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Sexuality and Fetishes · Original article
Women with a genuine sexual foot or shoe fetish do exist, but they are considerably rarer. When feet or shoes play an erotic role for women, this often happens through dominance, context, and relationship rather than through an isolated stimulus.
Fetishes and BDSM · Original article
In my experience, foot and shoe fetishism is often, but not inevitably, linked to the desire for female dominance. What matters are consent, both partners’ needs and the possibility that roles can change.
Dating and Relationships · Original article
On a first date, a gentle and honest hint about your own fetish can be appropriate if the topic arises naturally. The important thing is to remain open without demanding too much intimacy too early.
Sexuality · Original article
There is no sharp line between a preference for feet and a pronounced fetish. Seven questions help you assess the role feet play in your own arousal.
Sexuality · Original article
A personal six-step model explains how predisposition, environment, early association, fantasy and repetition may shape a shoe fetish. The precise path in any one person cannot be reliably reconstructed.
Sexuality · Original article
A foot fetish probably develops through several interacting learning, arousal-transfer and social processes. The exact personal cause cannot be reconstructed with certainty in retrospect.
Fetish knowledge · Original article
Foot and shoe fetishes probably arise from an interplay between a possible biological predisposition and culturally shaped learning experiences. More important than their origin is how one lives with them today.
Sexuality · Original article
High heels change posture and gait and combine physical effect with symbolism, history and fantasy. The author explains why, for him, these factors together have their greatest effect.
Fetishism · Original article
This article classifies nine common types of foot and shoe fetishism and explains their frequent motives. It stresses that practices involving others must be based on consent, respect and safety.
History & Diagnosis · Original article
A foot fetish is not a mental disorder as long as it is practised consensually or alone and causes no distress or danger. What matters is distress, responsibility and the consent of everyone involved, not the question of normality.
