What is a Fetish?
By Johnny
January 2nd, 2019
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What is a Fetish?
Sexual or erotic fetishism is defined as a sexual fixation on an object or non-genital part of the body. The spectrum of a sexual fetish is vast and they manifest in different ways for everyone. Some people become aroused by a part of the body not traditionally considered sexual, like feet or hair. Others develop a particular lifestyle that allows them to live out their fetish on a temporary or full-time basis. Fetishes and erotic lifestyles come in all forms and variants, from common to extreme.
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How are Fetishes Developed?
There are a few theories on how sexual fetishes are developed, yet they all gravitate around the idea of experiences and how we process those certain experiences. A lot of people develop fetishes during childhood and adolescence when hormones are developing and causing sexual impulses. There is an association made between sexual arousal and a particular item, body part, or experience. They find it pleasurable, so they continue using it in a sexual way until a habit is developed.
Certain sexual fetishes can also be linked to personality traits. A great example of this is BDSM. The Canadian Journal of Huaman Sexuality. did a study on 270 BDSM practitioners and found they had common personality traits of empathy, honesty-humility, conscientiousness, openness to experience, altruism, and agreeableness.
Fetishes are a by-product of humanity’s biggest evolutionary advantage: adaptability. A notable example of this is foot fetish. The rising commonality of foot fetish seems to climax during times when the rate of sexually transmitted disease is at its highest. Perhaps foot fetishes have been most prevalent during these times as a way to avoid direct sexual contact that could spread infection, yet still enjoy a comparable sensation. The areas of the brain that are stimulated during genital arousal are similar to those stimulated when feet are touched and rubbed. Ever get aroused after a sexy foot massage? This neurological connection could be the reason.
Not all fetishes are directly related to sexual release. Exploring fetishes for some can be more about relaxation, comfort, and stress relief. Indulging in these fetishes allows people to reminisce about the simpler times of childhood, where these fetishes most likely developed. This is especially apparent in age play and ABDL (adult baby diaper lovers).
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Can Fetishes be Harmful?
There are some theories that fetishes are a result of sexual trauma, however, this isn’t always the case. A lot of mentally sound people have fetishes, and exploring them is considered healthy. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DNS). published by the American Psychiatric Association, states that most people with atypical sexual interests do not have a mental disorder.
What if your fetish is an occurrence of a mental irregularity? No sex should be painful, physically or mentally. If a certain sexual fetish or habit you have is uncomfortable or upsetting, causing distress or impairments to your usual function, it may be time to seek help.
Almost anything can be fetishized. It gets problematic when the fetishization of objects or activity is traded for people. Fetishizing someone because of their race, body, or age sexualizes them in a way that is discriminatory and dehumanizing. Breaking down the multi-dimensions of a person to one attribute to be fetishized is harmful.
If you find yourself harboring a sexual fetish that you think is harmful to you or others, there is professional help in the form of talk therapy, hypnosis, and regressive therapy that can break down unwanted associations. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is most popular in identifying, deconstructing and substituting unwanted fetishes.
The article from www.wildflowersex.com
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