And you thought Shower Sex Day was the only kinky fun in January? Every third Friday in January is for celebrating International Fetish Day. This year, it falls on Friday the 20th.
It’s a day when the fetishists of the world come out into the light of a freezing winter sun to confess that, at some point in their lives, there was a connection made between a person or situation that made a deep sexual impression on them to an object that symbolizes that person or situation.
Too complicated? Here’s an example: a twelve-year-old boy begins to feel sexually attracted to his teacher, who wears black tortoiseshell glasses. The boy ends up romanticizing his teacher as someone unattainable. Nothing will ever happen between the two of them, but as the boy grows older he realizes that he is turned on by other girls who wear the same style of glasses because they remind him of the teacher with whom he first became sexually attracted. This is how our friend becomes a fetishist. His fetish is black tortoiseshell glasses.
So, any object has the potential to become a sexual fetish as long as it reminds us of a person or a situation that we find exciting or arousing. But there are certain objects (mostly clothing) that manifest themselves more frequently as sexual fetishes. Let’s explore some examples, shall we?
High-Heels: Perhaps the most predictable of all. According to psychoanalysis, it is an object that represents sexuality from various perspectives. The overture would be a vagina, and the heel, a penis. Its sinuous lines make it particularly sensual. But above all, we associate it with women when they dress up to seduce. So it is normal that they remind us of multiple women who have eroticized us at different times throughout our lives.
Lingerie: A bit more of the same. If we have turned lingerie into a fetish it is because we have seen many women wearing it. That is, we have seen them half-naked, only covered by these garments designed to seduce and insinuate. It is normal that this provoked such a strong sexual impact on us that, from that moment on, the garments acquired their own sexual charge even though there was no woman inside them.
Sportswear: They are usually tight-fitting, conform to the curves of the body and are worn in situations where we sweat and pant, just like during sex. Some people associate them with athletic and toned bodies. Others, with an urban lifestyle, with people from the neighborhood, with bad guys and thugs. These are different ways of sexualizing the same type of clothing.
Uniforms: There are many different types of uniforms, and countless occasions when we have been able to sexualize them. Are you turned on by school uniforms? Maybe your first sexual experience was with a classmate when you were students. Are nursing and medical uniforms your thing? Perhaps you were strongly impacted by the proximity and touch of someone who cared while you were in danger or recovering. Police or military officers, or maybe even those extra-strong firefighters? You may be attracted to the authority or virility attributed to these professions.
Lipstick: We end with a small object loaded with symbolism. Lipstick is another tool capable of turning any woman into a goddess almost magically. We have seen them in hundreds of movies and commercials applying it in a ritual full of seduction and mystery. In addition, its shape reminds us of a penis sliding smoothly around their lips. No further questions, your honor.
Anything can become a sexual fetish, so we’re sure you’ll have your own, and we’d love to discover them!