Feet — you’re either indifferent to them, hate them, or want to fuck them. If the shoe fits the latter, then boy does Silicon Wives have a sex toy for you. Catering to one of the more popular groups of fetishists (a person with a fetish), the luxury sex doll company just launched its latest product, oh so cleverly named Realistic Silicone Feet with Vaginas. Basically, it’s a foot that you can have sex with that should’ve been named “foot-gina,” or “vagankle” (clearly a missed opportunity).
When the average person thinks about a fetish, the first thing that comes to mind is feet. Perhaps that’s because the media perpetuates the stereotype that foot fetishes are the only type of fetish, maybe it’s because we’re a sucker for alliterations, or maybe it’s just Maybelline. The reality is, fetishes — a sexual attraction to an object or non-genital body part — comes in a myriad of variations.
Despite America’s reluctance to instate comprehensive sex education, Silicon Wive’s latest product illustrates a growing normalization of previously considered abnormal sexual desires.
For example, while less popular than most, some people are attracted to stethoscopes, known as auscultation. There’s even a website dedicated to those who are attracted to hearing heartbeats. Don’t believe me? The proof is in the pudding! And by pudding, I mean the following list of sexual fetishes people revealed to me. I asked 24 amount of people what their sexual fetish is, and when they first noticed it. Enjoy!
1. Horror movies, female, 22
Every time I would watch a horror movie I’d just find myself SOOO turned on, like panties dripping lmao! Through the years, I’ve found that it’s all part of the adrenaline and during a very well done horror movie I lose myself completely in the storyline, and different sexual scenarios that could happen, and that I want in theory.
Fear play
2. Hands, Female, 19
It was just an inkling at first. Like, there’s hand porn which isn’t particularly sexual, it’s just pictures of really nice hands. However, I have come to realize it’s because I am so turned on by the thought of my partner playing with my pussy and fingered me, and also him/her masturbating. I guess nice hands just turn me on because of the subconscious association with stuff like that.
Hand fetishism
3. Food play, nonbinary, 23,
I always felt bad about eating growing up because my parents encouraged me not to eat, so now, I don’t know, I love food play and just in general mukbang [watching people binge eat] are the best, lmao. I realized it when a girl I had a crush on was eating wings, and like passionately with sauce dripping, and she was even sucking the bone marrow out.”
Sitophilia
4. Messy food play, female, 34
I love watching people eat messy things, like chicken wings. I was out eating with an ex and I realized I was getting excited watching him. Now many of the dates I go on are at wing places so that I can tell if I’m actually attracted to the person because usually, I don’t know immediately. Sitophilia
5. Wet and messy, Female, 24
I have a few fetishes, but my favorite is being messy with things like paint, or cake icing. Paint is fun, not as fun considering it’s not typically edible. I was painting my bedroom, super frustrated and just having an awful day when my boyfriend came home and started to cheer me up. He started putting little dots of paint on me until I was pretty much covered in blue paint. He started rubbing it on my skin, and I lost it. I have no idea why, but the feeling of being covered in something stick, or wet — like I said, still preferable edible, not lube — is just so hot. I think I love the carefree feeling that comes with just making an absolute mess.
Sploshing
6. Male, 30, feet
I discovered I was into feet as soon as I was attracted to women. I always found women in flip flops really, really attractive. Like, more than an “oh, that’s cute!”
Podophilia
7. Male, 26, body hair
I loved going down on my ex, and when we first got together she would shave herself bare. One day we had sex and she forgot to shave, and I found it irresistibly sexy. Afterward, I asked her if she would let her body hair grow out. She was caught a bit off guard, but she was obliged, and it made sex more enjoyable to me. The tactile and aromatic qualities made sex that much more primal.
Tricophilia
8. Fishnets against soft skin, female, 29
In the early 2000s when Gwen Stefani started wearing them regularly, it captivated me so much that I bought a pair. I immediately became obsessed with the texture against soft feet, and shaved legs. When I see anyone wearing them I’m immediately in a trance.
Hosiery fetish
9. Feet and tickling, male, 36
I discovered both growing up through socializing and playing with friends. Pre-puberty, they weren’t sexual as much as they were just two things I enjoyed doing. My guy and gal friends would let me play with their feet and we’d have tickle fights. I remember one sleepover I had with a best friend where I spent the entire evening watching a movie with his feet in my lap. I was about 11.
As I got older and began exploring my sexuality, I realized that I found both feet and tickling to be very sexual to me. That’s when everything sort of came together (ha!) in my head. And once I started dating, I was armed with enough research (thank you Internet) to be able to articulate these two fetishes to my romantic interests. Add a healthy amount of open shame-free discussion, and I was able to establish my sexual identity as the foot-guy, or tickle monster in my relationships. And so, my innocent childhood play transitioned into far from innocent adulthood play.
Podophilia
10. Runny makeup, male, 22
I love rough sex in porn with “forced” tags (obviously, only with consenting like-minded partners with established safe words). I really like when she/he wears runny makeup, and I get to turn them into a hot, sweaty mess while fucking them in a chokehold. I realized this from watching every scene in the John Wick movies where he dukes it out with a female assassin. Runny makeup is the key thing here.
Salirophilia
11. Shaving hair, non-binary, 25
I discovered my fetish for having my hair cut or shaved when I was in my late teens. I had nearly six inches cut off from my hair, which was my most dramatic hair cut at that point. A couple of months later, my boyfriend at the time cut a further four inches off while I masturbated, so it was properly short. It’s more exciting when I think about it being cut off, or it being really short, and sometimes I fantasize about it being done in front of an audience while I’m tied up.
Trichophilia
12. Shaving, female, 35
The first time I ever shaved it excited me. My mom wasn’t very good about explaining things. She handed me a razor and told me I needed to start shaving. So, I did my armpits, legs, and vagina. Doing it excited me. The older I got, I explored different things that added to the excitement, including being shaved and shaving my partner. I like the feeling of it, the smell of the shaving cream, the sound of the razor against the grain of the hair, especially when watching a man shave his face, and the smoothness after it’s done.
Trichophilia
13. Masks, female, 20
My biggest fetish is masks — ski masks, motorcycle helmets, etc. When I was maybe 10 or 11 I had a huge crush on all of the Power Rangers. Now, I have connected the dots and realized that I love the thought of being gangbanged by all the Power Rangers.
Clothing fetishism
14. Urination, female, 29
I had a sugar daddy who was into getting peed on. It took me a few tried to get comfortable. It’s hard to urinate on command because you’re trained from a small child to not urinate everywhere I had no idea I would enjoy it as much as I did! Later, I discovered I also enjoy being the recipient. During, before, or after intercourse. Sometimes just as a pleasure on its own!
Urolagnia
15. Feet, male, 28
I discovered my foot fetish when girls in my high school would play with their shoes with their feet under the desk. I had absolutely no idea why it turned me on. I grew up thinking I was an absolute freak. Now, I own it and my girlfriends moan when I caress their feet during sexy time. Podophilia
16. Latex, male, 42
A partner introduced latex to me and had me wear it. It was like a light switch. It was such a turn on in my head instantly.
Latex fetishism
17. Latex, genderqueer, 23
I love latex everything, probably from watching stuff like American Mary and all the other movies and shows that have hot women in latex. Have you ever watched a video of someone snapping or rubbing something latex? Oof.
Latex fetishism
18. Latex, male, 29
I found out when I was in a BDSM group four years ago and was a slave for a girl for about a year and a half. Her full latex suits (red, black, grey) made me completely lose control and go insane. I’d lose (still lose) control like the hulk.
Latex fetishism
19. Teeth, female, 23
It’s not a big fetish I necessarily seek out in a partner, but I have a slight obsession for people with a nice smile. When I was young I thought I really wanted to be a dentist, but I actually just had a fixation with staring at my partner's mouth if they had nice teeth. If I’m already interested in the conversation I’m having with a person of interest and they have nice teeth, I just stare at them. It is such a turn on for me like I actually get wet from that alone. I could climb on top of them right there, wherever we are.
Odontophilia
20. Women’s bellies, bisexual male, 21
I always liked chubby girls and thought they looked cute and hot. At 15, at a pool party, I realized I really wanted to pinch and squeeze my crush’s chubby belly. After that, I would focus a lot on chubby bellies, along with sunken belly buttons. Back at the time, “thicc girls” and plus size models weren’t rocking it the way they do now, so my fetish became stronger over these last years. And I’m really happy to see them get the love they deserve.
Alvinophilia
21. Mustaches, female, 19
I was getting eaten out and the guy brushed his mustache against me. I’ve been mad about mustaches ever since.
Tricophilia
22. Candle wax, woman, 24
When I was a kid, I always just loved dipping my finger in candle wax and peeling it off when it had dried. As an adult having sex, I enjoy a lot of sensory stimulation, and I’ve experimented with different temperatures, so obviously had to try wax. Having someone pour hot wax down my neck, chest, boobs, stomach… it’s amazing.
Wax play
23. Dark curly hair, female, 26
I’m super turned on by younger guys with dark, wavy, or curly hair. Preferably curly. They can also be bald, but with dark, wavy bars. I have an unhealthy desire to just touch these guys’ hair when I’m out in the club. Sometimes I just run my fingers through stranger’s hair without their prior consent! It’s a bad habit, I know, but so far I’ve only received positive feedback.
Tricophilia
24. Hitting and choking, female, 17
One of my exes happened to accidentally put his hand around my throat, and I just held him there ‘cause I liked it. He was also into hitting me, and that’s why we tried that as well.
Masochism
Written by Arielle Kaplan, writer and creator of @Whoregasmic and Seven Minutes in Heaven