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A sex expert has explained what a 'finger sucking' kink actually is after Jacob Elordi fans went absolutely feral over a very steamy Wuthering Heights scene.
Now, despite the fact that the upcoming romance film, starring Elordi and Margot Robbie, doesn't hit cinemas for a few weeks (13 February), fans have been sent into a right spiral after watching the very raunchy trailer.
Wuthering Heights, directed by Saltburn genius Emerald Fennell, is a 'scandalous and intoxicating' take on Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel of the same name.
Inspired by 'the greatest love story of all time', the film follows the tragedy that ensues when Heathcliff (Elordi) falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw (Robbie), a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
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Scandalous' seems to be the perfect word to describe the abundance of X-rated moments and 'finger sucking' we've been treated to in the film's trailer, including a heart-racing interaction where Robbie's fingers are in Elordi’s mouth and another, far less sexy scene, featuring someone’s finger sliding into the mouth of a dead fish.
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Some fans found the finger on mouth action incredibly hot, while others couldn't think of anything worse.
Wherever you stand on the debate, we were intrigued to know exactly what the kink actually is and why some people find it so damn irresistible.
Dr Sima Al Asad a sex expert and OBGYN, exclusively told Tyla a little more about why some people love nothing more than getting their finger sucked, or sucking someone else's fingers for that matter.
"The renewed fascination with finger-sucking as an erotic gesture has far less to do with the act itself and far more to do with what it signals psychologically," Dr Sima explains.
"It sits in that potent space between innocence and intimacy; a small, tactile moment that implies trust, surrender, and closeness."
The expert notes that because the gesture is 'understated', it 'invites the imagination to do the work', which often makes it feel more charged than overtly sexual behaviour.
"In sex psychology, this kind of symbolism is powerful: slow, sensory gestures activate anticipation and emotional arousal, not just physical desire," Dr Sima says.
She adds that the new Wuthering Heights trailer, which just so happens to star two very attractive Hollywood A-listers, has 'poured fuel on that fire by leaning into romantic restraint and emotional intensity, rather than explicit sexuality'.
"Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie’s chemistry is framed through glances, proximity, and subtle physical cues, the kind that feel stolen rather than staged," Dr Sima points out. "In a story rooted in obsession and longing, a gesture like finger sucking becomes shorthand for unspoken desire, dominance, vulnerability, and yearning all at once."
In short, it's your classic 'slow born' sensuality, which the sexpert says modern audiences are 'especially hungry for after years of hyper-explicit content'.
Dr Sima explains that fans online have been quick to 'extract a single moment and turn it into a cultural fixation'.
"A small, repeatable visual is easy to meme, discuss, fetishise, and recontextualise, especially when it’s attached to beautiful people, a gothic romance, and literary gravitas," she outlines.
"The result isn’t a new kink so much as a renewed appreciation for intimacy that feels intentional, emotionally loaded, and slightly taboo, proof that desire is often hottest when it’s implied, not spelled out."
Wuthering Heights will hit selected UK cinemas on 13 February.
