NSFW Is cannibalism solely a sexual desire?

[himejima]

I recently watched a documentary about cannibalism and wondered whether the motivation for wanting to be eaten is mainly sexual, or if there could be other reasons. I understand how it might be linked to sexual desire, but it seems like there must be more to it, since no other preference involves death. I think there might be a more intrinsic motivation behind it. Has anyone ever thought about cannibalism as a form of suicide?

I'm sorry if this question is inappropriate, but I don't know of any other community to turn to.

 

[Chemi]

Wild topic :D
Well, i'd assume it is similar to BDSM.
While many people think bdsm is mostly about sex, it is for most people primarily a power exchange. Being controlled and controlling somebody can be very appealing.

For example google service submission. It's all about obedience and serving somebody with everyday tasks that for the most part don't include anything sexual. Think 1950s housewive tasks.

I'd assume cannibalism is similar

 

[Seneca65AD]

Oops - I read your title too quickly and saw "cabilism" and was wondering when an esoteric Jewish doctrine became sexual. Sorry.

Cannabilism as a form of suicide? My first reaction was "What happens when your 'assistant' is half-way through and you decide to back out?". Admittedly, that form of CTB definitely makes a statement.

 

[joey2424]

There is at least one case of someone requesting to be cannibalized. There was definitely a sexual aspect to that account as well. It happened in 2001.

But I am otherwise unaware of the victims being voluntary.

I wouldn't be interested in this. As someone who doesn't want to traumatize the general public and especially my family - kinda opposes that desire

 

[Blueberry Panic]

Cannibalism fantasies are rare, but the psychology behind them has been studied, and the motivation isn't always sexual.
The most documented cases do involve paraphilias, where the idea of being eaten ties into desire, surrender, or objectification. But there are also non-sexual layers that show up in some people. Cannibalism psychologically is honestly just severe form of self destruction.

 

[Sadbanana]

I personally don't want to be eaten, so maybe I'm biased. But I can't imagine how the desire would be sexual. I would say it's more about death and surrender to the cycle of life.

 

[Namelesa Graves]

I have had the want to be cannibalized as even in death and just with my corpse, I am of value to someone in having them eat me. Sometimes this want is sexual, sometimes it isn't as I just purely want to provide something to someone.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

I literally never thought or read about sexual cannibalism, and that's coming from someone with very...unusual desires. Always thought cannibalism was mostly about transferring the energies/abilities/soul of the one you're eating into yourself, but I'm sure someone turned that into a kink (rule 34 exists after all)

 

[Cauliflour]

I've got a crappy diet so I don't suppose I'd be all that tasty tbh. I've never really seen the appeal which is funny considering some of the shit I've said in earlier posts but idk maybe it's my desire to remain, in some way, on this earth way past my expiration and it's a bit hard if you're a pile of feces in a waste treatment plant.

 

[Chuunibyou]

I've never eaten someone, but I do have genuine cannibalistic urges/desires lol. for me it's very often tied to attraction, sometimes sexual and sometimes not. the specific people I most want to eat are my romantic and sexual partners. alternatively, if I actively dislike someone, I find the idea of eating them repulsive the way I imagine most "normal" people feel about cannibalism in general.

but it's also about curiosity. I love trying new things and experimenting to learn what I like. exotic and taboo foods are often something I think about and try when the opportunities present themselves. cannibalism being so forbidden and "impossible" to do adds to its appeal. it's like an intense bucket list thing. the idea of dying without experiencing it gives me a sense of FOMO and anxiety.

it should go without saying I wouldn't follow through on my desires without keeping it safe-ish and consensual, hence why I haven't yet. but I'm surrounded by a lot of weirdos in my life who know about my desires, so maybe it's not off the table for my future either.

my case hasn't been studied by any "professionals" and I'm just a sample size of 1 (who I'm sure will be dismissed by many as just being edgy... lol), but maybe this is some of the insight you're looking for?

 

[woodlandcreature]

hi, i find an odd comfort in imagining being cannibalized lol

for me, it's mostly tied to love–but not sex. my "daydreams," if you will, are typically about having a person who i would form an extremely close and loving bond with (platonic or romantic, but often romantic) consuming parts of my fresh corpse (though, sometimes just drinking my blood. i find the former more therapeutic though).
i think the appeal for me is partially the disfigurement of my body (i always imagine it to be quite a messy and unruly affair) and partially becoming "one" with said loved one; being apart of them forever. it would serve as a "transference" of energy (as someone said previously) that still allows my death.

i also wouldn't mind eating someone else consensually (if i wasn't afraid of legal consequences lol), but i'd prefer to be the one cannibalized. i do have occasional urges to bite a chunk out of people i love ngl

p.s. i said "would" form a bond with bc i don't actually have anyone in mind, though i feel that this is because i simply am not close to anyone like that lmao i'm quite a hermit.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

It just came to me that maybe "Vore" fetish may be related to it? It's usually not cannibalism since it's usually different species, but I've been an observer of online rule 34 stuff that it's certainly something some people are really into. Myself, I do have some affinity to Vore stuff, but it's far from my favorite paraphilia. If you want to know, I'm really into paws and other non-human feet, transformation, light BDSM, mind control and simplification, genitals in unusual places and excessive virility/fertility, to name a few.

 

[U. A.]

thought cannibalism was mostly about transferring the energies/abilities/soul of the one you're eating into yourself

It is very telling of this forum that you are the only person so far to bring this up.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

It is very telling of this forum that you are the only person so far to bring this up.

I mean that's what I read on Wikipedia randomly one day. Maybe it wasn't the point of the thread, I was just surprised I never thought of it in a sexual way, given, as I said earlier, I have some...unusual desires.

 

[U. A.]

I mean that's what I read on Wikipedia randomly one day. Maybe it wasn't the point of the thread, I was just surprised I never thought of it in a sexual way, given, as I said earlier, I have some...unusual desires.

The fact that OP apparently watched a whole-ass documentary about it then posts a thread wondering if it's "solely" sexual makes me wonder what kind of docuentary it was.

 

[Namelesa Graves]

I know the question was specfially why people want to cannibalised but i will add on some reasons why people want to cannibalise others that aren't sexual at all or only partially.

Jeffrey Dahmer ate his victims as for them to become part of him as to cope with his fear of abandonment. He only really killed people and preserved the bodies or ate them as way for them not to leave him.

This one is a fictional example but maybe it might apply to some real people. Ashley from Coffin of Andy and Leyley eats people as a way to feel more powerful as to her she is on top of the food chain if she eats humans.

 

[simon]

I recently watched a documentary about cannibalism and wondered whether the motivation for wanting to be eaten is mainly sexual, or if there could be other reasons. I understand how it might be linked to sexual desire, but it seems like there must be more to it, since no other preference involves death. I think there might be a more intrinsic motivation behind it. Has anyone ever thought about cannibalism as a form of suicide?

I'm sorry if this question is inappropriate, but I don't know of any other community to turn to.

it is not soley a sexual thing. some people like it as a sexual thing, but not every cannibal is like that. i used to have a hyperfixation around cannibalism when i was like 12-13 and literally every cannibal has a different motivation.
a lot of them have a similar "i want to feel something" motivation as serial killers. another big reason is pedophilia, which i wont elaborate obviously. others just like the taste. some are necrophiles. it really depends.

 

[dead dav]

Interesting I wouldn't directly want to be eaten but I would be open to allowing my corpse to be eaten in exchange for that person killing me first

 

[himejima]

The fact that OP apparently watched a whole-ass documentary about it then posts a thread wondering if it's "solely" sexual makes me wonder what kind of docuentary it was.

Calling it a documentary might have been over the top. It was more like a report on YouTube, infortunately not in English. And cannibalism was showen as just a fetish, so i got curious.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

Calling it a documentary might have been over the top. It was more like a report on YouTube, infortunately not in English. And cannibalism was showen as just a fetish, so i got curious.

There are many of us who know other languages. I would like to take a gander at it if you want to post the link.

 

[himejima]

There are many of us who know other languages. I would like to take a gander at it if you want to post the link.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

Okay so, I don't know much german, but from what I gather. it's more like an extreme BDSM where the sub basically renounces his humanity to the Dom who then eats the sub. The cannibalism here is just the means, the end is the BDSM kink taken very, VERY far. What I don't know is if that's more of a local thing or not.

 

[himejima]

Okay so, I don't know much german, but from what I gather. it's more like an extreme BDSM where the sub basically renounces his humanity to the Dom who then eats the sub. The cannibalism here is just the means, the end is the BDSM kink taken very, VERY far. What I don't know is if that's more of a local thing or not.

I don't know either, but I can't imagine it's a local thing. I would be surprised if a kink in a globalized world had much to do with locality.
Maybe it's a thing where countries "specialize" in different kinks, but I've never heard of anything like that.

 

[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

I don't know, I'm vegan . I wouldn't eat people in general, don't want to be eaten, don't want to eat them, don't want to control them but I do want what's the best for them and I will do anything to be able to get that.

See how I sounded controlling at the end even if it wasn't my original intention? it's about control, that's what cannibalism and most things in life are about even if they don't seem like it. When you realize that, you will also realize that fighting these urges is also a form of control (over your own brain), you can't escape control no matter what, however you can choose what urges to control and where to use your energy to become a better person. Basically, if it all comes down to control, choose the lesser evil. It's like this because humans don't have control in the first place, so they want to feel like they do, it's a vicious cycle.

That's what I think at least, idk if it's accurate to cannibalism I never cared to research it. But by the act itself and the reasons that it might exist, it's probably control.

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

I don't know either, but I can't imagine it's a local thing. I would be surprised if a kink in a globalized world had much to do with locality.
Maybe it's a thing where countries "specialize" in different kinks, but I've never heard of anything like that.

with globalization, yeah, originally local kinks get shared and it tends to blend together. If I had any rationalization, is that Germany has a big BDSM scene, and this cannibalism stuff is just an extreme version of it. Sexuality tends to arouse on people before they have wide access to the internet, however, so I would bet local culture would be more important than we might give it credit for.

 

[telekon]

I recently watched a documentary about cannibalism and wondered whether the motivation for wanting to be eaten is mainly sexual, or if there could be other reasons. I understand how it might be linked to sexual desire, but it seems like there must be more to it, since no other preference involves death. I think there might be a more intrinsic motivation behind it. Has anyone ever thought about cannibalism as a form of suicide?

I'm sorry if this question is inappropriate, but I don't know of any other community to turn to.

Yes, before there was sanctioned-suicide, there was an html website called ashspace (still up, just archived) and there's actually a really interesting chat thread between these girls who were considering meeting up with a cannibal who used suicide forums as a hunting ground for his victims.

Here is an excerpt:

[13:26] (Euthanasia44) I can't murder a woman fo this
[13:26] (Euthanasia44) have to find suicidal women
[13:27] (Euthanasia44) then make a trade
[13:27] (Euthanasia44) a painless death for their body after
[13:27] (stbdchick) I can't see anything ethically wrong with it
[13:27] (Euthanasia44) I think it is fair
[13:27] (stbdchick) it's not like they'll be using their bodies afterwards
[13:27] (Euthanasia44) yep
[13:27] (stbdchick) but I must admit, it's strange
[13:27] (Euthanasia44) my way of looking at it

Eventually it was found out that he was using the site to lure victims to his cabin in the woods where he was planning to kill them and keep them as sex slaves. The girls tried to go to the FBI but no law enforcement would take it seriously.

[SOURCE]: https://archive.ashspace.org/ash.xanthia.com/cf/index.html

 

[woodlandcreature]

It is very telling of this forum that you are the only person so far to bring this up.

it would serve as a "transference" of energy

lolz

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

Is it gay if you eat a man's meat ? Or is it only gay if it's well done.

 

[Pluto]

 

[U. A.]

lolz

whoops glazed over that one when i saw you talking about it in a personal non-traditional way lol