“O foot unfettered! O unhampered beauty! Thrice pleased me personally and blessed, if on me personally ye tread!”
The above could have easily appeared numerous times in my inbox, albeit in usually less poetic guises with over twelve years of experience as a dominatrix.
Written but by the sophist that is third-century in a love page time round the mid 200s, it really is a superb exemplory instance of a predilection for podophilia (careful now) being truly an enduring theme when it comes to many years.
Theories abound concerning the origins of every particular base fetish, and, just like other kinks and quirks, there’s often no genuine formal conception tale; you’re just wired in that way, and that ok that is’s.
For some it is almost certainly associated with experience or association from their formative years: numerous psychologists cite the protection, kindness and love felt during the foot of a mom or instructor.
While you would expect, Freud additionally had viewpoints about these desires and stated legs had been phallic in the wild, and also reminded males when trying to appear within the matriarchal skirt. (The Motherfooter.)
Reading to the origins of Podophilia, an often-quoted University of Bologna research from 2007 (for which evidently very masochistic scientists trawled through 381 internet talks of 5,000 people in online fetish groups) discovered that the most typical fetish mentioned had been for certain parts of the body, as well as those body that is preferring, an extraordinary 47% favored foot and feet.
But why foot particularly?
“The human being base is just a masterpiece of engineering and a thing of beauty.”
Leonardo da Vinci.
It’s important to acknowledge that within the Top Trumps of “Body components which are frequently classed as non-sexual”, your toes are remarkable structures of around 200,000 nerve endings, 26 bones, all connected by 33 joints and more than a 100 of ligaments, tendons and muscle tissue, leading to an appendage this is certainly sensitive and painful, supple, strong and, during development, vital for success via proprioception to sense environmental surroundings beneath us.
An actual card that is winning just just what appears like a potentially quite creepy game, just actually losing points if you are crippled by rogue plugs and Lego bricks.
It does not just take a lot of imagination to observe how your toes turn out to be big boobs live revered and desired; first of all they’re therefore integral to one’s health that is general health, and generally are usually the points of connection between individual and earth.
a look into a Reflexology chart for the base displays just how many start to see the soles regarding the legs being as attached to the rest of the physical human anatomy once the mind it self.
Being “grounded” is a huge factor in feeling confident plus in control – notice the boost in the often bewildering “power stances” from our Politicians and CEOs.
There are numerous Biblical and historical references towards the work of washing foot being a deferential, even reverential work of servitude. The simple act of being at a person’s feet; being lower than or beneath them, is a particularly potent image of power exchange on the most basic and literal level.
Whilst for a few this place is really a real method to demonstrate respect and perform a work of service and praise, for other people the draw could be the concept of being lower, or unworthy to stay in the clear presence of who owns your toes.
A devotee of this previous may massage or respectfully kiss your own feet for the pleasure and benefit associated with base owner.
The second nonetheless might wish to be trodden on, crushed underfoot, ignored, also humiliated; there’s a good reason that “being stepped all over” or “being a doormat” are employed as derogatory terms for somebody weak willed or very submissive.
Also in the realms of worship, you will find vastly differing views over just exactly what constitutes the “perfect” foot; soft epidermis, well-trodden, big, tiny, polished, bare feet, exquisitely neat and fresh all the way through to greatly pungent and soiled.
The latter is really a request that is common both worship and humiliation sessions, so when somebody whose legs don’t get particularly sweaty or smelly, this is often quite tricky to quickly attain. (My means for any particular one should be to schedule a gymnasium exercise in non-breathable socks beforehand after which place them back on after showering the remainder of me personally. One man’s utter disgust is yet another man’s utopian dream.)
Size doesn’t fundamentally matter for many, either – most sizes can well protect a face that is entire or, in single kind, bend wickedly across a lips. There’s something extremely effective about every breathing gasped because of the supplicant beneath you being laced with all the heady fragrance of one’s feet, or drawn past every wrinkle that is single your arched sole.
Maybe an assumption that is obvious base fetish is mentioned could be the work of direct stimulation using the foot both from the genitals, and in addition by penetration of genitals and lips.
Pressing feet and legs in to the greedy mouth of a fervent base admirer could be adequate to tip them throughout the advantage, together with sheer violative element produces exemplary energy play and humiliation that is pure.
(if you need abs of steel, forget sit-ups and work with those foot-jobs that are double. Your ready target gets the overwhelming view of these wrinkled arches pushed together, therefore the additional distance produced by maintaining him beyond also arm’s length may be used to put in a delicious component of denial and control.)
Needless to say, Fetish being exactly just exactly what it really is, there’s loads of space for crossover and all sorts of kinds of consensual exploration and play are legitimate.
If you think some element of podophilia is your libido’s glass slipper, you’re most definitely not alone whether it’s someone wishing to roleplay a bodyguard who is literally “brought to heel” by the strong, deft feet of the person they were protecting, an eager submissive being rewarded with the chance to prostrate themselves to lick dirty soles clean, or a devoted worshipper existing only to bring pleasure or comfort with no expectation of reciprocation or return.
As W.B Yeats most likely would not come up with a base fetish:
Tread lightly, for you tread to my desires .