You Might Be Suprised to Find Out You have a Fetish
On a recent Locker Room Talk & shots Podcast episode, my bestie Abbie and I played a game of Smash or Pass. The subject: Freaky, Fun Fetishes. We defined a number of fetishes, some of which we were familiar with and some we had never heard of before, and then shared if we’d give them a try (Smash!) or not (Pass). Of course, the stakes were high! What if a person you were madly in love with begged you to indulge their secret fetish? What if it was the only way they felt they could have a fulfilling sexual connection with you?
In preparation for the podcast, our research led us down the rabbit hole of fetishes, a number of which blew our minds. Now, you get to benefit from our sexual studies. The following are a list of fetishes that you may or may not have heard of before.
Now tell me, would you Smash, or is it a hard pass for each of them?
Abasiophilia
attraction to people in neck braces, wheelchairs, casts, or other devices that impair mobility. It may be part of a medical fetish or enjoyed because it restricts movement.
Abduction as seduction
Ever fantasized about being abducted by someone who turns out to be super gentle and loving (while threatening at the same time)? this is a kink where the abductor/kidnapper treats the victim in a loving manner.
Abrasions
It’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s a fetish where people like giving or receiving cuts and scrapes.
Acrotomophilia
The intense attraction to amputees. The amputations and limbs themself are typically the focus of the fetish. There is one theory that it is the phallic appearance that is the turn-on.
Actirasty
Arousal from the sun’s rays. I mean…who doesn’t have this fetish. Perhaps this is why some people like to sunbathe nude.
Agalmatophilia
The sexual attraction to statues, dolls, mannequins, or similar objects. I suppose this is where the sex dolls come in.
Anasteemaphilia
An attraction to taller or shorter partners, often extreme in nature. A preference for sexual partners of a different height from oneself.
Autonepiophilia
This is a fetish where a person is aroused by dressing up as or acting like a baby. It often involves a mommy or daddy figure who interacts and takes care of them.
Autoplushophilia
Autoplushophilia is a fetish where people experience sexual arousal when imagining themselves as being made of plush material like a plush toy. This fetish may involve the person role-playing the part during sexual encounters with their partners or enjoying their own company while envisioning themselves as plush. Either way, these scenarios may or may not involve the individual wearing a plush suit to emulate the vision they have created in their mind.
Axillism
This fetish involves the desire to have sex with someone’s armpit. I’d say look up scissoring and tribbing for an idea of how this might work.
“Body Inflation” – Inflating One’s Body for Sexual Gratification
Basically what happens is someone puts on tight clothes but underneath those clothes are balloons. The balloons will slowly be inflated and that, apparently, is very sexual for some people. It’s also commonly performed with double-skinned latex suits.
Barebacking
This is a fetish where someone enjoys sex without a condom.
Arousal to caverns, crevices, and valleys. The outdoorsy types probably have this fetish.
Begging
A kink where one partner is aroused by begging and pleading for sex, or orgasm, or some sort of erotic act.
Blindfolds
This fetish involves being aroused by being blindfolded during sexual acts.
Bondage
restraint of a person, either by physical item or instruction (known as mental bondage). Restraint can be full-body or involve a single body part such as the eyes (blindfold), mouth (ball gag), wrists or even thumbs. Bondage may include furniture and devices.
Breast/nipple torture
The breast equivalent of CBT. Torture may include hitting, pinching, bondage, and other methods of inflicting pain onto breasts.
Breast/nipple worship
A fetish that involves the act of worshipshipping someone’s breasts or nipples.
Climacophilia
People with this fetish are excited by falling downstairs. Be careful!
CBT
Cock and ball torture (CBT) is pain applied to a penis and balls. It may be a form of punishment. CBT can involve shoes, sounding, stretching, impact implements and other tools.
Coprophilia
Arousal to poop.
Exhibitionism
This fetish can involve showing your sexual organs in public or playing or fucking in public placing.
Fetishism
Formicophilia
This is when someone becomes aroused by objects that have been in physical contact with the desired person.
Do you like bugs? This fetish involves arousal to insects.
Gerontophilia
A sexual inclination towards the elderly. Remember Harold and Maude.
Hybristophilia
An attraction to criminals, often particularly heinous and well-known ones. Think Manson groupies.
Katoptronophilia
Arousal to sex in front of mirrors. Who hasn’t taken a peak when the opportunity has arisen? But did you get off on it? If so, this might be your kink.
Knismolagnia
This is a fetish where someone enjoys being tickled.
Lactophilia
This fetish involves being turned on by watching a woman breastfeed or being breastfed by a woman. This can involve a nursing relationship.
Lilapsophilia
A kink for tornadoes.
Lithophilia
Arousal to stone and gravel.
Looners
This fetish includes being turned on and aroused by balloons!
Macrophilia
This fetish involves being sexually aroused by to giants or giantesses. Ever fantasized about being squished between two enormous boobies? Yeah…me neither…
Masochism
This is often involved in BDSM. It is where a person is aroused when experiencing physical and psychological pain. Think spanking!
Melissaphilia
Arousal to bees and wasps. Bee careful with this one!
Nasolingus
A fetish where one experiences arousal when sucking on a person’s nose.
Nebulophilia
A nebulophile is aroused by smoke, fog and/or steam. Nebulophiles may be aroused by situations or media including, but not limited to Fog machines, steam engines, seafoam, and smoking chimneys. You get the point.
Necrophilia
Arousal to corpses. I just can’t…
Objectophilia
A sexual obsession with inanimate objects. is actually a woman who is married to the Eiffel Tower.
Partialism
This is when a person is turned on by a body part other than the reproductive organs, e.g., calves, butt, neck.
Podophilia
This is is the well-known foot fetish! Like toes on your cock or in your vagina? You might have this.
Psellismophilia
Turned on by stuttering? You likely have this fetish. Who doesn’t like a sexy stutter?
Psychrophilia
Arousal to being cold and watching others who are cold
Pteronphilia
Arousal to being tickled by feathers.
Pubephilia
Arousal to pubic hair. If only more men would get into this fetish.
Pygophilia
Arousal to a nice set of cheeks. In other words an ass. People who love nice butts.
Spanking
This is a familiar fetish to most people. But it can include anything from a light spanking with a hand to the use of crops, floggers and more. Read more here and watch my interview with a professional disciplinarian below.
Symorophilia
Sexual Arousal From Disasters. Symorophilia may be the most dangerous fetish, as it is being sexually aroused by watching disasters like fires or car accidents. If you saw the 1996 movie “Crash,” this was the focus.
Sadism
Arousal to causing physical and psychological pain with consent. Can be part of BDSM play.
Stygiophilia
Arousal to the thought of hellfire and damnation. Who doesn’t like a hot devil?
Sacofricosis
The Love of Public Masturbation Via a Pocket Hole. Think: holy jeans…but not the kind Jesus would condone. Sacofricosis is taking pleasure in having a hole in your pocket so you can reach into it and masturbate in public.
Titillagnia
Arousal to tickling other people. Remember! Consent folks. This just sounds annoying to me.
Urophilia
A fetish that involves the arousal to urine or urinating others or being urinated on. Ah the golden showers.
Voyeurism
This fetish is for the watchers out there. Essentially people with this fetish are turned on by watching folks fuck.
Xylophilia
Sure we all enjoy it when our cock owning partners get a woody, but that’s now what this fetish is about. This is a fetish where you’re sexually turned on by anything from tree stumps to lumber.
Zoophilia
Arousal to nonhuman animals. Enough said.
