Reading through the material I was very intrigued by the fetish subject
in the book. Although I have never met anyone who has a fetish, I was curious
as to what constitutes a fetish. Is a fetish just an obsession? Webster's
dictionary states that an obsession is: the state
of being obsessed with someone or
something. The definition for a fetish, according to the
same source is: a form of sexual desire in which gratification is
linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of
the body, etc. It seems to me that they are linked to some degree. Having a
fetish or an obsession could have potential to make others feel uncomfortable.
I wanted to know, what are some of the most common and what are some of
the strangest fetishes. My daughter and I watched a show called, My Strange
Addictions and one of the interesting people on there liked a thing called
"pony play". She dressed up as a pony, bit and all, and was really
satisfied playing that role. She states in the video that she likes this type
of role-play. She does not mention if it is a sexual desire she is fulfilling, so I uploaded the video so that you could make your own observation.
Dr. Neil Cannon gives some insight on why people have
fetishes and that they can be generational as well. Here is a clip of him
discussing his view on why a fetish.
Some of the most
interesting fetishes that people do not hear that much about according to, The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering.
Acrotomophilia: Arousal to amputees
Actirasty: Arousal to the sun’s rays
Agalmatophilia: Arousal to statues
Anasteemaphilia: Arousal to a person of extreme stature, either giant or dwarf
Apotemnophilia: Arousal to oneself as an amputee
Autogynephilia: Arousal to oneself [male only] in the form of a woman
Autoplushophilia: Arousal to oneself dressed as a giant cartoon-like stuffed animal
Chasmophilia: Arousal to caverns, crevices, and valleys
Climacophilia: Arousal to falling down stairs
Coprophilia: Arousal to feces
Ephebophilia: Arousal to older adolescents, approx. 15-19
Exhibitionism: Arousal to displaying one’s sexual organs in public
Fetishism: Arousal to objects that have been in physical contact with desired
person
Formicophilia: Arousal to insects
Frotteurism: Arousal to touching a stranger surreptitiously in a crowded place
Gerontophilia: Arousal to the elderly
Hebephilia: Arousal to pubescent aged children, approx. 11-14
Katoptronophilia: Arousal to sex in front of mirrors
Knismolagnia: Arousal to being tickled
Lithophilia: Arousal to stone and gravel
Masochism: Arousal to experiencing physical and psychological pain
Melissaphilia: Arousal to bees and wasps
Nasolingus: Arousal to sucking on a person’s nose
Nebulophilia: Arousal to fog
Necrophilia: Arousal to corpses
Objectophilia: Arousal to a particular object, distinct from fetishism
Partialism: Arousal to a body part other than the reproductive organs, e.g.,
calves
Pedophilia: Arousal to prepubescent children
Podophilia: Arousal to feet
Psellismophilia: Arousal to stuttering
Psychrophilia: Arousal to being cold and watching others who are cold
Pteronphilia: Arousal to being tickled by feathers
Pubephilia: Arousal to pubic hair
Pygophilia: Arousal to buttocks
Sadism: Arousal
to causing physical and psychological pain
Savantophilia: Arousal to the cognitively impaired or developmentally delayed
Stygiophilia: Arousal to the thought of hellfire and damnation
Teleiophilia: Arousal to reproductive-aged adults
Teratophilia: Arousal to the congenitally deformed
Titillagnia: Arousal to tickling other people
Transvestic Fetishism: Arousal to female garments touching the male’s skin
Urophilia: Arousal to urine or urinating others
Vorarephilia: Arousal to eating another person’s body parts
Voyeurism: Arousal to spying on others for sexual gratification
Xylophilia: Arousal to wood
Zoophilia: Arousal to nonhuman animals
As far as fetishes go, they can range from Acrotomophilia (arousal to amputees) to Xylophilia (arousal to wood). The most common fetish in Lehmiller’s observation is feet and toes, with 47% of group members who admitted that this is one, or their only fetish. There are a lot of weird fetishes out there, look at this video.
Relating
back to Lehmiller, he clearly explains the difference between a “turn on” and a fetish. “A fetish tends to obsess over the fetish
object and focus exclusively on it” (Lehmiller 331). While these two are close
in definition, they are polar opposites in the way that a “turn on” can be
multiple things, while a fetish is the focus on one thing, over and over again.
Fetishes
are not limited to body parts; they can be to inanimate objects as well. The
most common fetish that is related to an object is stockings, skirts and other
things that are worn on the legs.
While reading an
article by L. F. Lowenstein, M.D, I learned that
fetishes can be taken one step too far and can lead to criminal acts. There are
two types of sexual burglary crimes; the first one is burglaries with overt
sexual dynamics and the second is voyeuristic burglaries, where the sexual actions
were covert and subtler (Lowenstein 141). Crimes that are sexually motivated,
such as fetishistic burglaries, and they are generally hypothesized to be
linked with more aggression and violent acting-out. There was a case where a 16-year-old male
became violent and aggressive while robbing somebody’s house. Not only did this
boy have a desire for robbing a person’s house, he has multiple personality
disorder. This boy’s desire to rob this house was based on the urge of sexual
fetishism and his desire to rob a house.
Many people around the world have sexual fetishes. Sometimes they consume people's lives and other times they are just things that stay on the back burner and wait until they are needed. Fetishes can be expressed in many ways, and at any age, but mainly they can be seen early on as stated above. I hope this is educational and answers some questions about fetishes that anyone might have.
Resources for pictures:
Resources for information:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/sexual-fetish_n_4144418.html
http://content.ebscohost.com.proxy.library.uaf.edu/pdf25_26/pdf/2002/42X/01Jun02/11303737.pdf?T=P&P=AN&K=11303737&S=R&D=aph&EbscoContent=dGJyMMTo50SeqLU4yOvsOLCmr0yep7NSr6e4S66WxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGqtUqzqLFPuePfgeyx44Dt6fIA
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