Foot fetishes – if the world’s Carrie Bradshaw wannabes and, er, shoes designers are telling the truth, then each and every one of us has a deep-seated, sexual relationship with our feet, and more importantly, what we put on them. Shoes are ‘hot’ or ‘lust-haves’, and as women, we’re not allowed to eye a pair of remotely fashion-y shoes without making a tiny orgasmic yelp or getting the sort of faraway look in our eyes that’s normally reserved for the retelling of a particularly intense sexual escapade.
Of course, 95% of this is hyperbole – although we talk the talk, very few of us are actual foot fetishists – people who, by definition have a pronounced sexual interest in shoes and feet. That said, it turns out that as a community, foot fetishists are growing rapidly – a recent study done by the University of Bologna found that, of 44,722 people on a fetish forum, 47% of them had a foot fetish. And it’s all thanks to the a cloak of anonymity that internet forums and social media now provide.
‘Though internet access and social media may not be increasing the actual prevalence rates of paraphilic [fetish-y] interests, the access to both more information and more like-minded individuals, combined with the anonymity the internet permits means the number of individuals willing to explore and engage in this component of their sexuality more openly may be increasing,’ explains Miranda Abild, a PhD student at Cambridge University’s neuroscience department.
So while we’re moaning and gasping at this season’s ‘hottest’ shoe (a shoe is never just ‘nice’ or ‘serviceable’), what does an actual foot fetishist make of our summer footwear? Who’s really going to be making use of these shoes come (literally, come) autumn? Especially seeing as it’s arrived halfway through August.
To find out, we got in touch with the man behind @tweethotfeet, a (pretty NSFW) Twitter account dedicated to, ‘Tweeting and retweeting hot, sexy female feet. 18+ only. Socks, footjobs, celebrities, porn stars, and candids.’ He set up the account on Twitter about three years ago so he could ‘anonymously look at and share foot fetish pictures’ outside of the AOL forums which he used to use. Boasting 7,692 followers, he has a strong, sturdy fanbase, and gets ‘several dozen retweets’ per day.
He won’t give us his name, but is from Detroit, Michigan, and considers himself a normal guy. ‘I get up every morning and go to work and that’s it,’ he tells us. ‘When I get home I’ll take a shower and eat and browse through some foot fetish porn for 30 minutes or so.’
He thinks his fetish is no big deal. It’s just his particular kink. ‘I feel that everyone is into something, and I’m into sexy female feet and shoes.’ He gets that podphilia might be a bit of a new concept to some lovers, so he eases its inclusion into a relationship. ‘I don’t just bust out my footjob porn. I like to start by complimenting their shoes or toenails. If you’re having sex I like to kiss her feet while she is on her back and I’m inside of her.’
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Wow. So let’s move on to the shoes. Incidentally, we’ve saved this until summer’s almost over – lest this put you off your pool sliders.
1. The Pool-slide
‘I like that this sandal can highlight the woman’s toes and heel. I love black when it comes to shoes, but I think that this should be a more warm, feminine and vibrant color. This sandal by itself doesn’t really excite me because it could almost be unisex.’ 6/10
**2. The Chunky Heel Sandal **
‘This shoe is very nice and the straps are amazing. I’m getting hard just thinking about these. It also looks like clean-up would be pretty simple. My only regret is that the soles are slightly too thick.’ 7/10
**3. The Kitten Heel **
‘This shoe is very sexy. I’d have a woman put on these shoes and dance for a bit. Then I’d kiss and lick her shoes and feet until I was rock hard. Then I’d remove one shoe and masturbate in the toe of the shoe. The heel could be taller on this shoe, but I’m not complaining.’ 8/10
** 4. The Skater**
‘These shoes are good for a long-term foot fetish friendly relationship. When she’s not home and I’m feeling horny I’d use one shoe to sniff and the other to jerk off with. Then I’d make sure I told her what I did later on and how much I missed her. This shoe has nothing wrong with it.’ 9/10
** 5. The Mule**
‘These shoes are so damn hot! I love the colour and the open-toe design, and the height on these is also pretty impressive. I would love to fuck the inside and under the heel and arch. I would love to lick every inch of this shoe when she is wearing them. When she is wearing these shoes I’d let her be the dominant one and listen to everything that she told me to do. I’m not usually into licking the bottoms of shoes, but if she was wearing these I’m down to lick anything. This shoe is perfection!’ 10/10
So. That’s it. Put you off mules for the time being, right?
Full disclosure, the interviewee did not receive any money for his review, but he did ask, ‘May I please, please, please see a picture of you and your feet? I wouldn’t be a true foot admirer if I didn’t at least ask/beg.’
We’re yet to respond to this request.
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Picture: Eylul Aslan
This article originally appeared on The Debrief.