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THE FOOT FETISH |
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The foot fetish is the most common of all fetishes, so common, in fact, that it should probably be considered part of the "norm." Humans may very well be predisposed to eroticizing feet because feet have apocrine sweat glands... the same type of pheromone-producing sweat glands shared by armpits and the genital region. These smells play a huge role in sexual attraction for most mammals and humans are no different. It's quite possible that when proto-humans walked on all fours in the African veldt, foot odors were used to mark our paths and indicate our health and sexual availability. Unfortunately, in our culture feet have become taboo -- they symbolize dirtiness, animalness, ugliness and all of the things that we must keep under control and keep invisible... and maybe that's part of their appeal. |
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Foot fetishists enjoy kissing, sniffing, licking, and caressing their partners' feet before, during or after sex. (Sucking toes is called "shrimping") Some might like their partners to jerk them off or fuck them with with feet. Some enjoy helping their partners put on shoes or panythose, or acting as masseurs and manicurists for feet. Some enjoy tickling feet. These are perfectly harmless activities, and many partners of foot fetishists enjoy this kind of loving attention. And why shouldn't they? |
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Chinese foot binding was designed to make a woman's foot into a folded vaginal shape. From Body Play magazine. |
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There are so many variations on the foot fetish that they can be hard to count. While most straight male foot fetishists prefer small female feet with high arches, some want smelly feet with callouses -- feet that have really been lived in. There are gay male, straight female and gay female foot fetishists as well. |
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Of course, the foot fetish overlaps with the shoe fetish and its subfetishes. Shoes are simply containers for all of the foot odors, as well as psychologically powerful as symbols of power and status. Some shoe fetishists have very speicifc ideas about what types of footwear excite them. Though the most common are women's high heeled shoes, even espadrilles, sneakers and clogs have their fans. Several websites are devoted exclusively to women's loafers with metal taps on the heels and toes. Among gay male shoe fetishists, there are jackboot fans and motorcycle boot fans. In these cases, as in many others, the foot fetish is combined with a leather fetish. |
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Wet foot, combinaing the foot fetish and messy fun. From Splosh magazine. |
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Another subset of the foot fetish is the pantyhose and stocking fetish. Panyhose and stockings are perfect receptacles for foot stink, and "cook" the smells to a heady ripeness. To hear a panyhose fan wax lyrical about his fetish is akin to listening to a wine connoisseur discuss the aromatic "bouquet" of his preferred Bordeaux. |
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Trampling, crushing and kicking are elaborated play techniques for some foot fetishists, who wish to surrender to their partner's powerful foot-as-weapon. In the crush fetish, the foot fetishist wishes to see the foot used to stomp on a kill a living creature, often a stand-in for the fetishist him- or herself. |
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Shrimping, from Barefoot Babes magazine. |
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The foot fetish can be combined with other fetishes in any number of ways. Some balloon fetishists, for example, like to see the balloon stomped and popped by a woman wearing high heels. Some messy fetishists like to see women wearing pumps get into a shower... the turn-on is seeing the shoes get wet. Even robot fetishists can incorporate feet into their fantasy scenario. One robot fan likes to pretend to disassemble his mechanical lover and play with his feet. Some ponygirl trainers like to pretend to "shoe" their horses and pull rocks out of their hooves.
Feet are really just another part of the human body, one with a tremendous number of very sensitive nerve endings. Incorporating foot play into lovemaking can foster intimacy and trust. As long as the fetishist remembers never to treat their lover as "just a foot", and to develop an enthusiasm for a variety of lovemaking practices, strong and long-lasting emotional relationships between foot fetishists and non-fetishist partners are quite possible. | |
