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A crush fetish is a paraphilia which primarily consists of the desire to see others (generally members of the opposite sex) crush small creatures such as insects, mammals and reptiles. Inanimate objects, such as cigarettes, fruit or toy cars, can also be crush fetish stimuli. The term "crush fetishist" also refers to those who perform the crushing.

Crushing by feet can be the main focus (although other methods are implemented, such as sitting on the target object). The foot (barefoot or in shoes) is thus often idolised in crush erotica such as magazines, audio tapes and crush films.

Also known as "animal snuff films", crush films are basically footage of small animals such as insects, mammals (especially rodents) and possibly reptiles being crushed (although sometimes inanimate objects such as soft toys or food are used instead).^[1][2] Jeff Vilencia is one known director of crush films, such as Smush!.^[3]

These are underground productions which people supposedly buy for sexual pleasure, but due to the pain dealt to animals as a result, these films have been made illegal in some regions. 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 vertebrates is condemned by animal rights activists and is illegal in many countries, including the United States and Great Britain.^[4]

As witnessed on online message boards and chat rooms, 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).^[5].

Trampling fetishism is similar to the crush fetish, and consists of paraphiliac fantasies or practices of being trampled underfoot by another person or persons of the opposite or same sex. It is common enough to support the sub-genre of "trampling pornography".^{[citation needed]}

Because trampling can be used to produce pain, the trampling fetish for some adherents is closely linked to sadomasochistic fetishism.

• Foot fetishism
• Macrophilia
• Sexual fetishism
• Shoe fetishism

• In-Depth and Educational Insight into Crush Fetishism (Author of this article referenced this article to write most of the content.)
• News article on Crush Film Ban
• Reference to Insects as Sexual Fetish Objects
• Love Crushed Sex - 1999 Darwin Award
• Chinese News Article about Woman Filmed Crushing Kittens in Hangzhou - WARNING - Contains Graphic Images

• ^  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)