Fetishes you just don't understand

[waffle911]

In defense of furries:
Furries I can get and I don't mind so much. Turns out the whole "in your face" thing isn't actually them being in-your-face about their fetish; many of them consider it a hobby?or even a state of mind?that may or may not actually hold any sexual interest to them. Also the bestiality stigma is mostly a myth. It's not that some don't find it appealing, it's just that most would keep it "between sentient anthro-sapiens" as it were. You can learn a lot about a subculture when you're strapped for ideas for a psychology paper and you've got a few oddball friends in your list of contacts.

And besides, how many animal terms can use to describe someone or something of romantic interest?
"A real fox"/foxy/vixen, she-wolf, beach bunny (or playboy bunny), sex kitten, pussy cat, cougar, mousey, chicks, stud, stag night, prowling, "doggy-style", "going at it like rabbits", "hung like a horse", "an [animal] in bed". It just seems like people naturally associate animals with one of the last organic functions of human life still remaining today. After all, "we ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." You know, back before most of the animal shows got moved to Animal Planet.

Plus, if people can find anime/cartoon characters to be sexy (Louis Griffen, Marge Simpson, Betty Boop, Jessica Rabbit), I don't see how anthropomorphic cartoon characters can't be found to be attractive as well (Lola Bunny, Minerva Mink, Krystal, and for some reason, Renamon and...wait, wtf Lucario?...ooookay...).

So yeah, furry isn't my thing, but I can see why it would appeal to some. It's annoying sometimes how much some people seem to hate it without actually bothering to understand it, judging the book by its cover; though I can see how certain things could potentially lead to "ruining one's childhood". I do agree that rule 34 need not apply to everything, though unfortunately it seems that it sometimes does. [/soapbox]

On Topic:
Fetishes I don't understand:
Vore, gore, death, watersports, scat, fat, flatulence, asphyxiation, mutilation, genital mutilation (castration, etc.), bondage, pain, dom/sub, rape, and anything related to any of these, as far as what I can think of right now.

 

[Eldarion]

I think dragons epitomized things I find incredibly sexy. Wings are great for cuddling, prehensile tails are great for hugs/erotic manipulation, and the character of a dragon is dominant and hoarding, which appeals to the part of me that likes to be kept, for that gives me a feel of value. And finally, scales have a very fascinating texture to me.

I can identify with that, I sorta like being dominated...and cuddling. I learned something about furrys today.

I'm a little surprised that no one mentioned sexual Vampirism. Is that cause everyone understands its sexy or cause no one knows what it is?

 

[putowtin]

Sadism. If I were to try it, I'd feel compelled to apologize constantly.

you just made me laugh so hard!

OT, feet, there horrible so how people can get that giddy by them is beyond me, oh and snuff, it's wrong on so many levels

 

[godfist88]

feet, scat, guro, etc.

theres a ton of them.

 

[tjcross]

all of them including the ones i have (which are almost all of them that don't involve bodily waste, a very painful thing (mentally or physically or death or have yet to hear of) since a fetish is as illogical as love

 

[Johanthemonster666]

Foot fetishists confuse me. It's just a foot, how could it possibly be sexual?

Simple, in Psychology/Brain Science 101 you learn that the part of the brain that is related to genitals/sexual functions is right next to the part relating to feet. And so, thousands of people are born everyday with those wires "crossed" (so to speak, though it's not considered abnormal) in that part of the brain, meaning they find both feet and a person's general appearance (depending on what they consider desirable or sexy)appealing, especially the feet.

Fetishes like feet/hands aren't chosen fetishes, you're pretty much born with them from what most experts have gathered so far.

 

[darthotaku]

I'm into the being swallowed side of vore, and I guess I wouldn't quite be too upset about dying that way but I really don't understand how people can watch someone die like that.

I also don't get goro. I guess I'm ok with suffering myself but not for others.

Edit: forgot beastiality. I don't wanna see that again.

 

[Quaidis]

Foot fetishes confuse me. Feet can smell outright nasty.

Then vore. For, well, same reasons listed in first post. Even anthropologists who study a python's dietary habits know when enough is enough.



Oh, and certain types of fat fetishes. I can understand if a guy likes their women chunky, but to make a character 'lovable' by lumping half a ton on them? Have you ever Seen a half-ton person? So ugly and bulbous that their bones have degraded and they haven't bathed in 2 years? These types of people need to catch a clue. That's not hot.

 

[Kathinka]

furies.

/thread.

 

[Drake_Dercon]

vore, rape, pedo, sneezing, cars...... crushing... death stuff,.... uhhh.... Im sure there is more but I cant think of any now

edit: go ahead and throw in the stuff that the guy above me said

Ayup. Pretty much exactly this. Also bondage, titanic breasts, tentacles.

*shudders*

I guess that makes me vanilla.

 

[Grey_Focks]

...I didn't really know it was possible to understand fetishes to begin with. Really though, I think I'll just say all of them, with special mentions to pedophilia and it's various.....sub-genres, bestiality/furry, and really anything that has to deal with death, ranging from everything involving necrophelia to...vore, I think it's called? Whatever the thing is that involves getting eaten, or watching people get eaten, not too sure myself.

 

[Mikeyfell]

feet? I just don't know. There's nothing you can do to a foot that you can't do to a more pleasant part of the body.

 

[JezebelinHell]

Aren't their people who are into strangling each other? That, I don't understand.

In one sense that is easy even though I am not into it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_asphyxiation
"The carotid arteries (on either side of the neck) carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the brain. When these are compressed, as in strangulation or hanging, the sudden loss of oxygen to the brain and the accumulation of carbon dioxide can increase feelings of giddiness, lightheadness, and pleasure, all of which will heighten masturbatory sensations." Just without the masturbation. So the actual result makes sense but can be rather risky. Being excited by the act seems much less acceptable but could be an acquired predilection from practice.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Furries. I can't wrap my mind around it.
[sup]*doesn't know about many fetishes*[/sup]

 

[InnerRebellion]

I have a huge one for girls with smooth skin, especially on the legs. Enough to the point that it's annoyed quite a few girlfriends that I'd rather run my hand along the skin I can get to without it being awkward than be absorbed in kissing them. Eh.

Personally, I don't get the feet one, but lately, I've found my own eyes wandering from the legs of a girl I'm rather attracted to down to her feet, then lingering there, then going back up.

Another one of mine I don't quite understand is this: the more a girl takes advantage of me and my inability to say no to girls, the more I get attracted to them. So I guess I like being manipulated or something.

 

[Death God]

Domimatrix. It just seems so... out there and rather stupid to me. There are a lot more but that is the biggest one.

 

[The Lunatic]

I can understand most. Subject to a few, I can understand the feeling of "This is hot, why is this hot? I don't know, just enjoy it." feeling.

As long as you're level headed, accept that you're into something a lot of people won't like, act restrained and don't be open about it, and we'll get along fine.