Crush fetish

A crush fetish is a paraphilia which primarily consists of the desire to see others (generally members of the opposite sex) crush inanimate objects or small creatures.

Typically, those crushing will use their buttocks or feet making this fetish popular amongst many foot fetishists, as crushing by feet is usually the main focus. The foot (barefoot or in shoes) is thus often idolised by someone with a crush fetish.

Crush Erotica

Made up of audio tapes, films, magazines, photographs, and stories (both fiction and non-fiction), crush erotica or pornography is usually purchased for the stimulation of sexual pleasure by those with the fetish. A crush film usually consists of footage of inanimate objects, such as food or , or small creatures, such as insects, mammals (especially rodents), being crushed. Jeff Vilencia is one known director of crush films including a title named 'Smush!.'

The legality of crush erotica and the actual practice of crushing varies by region. There are currently no known laws forbidding the crushing of objects and insects, however the production or trade of crush erotica involving live animals is condemned by animal rights activists and is illegal in many countries including the United States and Great Britain.

Although the existence of online stores containing content of animal death and torture by crushing are extremely rare, instances of underground free and for-profit trade do exist and can be difficult to control. In early March 2006 a wave of outrage was generated among the global internet community and some crush fetishists condemning a series of crush films produced in Hangzhou, China. The graphic footage depicted a Chinese woman killing, among many victims, kittens, puppies and rabbits by crushing them while wearing high heels.

As witnessed on online message boards and chat rooms in the 'crush community,' crush fetishists usually take a firm stance for or against what they define as 'hard crush' (crush erotica containing the death and torture of animals). Either due to legal or self-imposed moral boundaries, most crush fetishists decry hard crush videos and many message boards outlaw the discussion or exchange of media containing such content.

See also

* Sexual fetish
* Foot fetishism
* Macrophilia
* Shoe fetishism
* Trampling

References

* A Better Mousetrap, A. S. Hamrah (accessed 2006-05-04)
* Insect Fetish Objects, G.A. Pearson, 1997 (accessed 2006-05-04)
* IMDB (accessed 2006-05-04)
* Hearing Before a United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on H.R. 1887 (accessed 2006-05-04)
* Kitten killer of Hangzhou (accessed 2006-05-04)
* Who is the glamorous kitten killer of Hangzhou, China Daily (accessed 2006-05-04)
* Seems crush has a bad name AGAIN