For science! Polls for an academic presentation.

[deaddonkey]

I don't think it would go over well to tell anyone about my vore fetish. I live a very normal life with very vanilla friends who are more concerned with sports, drinking, drugs, than seeing a need to be open minded about this kind of thing. I can't blame them honestly. If I didn't have this fetish I would be wilfully ignorant and judgemental about it in a heartbeat. Not out of malice, you understand, but because it's odd.

Besides, I don't care to know about anyone else's fetish, it shouldn't be something you shape your identity around. If a friend who was into some really specific type of heavy BDSM "came out" to me about it I'd ask them why they thought it was any of my business.

Partners are a trickier issue. I haven't found someone who I trust to be unconditionally loving enough to not find it weird. It's easier to get them into other fetishes.

[Baz]

I haven't 'come out' to family, but my roomie knows the intimate details. It happened during a conversation, we were having a smoke, chatting and... she told me what she was into. It wasn't... it wasn't fair to hide what I was into. She was cool and accepting about it.

I don't have a partner at present, but I would have to tell them about my kink, and they'd have to be comfortable with it.

[spacetoace]

A new story about the presentation sounds awesome, especially considering your stuff is some of my all time favorite, but do you think you could post your wife's presentation when its done instead. I'd be really interested to see how it turns out.

On to the questions:

I've come out to one good friend, my current partner, and then my brother, in that order. Probably excessive detail to follow:

I had been really itching to come out to someone for a while; the thought that I had this big secret that NO ONE knows was pretty scary/weird/a blockade to being truly open with people. I knew this one close friend of mine had seen some weird shit on the internet and was generally the strangest person I've met so if anyone would take it well it would be him. One day we agreed to exchange our deepest secrets and after he told me his I took a deep breath and said the words "I'm into vore." He took it super well, of course he had ran into it before in his internet searches, he even use to have vore dreams as a kid. We talked about it a bunch at the time but haven't since. Its not relay something that comes up in conversation. After that it was like a weight off my shoulders this big secret wasn't so big after all. It no longer had any power over me.

I told my girlfriend one day as we were sharing things about ourselves. I had already told her about my other fetishes (which i'll tell you about below) so that helped. She had no idea what it was so i had to explain it to her. But she took it super well, after my big lead up she was kinda just like oh is that all... She's not into it but not weirded out by it either. Actually she much prefers that vore is my choice of porn rather than conventional porn. Like she is NOT OK with normal porn but vore is fine.

I told my brother one day when we finally had a conversation about our sexuality. I knew for a while that he was clearly into some sort of BDSM type stuff. He thought I was totally vanilla. He was way wrong. Anyways he was really interested in it and thought it made perfect sense, not weird at all.

Point of all my experiences is that vore isn't that weird after all (at least for the people I surround myself with), i would probably tell anyone now if it came up in conversation. But of course it doesn't come up in conversation because most people don't want to know. I'll probably never tell my parents for that reason.

Ok other fetishes:
BDSM on the sub side.
Chastity, as in having my partner control my orgasms/sexual pleasure.
Reading, yes you heard that right
Object transformation.
And others if they mix into the above in some way, for example Giantess if used for vore, feet if used for BDSM ect.
(Important note, anything above 2 people involved is a huge turn off)

Vore websites: just ekas and deviantart.

[stearwing]

I keep real life and internet separated. Nobody knows.

I don't have a partner and I don't want one.


Vore - oral soft, digestion, disposal - happens to be an intersecting point between the scat fetish I've had since as long as I can remember and the strange fascination with things deteriorating and disintegrating.

I look whereever things exist. Mostly here and FA.

[again__again]

I've come out to a couple of my closest friends about it, and it hasn't affected our friendship, they seemed fine with it and/or didn't particularly care. I would never come out to my family about it, just because its not something that weighs so heavily on my mind that i feel or should, and it really isnt something they need to know.

One of the people I came out to was my partner at the time, and while he was not into it, it did not negatively affect our relationship.

the only other fetishes i'm into are inflation/stuffing, some bdsm, and furries/demis, but even those i'm mostly into, like, in relation to vore.

other sites i use are mainly furaffinity, deviantart, and tumblr.

[minakotomoka14]

I`ll pass on that. My fetishes are something I prefer to keep in my own private sphere, not in the public eye.

[Jayezox]

What other fetishes do you have? Giantess? Feet? BDSM etc?

Female domination is definitely the biggest one.

What other websites or outlets do you enjoy vore with?

Mostly Furaffinity and e621.

[IvesBentonEaton]

First question: No.
Second question: not applicable; no partner.
Third question: not applicable; no partner.
Sorry that it's a bit brief.

[NigmaAndroid]

1) Im not a furry, but do enjoy vore. I have told a select few individuals that are fetish friendly and would I knew give me time to explain it.

2) Usually I dont tell my partners, but sometimes I do.

3) Never actually participated with a significant other before only ever rped online with someone. (Kinda sucks)

[mrHowlll]

I like to think of myself as a prey in conjunction with vore fantasies. Besides vore I am a furry and kind of wish I was a woman. For websites other than aryion I also check furaffinity, e621, and youtube. I have told one friend about vore because they first said they are a furry and they aren't into vore but are aware of it.

I personally like all forms of vore except hard vore though I kind of like hard digestion. I am disinterested in macro or micro scenarios since its less personal.

[Hanzo]

Two of these polls dont apply to me. I clicked no on the first one cause I dont want anyone that doesnt have the same fetish to know. So I've only told people that are into it.

[Staple]

I told a close friend (we were both REALLY drunk) and my brother found out on account of my own carelessness. That said, neither one of them really looked at me any differently afterwards. They were more intrigued by the concept than anything else.

That said, I haven't told any partner that I've ever been with. I've never really gotten to the point in a relationship where I felt comfortable enough to share something so personal.

[ryanshowseason3]

Any possibility of video or podcast recording, since it might help others understand?

Probably not for various reasons. Most of all being continued employment. Conservative school districts have fired people for less, and the one she works in is conservative to the point that you could definitely get fired for even mentioning the existence of condoms or birth control. So sharing a video around of her talking at a university about fringe fetishes? It makes her a bit nervous. So yah I'm going to respect her choice there.

But she's really happy about the magnitude of response. Thanks a lot guys, gals and those in between!

[Omnium51]

For the polls, my answers were: 1) No, 2) Sometimes, and 3) was not applicable to me.

I've never felt comfortable enough with vore to come out to anyone that I know. Making an account on here and writing stories is the closest I have come to doing so, and even that was quite nerve-racking. However, doing that has helped me immensely in terms of becoming more personally comfortable with the fetish and accepting it, rather than trying to repress it or feeling ashamed of it. A few of my sexual partners have been into mouthplay, licking, saying the other person tastes good, etc. but neither of us explicitly linked it to anything beyond that.

My other fetishes are mainly femdom and variants of vore like absorption and unbirth.

Other than Eka's, I browse e-hentai and the 4chan vore threads on /d/.

Best of luck to your wife with her presentation, I hope it goes well!

[Rendezvore]

Any possibility of video or podcast recording, since it might help others understand?

Probably not for various reasons. Most of all being continued employment.

Aww, but that's understandable. Do let us know how it goes and if the students have any additional questions!

So, finally got around to answering this.

What other fetishes do you have?
I have a wide range, but a lot of it boils right down (pun intended) to food play and cooking and related fetishes that assist those, such as bondage, cages, objectification, pet/slave play, public humiliation, force-feeding, stuffing, ice/heat play, and of course tongues and mouth play, especially with dragons and snakes.

What other websites or outlets do you enjoy vore with?
A profile on F-List for role play. And that is a great place to learn about thousands of fetishes and kinks, with hover tool-tips explaining each one.
I also browse many images on e621, gelbooru, and e-hentai/ex-hentai.

Have you told anyone? Yes
I have explained my art and interests to very close friends and family, but only if I know they would listen and discuss things rationally. Honestly, that's most of them, because I choose not to keep judgmental assholes in my life. Since then, my group of friends has opened up about their own fetishes and now we all enjoy sharing fetish art and information and tease each other.

Is your partner into vore? Sometimes
My husband is not into vore like I am, but enjoys some aspects of it and is neutral about others. He has an account here to socialize with me and my friends in the art gallery and the chat on occasion.

Is your partner okay with your vore fetish? Yes
The funny thing is... he's the one that pointed out vore to me after noticing I had a tendency to express my interest at vore-related scenes in movies and games. I was not aware that it was a thing, let alone a sexual thing. Previously, I had told him I didn't know if I had a fetish, so he gradually brought up the subject with me, pointing out that this might be it. And I was literally on my knees, crying from relief. Until then, I didn't know my own sexual desires and it was hurting our relationship. Now, we enjoy bedroom time by telling stories and role playing our individual fetishes, sometimes even combining our interests so that we can both enjoy things at the same time.

Thanks very much for reading!