Here is a look at a couple of common fetishes in todays world.

Foot fetishism

A foot fetishist will become sexually aroused by touching, smelling, tasting, kissing, or handling the feet, ankle or toes of a person, or by having these actions done on their own feet by another person. Some foot fetishists may also enjoy being walked on, or using their feet to manipulate their own, or their partners’ genitals, or having their genitals manipulated to orgasm by another person’s feet (referred to as a ‘foot job’). Some foot fetishists may just be content with touching or being touched by feet, or in rare cases, being used as a footrest.

In much the same way that a normal person may be aroused when seeing naked genitals, so do foot fetishists become aroused when seeing feet. There are of course, a variety of different foot fetishes, each with their own properties and likes that are not necessarily shared by all foot fetishists. Some may prefer naked feet, while others might prefer dressed feet. Some foot fetishists will only be aroused by a specialized scenario, such as a naked foot resting on a table top.

There have been a variety of proposed explanations for the development of a foot fetish. Some suggest that the link between feet and sexual arousal is a direct result of the feet sharing the same sensory cortex as the genitals.

Another theory suggests that the foot’s shape is distinctly phallic, and can be viewed to replicate the female or male genitals, or the shape of a female body.

A third theory notes that the feet and the genitals are in the same visual window, and when looking at one, the other will be in view as well.

Spandex fetishism

Spandex fetishism is a sexual attraction in fetishists for tight, stretchy fabrics worn by people, or in rare cases to the items of clothing themselves.

Spandex fetishists become sexually aroused when dressed in, or seeing sexual partners dress in tight fabrics, or fantasising about such scenarios. Alternatively, spandex fetishists may create fantasies about the wearers of skin-tight garments such as acrobats, dancers, gymnasts, contortionists, athletes or swimmers.

Spandex fetishism can even expand into re-enacting scenarios from comic books or movies where characters are portrayed wearing spandex costumes. These scenarios usually involve a damsel in distress, a villain, and a super hero that comes to the rescue.

Some extreme cases of spandex fetishism involves the use of a full body suite covering the entire body with material, including the fingers, toes and head. One theory about spandex fetishism is the idea of a ‘second skin’ that clothing gives a person, one that a fetishist either wants to obtain, or wants to remove.