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Fetishes: There's more to them than leather and kinky boots.
Fetishes have been around for centuries — from the Marquis de Sade to Kinky Boots.
But fetishes are about much more than shoes and leather or whips and women.
Fetishes are not just about feet and leather
When it comes to fetishes for body parts, nothing comes near feet and toes in popularity.
In 2007, the biggest ever study of fetishes found that the foot was way more popular than everything else, accounting for almost half of all fetishes.
Fetishes are rare — especially in women
The world isn't awash with research into fetishes ...
But across the studies that have been done, two things stand out. Fetishes are rare, and they're almost unheard of in women.
Foot fetishes are linked with STDs, but not how you'd expect …
Throughout history erotic art and writing have focused on the usual suspects — women's breasts, backsides and thighs.
But every now and then women's feet suddenly got sexy. And by every now and then, I mean whenever there was an epidemic of syphilis or gonorrhea.
A study in 1998 found that foot fetishism in books, poetry and paintings coincided with each of the four major STD epidemics since the 13th century.
And foot porn went through the roof with the arrival of AIDS ...
Fetishes are not usually a problem
Getting turned on by a raincoat or a handbag might be unusual, but in psychiatric terms fetishes are only a problem if they really mess with your life, or the lives of those around you.
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Damm it I say ... without fetishes, the World would be just missionary and not a position I'd like to be all the time.
Vanilla is OK for most of the time, but just occasionally, it's great to break the mold.
Me? I LOVE NIPPLES, THIN, SMART ... OK, maybe just the nipples are a preference and not a fetish ... or maybe I'm just a normal guy ?.
What about you?