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Verrrrrrry eenteresting…

Fridge, I find those nose fetishists much easier to fathom because I’m always aware of people’s noses. The size and shape of the nose is one of the first things I would notice about someone new, when we first meet, and I’m much more likely to be able subsequently to describe someone’s nose than tell you their eye colour. And 100% more likely to be able to identify a nose of my acquaintance, in a theoretical line-up, than someone’s feet.

I don’t know that there is a body part I feel fetishistic about, which is perhaps at the root of my puzzlement at the foot fetishists. Some bits I like more than others or would check out first. As well as the usual erogenous zones, probably forearms high on the list but I expect that’s just because they’re often publicly displayed.

potus: they are a very beautiful thing in terms of structure and form
Lots of people must think so. I think they’re generally quite ugly. Particularly my own: short, fat and high on the instep, with stubby little toes. I have also had to deal with many ugly feet professionally. They take a lot of punishment, I guess, so it’s not surprising they suffer. Generally not seen by others also, so probably not prioritised for cosmetic care by most folk. And I get the impression from the fetishists’ sites that most of them prefer them when they have the connotations of dirt, heavy use and contact with the soil. Makes sense, in fetish terms, I expect.

cosmicjamas: you name the shoe fetish - I've worn it
I can sure see the interest in a finely wrought shoe, more so a well made boot, and I can see the intersect there with sexual desire. I’ve often taught people interview technique and how to give presentations and it seems a common perception that you can tell a lot about someone from studying their footwear. I don’t know that I would be turned on by x or y kind of shoe but I can think of times when I’ve lost interest in someone otherwise intriguing on finding them wrongly shod. I can definitely see the point of a shoe fetish but a lot of the perv sites indicate a strong link between foot and shoe lust.

Elephants use their feet in unexpected ways: communicating stuff with them, perceiving distance and other data, even expressing emotion in some circumstances. Maybe our primitive ancestors did the same, before the invention of the enclosing, stifling shoe.

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