationship a sense of security (or maybe he just gets curious about what breast milk tastes like and decides he likes it). It's a bit strange that nipple stimulation is a turn-on for women when their main purpose is for feeding babies, but I guess evolution has some reason for it.

Klismaphilia

This is deriving sexual pleasure from receiving an enema. It's not too surprising that people can get aroused from it, especially if they enjoy anal sex. A klismaphile may also enjoy pornographic films that portray someone receiving an enema and deriving sexual pleasure from it.

Hybristophilia

This is often known as the Bonnie and Clyde Syndrome. It is a sexual attraction to someone who has committed a gruesome crime. Many inmates who are imprisoned for outrageous crimes receive love letters from women. It's a very odd phenomenon. I guess the average bad boy isn't enough for women who are hybristophiles.

It's amazing what our minds can cause us to derive sexual pleasure out of. We may not understand why we are attracted to certain things, but there is usually an underlying cause that gets imbedded in the brain at some point at time (usually as a child) that leads to these fetishes and paraphilias. Just be careful on which ones you act upon and be aware that some fetishes may hurt and disturb others.

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  • Jessi5/17/2012

    That comment about children id abhorant and should be taken down.

  • Jenny4/22/2012

    TJCAIN, it's called extreme omnisexuality.

    Anyway, I'm a sexual sadist. It's difficult because I'm visually and auditorily stimulated and there's not a lot out there for me that works. There are oodles of images and videos out there for heterosexual male sadists, even some that would be too hardcore for me (where the woman certainly would have died!) but I've been left pretty cold by female-on-male offerings. I've played with a masochist but the limits of consent are very low and ultimately unsatisfying. I definitely commiserate with people who are into the fantasy stuff, and can never really get what they want.

  • DEAN4/21/2012

    shoe fetish and crossdressing fetish.
    am i strange, maybe, but i find it harmless

  • 3/26/2012

    All vore is not necessarily cannibalism, usually only hard vore or gag vore use human on human, or other times when the creator actually prefers defying all laws of physics(even if this is fantasy). For example, I myself am a 'fantasy vore' meaning I prefer being eaten by things of a nonexistent nature(e.g. trolls, dragons,). Another example are the realist/prehistoric vores, they would prefer to be swallowed whole by a whale or in the latter by a dinosaur. Most vore you'll find is registered as soft vore where the prey is not harmed in any way and leaves the same was it entered, some people who tend to stay to themselves prefer hard vore where the prey is chewed, and sent through the entire digestive system in excruciating detail that scars even other vorephiles. Like many other before me said for predators it's all about being able to be in control of someone's life, whereas for a prey it's entirely about losing all responsibilities, and control, some prey is unwilling others aren't.

  • David Mercer7/4/2011

    My fetish is harmless and erotic, I love leather furniture, getting naked and sitting on leather furniture of any kind, it`s like being next to a naked body, would love to find a woman who can play along with this.

  • fraser Smith5/4/2011

    omg i thot i was weird so many people with weird fetishes the only thing i can think of that that may be considdered a fetish is that i have an obsesion with puting my erect genitalia inside unconsenting children.. i think it started wen i was young and put my erect getalia inside a young kangaroo in the outback of paedovillechestershireton. but like who on gods green earth would wanna do that to a teddie bear.. eeuugh the thought of it makes me cringe.. anyway they should make up a name for my thing something along the lines of that inflatophile one i dont know it just has a nice ring to it especially the end bit... anyway if any of you kids are ever in paedovillechestershireton look me up.. im realy famous round here theyv even put me on a special regisister where anyone can find my address ; )................chowXxXOoO

  • Ponpon Pon-pon5/2/2011

    i am horn sound vibrations fetish. I like to blow truck horn on my stomach while wearing one piece swimsuit. The intense sound vibrations of horn directly enters into my stomach and produces a storm of buzzing sensation vibrate every molecule of my stomach deeply with untolerable pleasure. I like this very much and fetish of it. Till now no one else having such type of fetish reported. So this is the strangest ever fetish. You can search on google by key word horn masturbation swimsuit fetish. Or on http://www.flicklife.com/hornpannnpannn here you see the video of this fetish.

  • Ponpon Pon-pon5/2/2011

    i am horn sound vibrations fetish. I like to blow truck horn on my stomach while wearing one piece swimsuit. The intense sound vibrations of horn directly enters into my stomach and produces a storm of buzzing sensation vibrate every molecule of my stomach deeply with untolerable pleasure. I like this very much and fetish of it. Till now no one else having such type of fetish reported. So this is the strangest ever fetish. You can search on google by key word horn masturbation swimsuit fetish. Or on http://www.flicklife.com/hornpannnpannn here you see the video of this fetish.

  • Thethingdownstairs4/8/2011

    I have a fetish for beastiality and transexual gays. but only when horny. Then when am not they kinda disgust me. Strange i know.

  • Dumpster Juices4/1/2011

    I have fetish for gall bladders. Mom always caught me reading anatomy books while getting off to gall bladder pictures...don't know why i like them...I also love toe nail clippings...i love the way they feel in my anus. it makes me so hot. I used to have a jar full of them. One time, when I was little, my dad threw me into a dumpster, and I came face first with rotted tomatoes and moldy applesauce. Now I LOVE to rub them all over my body. Sometimes, if I can get enough tomatoes and old applesauce, I fill my tub with them and bathe myself in its mushy pleasures. Ranch makes for a good lube. Who knew??

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