To the folks that have fetishes they are real. To the folks that sit and analyze everyone's else's actions as they live their Vanilla bean lives it is a fantasy. So, you choose for yourself to make your own world round so you do not fall off of its flat edges!
For me I am 100% happy being a heterosexual cross dresser~ beans need not spilt it is 100% stated in my open profile!
Some fetishes are genuine, and the most serious ones fit all clinical criteria for mental disorders listed by authorities like DSM-5 etc.
But it's a question of degrees, and there are lots of gray areas. Confusion is common. It's popular for people in online chat groups & social media platforms (like SW) to exaggerate particular feelings and say they have "a fetish" for something - when in fact what they're talking about is usually a personal preference, or sexual "soft kink".
It's important to understand the difference. True fetishes are connected to uncontrolled compulsions that can be psychologically disabling. They often require treatment. Preferences, tastes, and even some sexually kinky behaviors are usually matters of personal choice. And they're generally safer, less harmful, and can even be fun.
I think I know which is which, based on my own experience and curiousity.
Foot fetish when I was 15. Best thing about this is can google name of actress followed by feet or soles. Quite pleasurable! (Especially if it not fake like deviant art).
Oh, I think they're real. Our brains are all wired differently and something just finds a way of pushing a button. Mine got set when I was young and have stayed with me for a long time.
One person's enjoyment and pleasure is not another's hence fetish & kink & taboo To each their own I've got many & if you look @ my groups you'll get an idea
When I was a kid I got ahold of some psychiatry journals and book and read about fetishes. They existed, but were rare. They weren't something people admitted to. Today's fetishes are a pretend version, shared online in theatrical sexplay. In journals and psychology stuff, there's some confusion creeping in.
They are perversions and nothing more. Those who willingly practice them are either allowing themselves to be deceived or are mentally ill and need treatment.
I have a bondage fetish lol I love being tied up really tight so I can't move a muscle. I've always been like that too, even before I didn't know what fetishes were lol. Once I got older and watched bondage videos I discovered bondage tickling, I'm super ticklish too so it works perfect for me hehe I love being tickled so much when I can't fight it! Also have a thing for women wearing overalls, and I like wearing them too sometimes while doing bondage play lol. Sorry to write a book, that's all my fetishes haha
Fetishes are, at least to me and it seems so many others, quite genuine and sincere. I imagine there are lots that are not, but as for mine...
Pregnant women and pregnancy desire. Giving oral (I am an insatiable pussy eater. I have a thing for gorgeous tummies and navels - especially outies. Younger women who greatly appreciate a mature, sensual, and passionate man. Touching and exploring one another's bodies (I am quite tactile by nature). Married women. They are the best lovers after all.
These being the fetishes I will admit here, anyway. Thank you for asking.
Some are made up people jokimg around or refering to just things they like. But there is a very real powerful phenomonen goi g on in some of us. I dud a deep dive explaining here; https://similarworlds.com/society/fascinated-by-human-behavior/4819587-Where-do-we-get-these-fetish-things-I-am-Fascinated-by-Human
