Seemingly Strange Sexual Fetishes *Mature Content*

[SophiaGrace]

I did have a boss who was into...defecation...that always makes me want to puke...I don't think his wife was into it but he'd be viewing it on the computers at work. I'd always catch him looking at stuff like that, he wasn't shy about hiding it.

Wow, that's.....not kosher.

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

Kink is the exploration of sex outside of vanilla sex. This incldes BDSM, power exchanges, fetishism, and dominance/submission.

Some fetishes can be directly attributed to a psychological problem, sometimes stemming from childhood abuse. A kink-aware psychologist can determine if a person's fetish is simply that or a result of some kind of trauma or conditioning. That's a very important thing to know considering oftentimes a fetish will be taken too far in the need to satisfy the need for it as a coping method, putting the person in physical and/or mental harm.

And sometimes, people just happen to like being messed up the ass wearing nipple clamps and a dog hood.

I knew a man who liked voyeruism, scat, watersports, and anything messy. He grew up as "normal" as any other kid, but simply developed a taste for that kind of play. Personally not my thing, but I have no room to talk.

 

[SophiaGrace]

I have a few kinks of my own.

How does one know if they stem from trauma or not?

 

[Felix]

Kink is the exploration of sex outside of vanilla sex. This incldes BDSM, power exchanges, fetishism, and dominance/submission.

If we take that definition (which sounds quite accurate) we could say anything original, non-animal sex is kinky... so kinky sex is a part of what makes us human

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

I don't know, I'm no psychologist But I imagine if a kid was beaten out of "love" or very strictly restricted (i.e. "mental" bondage) growing up and turns out to have BDSM or sadomaso fetishes, it's something to look into.

 

[Sci-Fi]

Wow DTR that has to be the most...what's the word I'm looking for...okay I think the image of the uh clamps and dog hood are messing up my thinking. What I'm trying to say is that it is very well written, like a dictionary definition if that makes any sense.

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

Also I'd like to point out that enjoying women wearing shoes during sex isn't a strange fetish. Neither is being fingered up the ass or pegged. You'd be surprised just how many men enjoy or secretly want to experience that.

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Wow DTR that has to be the most...what's the word I'm looking for...okay I think the image of the uh clamps and dog hood are messing up my thinking. What I'm trying to say is that it is very well written, like a dictionary definition if that makes any sense.

Lol It's just a subject I've studied for a little while - out of personal enjoyment for fetishes.

 

[LoneKiller]

Is "Bestiality" considered a fetish?

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

Yes, though also considered illegal, heh.

 

[LoneKiller]

Yes, though also considered illegal, heh.

Yeah. I can understand that.

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

Kink is the exploration of sex outside of vanilla sex. This incldes BDSM, power exchanges, fetishism, and dominance/submission.

If we take that definition (which sounds quite accurate) we could say anything original, non-animal sex is kinky... so kinky sex is a part of what makes us human

I would say even animal sex is kinky. Is it moral? Probably not, but it is something that gets some people's gears grinding. Some people would argue things such as anthropomorphic animal porn should be an acceptable kink as well.

 

[Ak5]

I was sleeping while this thread was in action! Lol. I missed it.

But anyway, I don't have any, I think... lol.

No wait! Sci-Fi in Batman tights.

 

[Kat]

It's due to classical and operant conditioning.

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

It's due to classical and operant conditioning.

Yes, IF the fetish is a result of some kind of trauma or behavioral conditioning.
However, some - most - people develop fetishes towards things the same way some people like pizza and some people like members of the same gender. They're curious, they explore it, they try it, and it appeals to them.

Saying fetishism and kink as a whole is due to classical and operant conditioning is like saying homosexuality is due to classical and operant conditioning. Either way, I agree with neither of those assumptions.

 

[Kat]

I don't think you understand. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

I do understand, and I'm telling you that fetishism is not always a result of behavioral and emotional conditioning. Especially not classical conditioning, which you earlier stated.

From my point of view, operant conditioning wouldn't happen unless you were explicitly against fetishism in the first place. To make myself an example, I enjoyed kink as soon as I realized its existence. Even before then - but I didn't know what to call it before I began watching porn. I was not conditioning a previously anti-fetishism behavior. I was already receptive to it.

But if you feel I don't understand, then you should probably say exactly what you mean instead of linking a wikipedia article.

 

[Kat]

Based on what you've said again, I still don't think you understand what operant conditioning is even after I linked the article.

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

Then, like I said, if you feel that way, explain what you mean instead of linking an article.

 

[flaneur]

Conditioning is behavioristic psychology's answer to fetishism, but it really just depends on which psychologist you ask and which approach they work with. There isn't any single, definitive conclusion.

 

[Doubt The Rabbit]

I understand (or at least I believe I do, considering she has yet to actually explain HERSELF) where Kat is coming from. What I'm saying is operant conditioning does not always cause the fetish itself. It may reenforce the behavior (and thusly the exploration of other fetishes) once it's realized as a source of pleasure, but like I said, it I disagree with the idea that it CAUSES the pleasure associated with the fetish in the first place.

The entire idea that operant conditioning is the cause of fetishism just sounds like psych 101.

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Conditioning is behavioristic psychology's answer to fetishism, but it really just depends on which psychologist you ask and which approach they work with. There isn't any single, definitive conclusion.

Yep, this.