After allegedly sending messages detailing cannibalistic fetishes, Hollywood actor Armie Hammer hopes to relaunch his career with a new podcast and movie . Following the 2021 social media cannibal scandal , Hammer was also accused of rape and abuse by various women, but consistently denied any criminal behaviour and was not charged . Now, it seems, Hammer is laughing off the cannibalism allegations.
Speaking to his first podcast guest, Tom Arnold, Hammer says, “I’m not gonna lie. I’m just like, Hey, I’m a cannibal!” But being sexually aroused by the fantasy – or reality – of cannibalism is real. I should know, as it’s one of the paraphilias I research .
Paraphilias are uncommon types of sexual expression often described as sexual deviations , sexual perversions or disorders of sexual preference. They are typically accompanied by intense sexual arousal to unconventional or non-sexual stimuli such as enemas (klismaphilia), statues (agalmatophilia), teeth (odontophilia) and vomit (emetophilia). To many people paraphilias may seem bizarre or socially unacceptable, representing the extreme end of the sexual continuum – and in some cases, such as zoophilia (having sex with animals) and necrophilia (having sex with dead people), may be illegal .
Paraphilias may be laughed off, dismissed or leave some people disgusted, but there’s a pressing need for more research into uncommon sexual behaviour given how little we know. Sexual fantasies and behaviour are a fundame.
