Emetophilia (Vomit Fetish)

What Is Emetophilia?

Do you have a vomit fetish?

The vast majority of people are turned off or disgusted by vomiting, vomit, or people who are being sick. But a small minority of folks find themselves being sexually turned on when they encounter vomit or vomiting. They have emetophilia, or the vomit fetish.

This is also known as “Roman showers,” referencing the historical practice in decadent Roman times of feasting, vomiting, and feasting, often associated with orgies beyond the culinary buffet as well.

Emetophilia is somewhat rare and finding studies or statistics on the subject is difficult. However, there is quite a variety of vomit fetish porn videos and a number of anecdotal accounts about emetophilia.

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Emetophilia and Hard Limits

If you’ve heard of the vomit fetish or Roman showers, it is likely because it is often listed as a “hard limit” in online dating profiles. Someone may say, for example, “Submissive female, masochist, into erotic humiliation and mild to medium pain. No scat, no vomit.”

While most fetish community members reject kink shaming, emetophiles still feel shame and embarrassment because of the natural human aversion to being sick. So many people who do have a vomit fetish aren’t going to post it in their lineup of likes and fantasies.

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Kinds of Vomit Fetishes

As with most fetishes out there, there are a variety of ways that people experience emetophilia.

The vomit fetish can be very broad—anything to do with vomiting could cause a sexual response. It may be very specific aspects of vomiting that cause sexual arousal or satisfaction.

This is no different from people with a foot fetish, or into BDSM. For some people, anything to do with feet and shoes is sexually exciting. For others, it is wide women’s feet in distressed sneakers, or very long toenails. For some it has to be pink toenail polish or flip flops, and nothing else inspires.

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Sound of Vomiting

For some people with a vomit fetish, the sexual excitement or arousal happens from the sound of retching and the splashing of vomit. The vomit itself is unappealing or disgusting.

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Smell of Vomit

Smells are often implicated in sexual arousal. We associate perfumes with beauty and the secret, intimate rituals of the erotic body. People get very aroused by the smells of semen, pussy, feet, hair, armpits and more.

It’s very common for people with a golden showers kink to love the smell or urine. Less common are those who are aroused by the smell of feces, but many people with coprophilia find the forbidden scent of shit very exciting. With emetophilia, the scent is the trigger of desire for some people.

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Kind of Vomit

People with a vomit fetish often differentiate the kinds of vomit. Some are turned on by specific compositions of vomit, such as voluminous and watery, chunky, booze-fuelled, etc.

Reason for Vomiting

Interesting that the reason for someone vomiting can affect whether the person with vomit fetish feels excited or not! You can find notes on Quora and Reddit where someone states that vomit from someone who is sick in the hospital or going through chemo does not excite them, but vomit from drunken college parties does.

Some fetishists find the secret rituals of women with anorexia or bulimia to be incredibly arousing, but barf from some drunks at a party does nothing for them.

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Person Vomiting

A big part of the vomit fetish may be the person from whom the vomit is from. Men who are into men, for example, may not be aroused by vomit from women. Even though it may be hard to tell after the fact, just as with other fetishes and fantasies, much of the thrill in emetophilia can be the source.

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Understanding the Vomit Fetish

Emetophilia is one of the more difficult fetishes for people to understand. That is because the disgust factor in humans is very strong. It is hard to override disgust.

However, understanding a lover with emetophilia is possible.

By applying our understanding of kinks and fetishes so far to the vomit fetish, we can see a few connections and highlights that help explain emetophilia.

For one thing, vomit is a bodily fluid. Every bodily fluid or secretion is a fetish for someone. The idea of a wet pussy is nearly universally arousing. Cum is a huge turn on for countless people—more men than women, in my experience! Golden showers is a very common fetish. There are fetishes for saliva, breast milk, blood, sweat, mucus, toe jam, feces, and yes, vomit.

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Emetophilia can have an origin in imprinting, just like any and all fetishes. If a young person had a sexual attraction to someone they saw or heard vomiting, that connection could stay with them for a lifetime.

The vomit fetish can be rooted to the extreme intimacy of vomiting. Seeing someone naked or having sex is not as rare or intimate as a hidden act when we are most vulnerable.

Consuming and being consumed is also a common root for many fetishes. The idea of being consumed or consuming someone or something they create is behind everything from wanting someone to ejaculate inside of you to cannibal fetishes. We may want to consume sweat, cum, flesh, and even vomit.

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For others, vomit is linked to BDSM fetishes. A submissive person may be excited by erotic humiliation, and vomit is one of the ultimate symbols of humiliation and degradation.

Should You Disclose Your Vomit Fetish?

If you have emetophilia, you are not alone. You may feel you are, but other people experience the same sexual arousal that you do.

It can be tricky to pair your vomit kink with someone else, even if they are generally adventurous and willing to explore new kinks.

You may need to be creative, for example, someone who is a sadist or gets off on hard domination may be willing to vomit on you as a form of power play.

Whether you disclose your vomit fetish, and when, really depends on the situation. A casual date may make a run for it if you ask them to re-deposit their supper into your hands.

If you are on a fetish website looking for kinky encounters, yes.

If you’re at a holiday dinner, you may be dreaming that people eat too much and end up vomiting. But it’s probably not a good idea to say so.

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How to Indulge Your Emetophilia

Some people with emetophilia find partners who are willing to indulge them. But it can be tough to find, because even if someone is game or indulgent, it is not easy to vomit and it doesn’t feel good to most people. It can be dangerous, too, to vomit more than occasionally.

Most people with a vomit fetish use vomit porn or fantasy to indulge their emetophilia kink. Some watch famous vomiting scenes in films or candid camera videos that are not sexual in nature but get them off.

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Some look for vomit in alleyways and public washrooms. This can be dangerous and lead to severe health problems, however.

Some vomit themselves, although it is only a minority that find their own vomit sexually arousing.

Some listen to people vomiting in cubicles or on videos.

It’s not easy to play out the Roman showers fetish. But it’s not impossible like some kinks, such as the giant fetish or desire for sex with aliens.

Have you ever met someone with a vomit fetish? Do tell!