The Open Toed Shoe and Sandal Pledge

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I have quite big feet - UK size 7 - and it's the only thing about little old me that I would change. They are in proportion to the rest of me though so I would probably look odd with smaller feet. Surely the fact that I have longer feet than some of you with size 3 or 4 makes it easier for me to walk in high heels? I don't think I'd be able to walk in them if I had little tiny feet.

Surely the definition of a fetish is a sexual interest in something that is extraneous to the human body - e.g. clothing, whips and chains, etc etc. In which case since a foot is part of the human body then you can't have a fetish for it. You can definitely have a high heels fetish, my bf certainly does.
 

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Surely the definition of a fetish is a sexual interest in something that is extraneous to the human body - e.g. clothing, whips and chains, etc etc. In which case since a foot is part of the human body then you can't have a fetish for it. You can definitely have a high heels fetish, my bf certainly does.

Wikipedia disagrees with you. I don't like Wikipedia though, so I also asked Answer. I also asked Merriam-Webster, and an etymological reference. They earliest definition of sexual fetish I could find to show you reads as follows:

"In certain perversions of the sexual instinct, the person, part of the body, or particular object belonging to the person by whom the impulse is excited, is called the fetish of the patient." [E. Morselli in "Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy," 1901]
 

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Someone finally said it.

I'm always yelling at people that their feet need to be taken care of if they are going to be strutting around in flip flops etc.

Living in San Antonio, Texas [hot ass weather 24/7] i see a lot of feet mishaps.
 

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OK, but that wiki article starts off by saying that a fetish is

"the sexual attraction to materials and objects not conventionally viewed as being sexual in nature"

which is probably better than my definition.

So many people are attracted to feet that I think we can define it as 'conventionally' sexual. Same goes for high heels - men like to see us wear them and we feel sexy when we are wearing them.

So my revised position is this - you can't have a foot fetish or a high heel fetish because feet and heels are so widely admired that it isn't fetishistic to like them!

Who cares if something is a fetish or not at the end of the day, we shouldn't label normal sexual behaviour, if it feels good, do it, unless it involves co-ercion, children or animals.

Wikipedia disagrees with you. I don't like Wikipedia though, so I also asked Answer. I also asked Merriam-Webster, and an etymological reference. They earliest definition of sexual fetish I could find to show you reads as follows:

"In certain perversions of the sexual instinct, the person, part of the body, or particular object belonging to the person by whom the impulse is excited, is called the fetish of the patient." [E. Morselli in "Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy," 1901]
 

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*bump*This bears repeating.
I was thinking about this thread last week, after seeing some particularly heinous feet on display at COSTCO. Thank you, for digging it up. :cool:

I have discovered that Kennith Cole makes the only Ballet ribbon pumps worth owning.
I promise to glide with effortless grace and sensuality in these shoes and never..NEVER trip or stumble in an effort to make my nice, toned, smooth legs look stunning in these fucking tourture creations made by gay men who do not have to wear them. Amen.
Doesn't that just kill you! I have a pair of 4" Stuart Weitzman evening shoes which are actually comfortable and sexy. You should check out his web site.

Someone finally said it.
I'm always yelling at people that their feet need to be taken care of if they are going to be strutting around in flip flops etc. Living in San Antonio, Texas [hot ass weather 24/7] i see a lot of feet mishaps.
I probably see almost as many bad feet here in Georgia. It is truly amazing to me how anyone can not know their feet look like they have been using them to stop the car like Fred Flinstone.

So many people are attracted to feet that I think we can define it as 'conventionally' sexual.
:lmao: No, sorry, feet are still out there, and not at all a conventional sex thing.


Same goes for high heels - men like to see us wear them and we feel sexy when we are wearing them.

So my revised position is this - you can't have a foot fetish or a high heel fetish because feet and heels are so widely admired that it isn't fetishistic to like them!
Yeah, that's kinda bullshit, cause there are men who can't get excited unless their girl is in 4" hooker pumps. Let's not forget the women who can't get off unless their guy is trussed up like a Christmas goose with a ball gag in his mouth. :biggrin1: That's where the fetish comes into play. :cool:
Who cares if something is a fetish or not at the end of the day, we shouldn't label normal sexual behaviour, if it feels good, do it, unless it involves co-ercion, children or animals.

Okay I see your point, and I understand it; but you're wrong. We all know wht normal is, just like we all know what pornography is. For those of us who have abnormal sexual tastes that's fine as long as we don't break any laws and stay within the confines of your last sentence.