Sexual fetishism

A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis and foreskin), prepuce, testicles, scrotum, prostate, seminal vesicles, epididymis, Cowper's glands Female: vulva (notably the clitoris and labia), vagina, cervix, uterus, Fallopian tubes, ova ...

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• Sex organ - Anatomical terms related to sex

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One explanation, advanced by neurologist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, highlights the fact that the feet and the genitals occupy adjacent areas of the sensory cortex, possibly entailing some neural crosstalk between the two. An alternative hypothesis is that in many cultures, an infant's experience of its mother may involve crawling around her feet. If sexual/behavioral imprinting occurs during this time, ...

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Foot fetishism, Foot fetishism - Scope of foot fetishism, Foot fetishism - Proposed explanations for foot fetishism

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In the early 20th century, "Detective magazines" covertly provided a way of publishing bondage imagery. Comic books often featured characters being tied up and tying others up, particularly in "damsel in distress" plots. There were also a very limited number of specialist fetish magazines which featured images of bondage, such as the famous Bizarre magazine published from 1946 to 1959 by the pioneering fetish photographer John Willie, and ENEG's Exotique mag ...

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Bondage pornography, Bondage pornography - Detective magazines comic books and early fetish magazines, Bondage pornography - Bondage magazines return, Bondage pornography - Bondage websites and bondage imagery in mainstream pornography

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As of 2003, specialist bondage magazines have been mostly displaced by the availability of bondage material on the World Wide Web, and the presence of bondage imagery in mainstream pornographic magazines such as Nugget and Hustler's Taboo magazine. However, the tradition of bondage magazines continues in the form of "art books" of bondage photographs, published by mainstream publishers such as Taschen. ...

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Bondage pornography, Bondage pornography - Detective magazines comic books and early fetish magazines, Bondage pornography - Bondage magazines return, Bondage pornography - Bondage websites and bondage imagery in mainstream pornography

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People who find it erotic to be tied up find it so for a variety of reasons: The most frequently cited reason is a mental freedom from inhibitions and responsibility since they have, in a way, given up control of the sexual situation to follow. This is sometimes referred to as a "power exchange." Some like the tactile feeling of restraint, that is, the feeling of pressure or pulling. Some enjoy the feeling of helplessness for its own sake. Some like to struggle aggressively against their bonds, particularly whe ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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The mechanics of bondage are trivial compared to the relationship issues. Start with a committed relationship with a lot of trust and plenty of sexual activity together. Talk things through first. Start slow and easy. Take turns being the one being tied up. Take the simple safety precautions listed above. Some members of the BDSM subculture take another route and seek out partners who share their interest in bondage. Many act out their bondage fantasies within the confines of private "play" parties where ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Bondage received a positive (if brief) treatment in The Joy of Sex, a mainstream sex manual popular in the 1970s. The publication of Madonna's book, Sex, which included photographs of bound nudes, did a great deal to improve public awareness and acceptance of bondage. By the 1990s, references to bondage could be found in mainstream prime-time television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where equipment such as handcuffs or colla ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Many people regard bondage as safe when conducted between relatively sober, trusted partners who are fully aware of the risks involved and the precautions necessary to ensure safety. Partners who are in committed relationships may have a greater basis for trusting each other. Performing acts in a supervised location, such as a dungeon, or with a group of trusted friends may also increase safety. There is also a subculture of people who seek out others interested in bondage and pursue such activities with people who they do not know well. This subculture has given rise ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Many interpersonal relationships that incorporate infantilism are between friends that have this common interest. Some infantilists form long lasting interpersonal relationships with a (professional) nanny who accepts payment to take care of the infantilist for an agreed period of time. Some have then even reported that such a nanny has eventually become the long term Significant Other of the infantilist. Another common type of interpersonal rela ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - Some infantilist lifestyles, Infantilism - Some infantilists' experiments with adoption, Infantilism - Older infantilists' reaching of equilibrium, Infantilism - The psychology of infantilism, Infantilism - Impact and ramifications, Infantilism - Subsets..., Infantilism - ...based on age TBs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on ageplay DLs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on gender little girls and sissy babies, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists, Infantilism - Health problems, Infantilism - Some interpersonal relationships that incorporate infantilism, Infantilism - The significant others SOs of infantilists

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It is worth noting that bondage has sexual appeal to persons of both sexes and all sexual orientations. However, a subculture of homosexual men, sometimes called leathermen, were arguably among the first group to make obvious hints of their tastes in bondage in public. The leathermen emulated the biker culture that arose after World War II. While the bikers were not identified as homosexual, the leathermen admired their toughness, tenacity, and willingness to ignore mainstream social mores. Consequently, they adopted the biker style o ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Although reliable data is unavailable, the financial success of companies that market bondage equipment testifies to the fact that it is more than fantasy to many and that a sizeable proportion of couples have made regular use of bondage in their sexual activities at some point in their relationships. For the most part, such bondage games end in sex. In contrast, bondage games between more casually acquainted players in the BDSM subculture frequently end in masturbation only ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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Corsets are typically constructed of a flexible material (like cloth or leather) stiffened with boning (also called ribs or stays) inserted into channels in the cloth or leather. In the Victorian period, steel and whalebone were favored. Plastic is now the most commonly used material; spring or spiral steel is preferred for high-quality corsets. Other materials used for boning include ivory, wood, and cane. (By contrast, a girdle is usually made ...

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Corset, Corset - Corsetry, Corset - Uses, Corset - Construction, Corset - Waist reduction, Corset - Corset comfort, Corset - Modern history, Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets, Corset - Types and styles, Corset - Media, Corset - References and further reading

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Studies1 of men's sexual fantasies have shown that the fantasy of being bound during intercourse is second in frequency only to the basic fantasy of sex with a voluptuous nude woman. Consequently, it should be no surprise that bondage themes have been present in pornography for some time. Bondage pornography for heterosexual men almost overwhelmingly depicts bound women, rather than bound men, in spite of the most common fantasy in both sexes being one of being bound, rather than of being the dominant. This may be because m ...

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Bondage BDSM, Bondage BDSM - BDSM subcultures, Bondage BDSM - Couples and bondage, Bondage BDSM - Bondage erotica, Bondage BDSM - Technique, Bondage BDSM - Safety, Bondage BDSM - Why bondage?, Bondage BDSM - Bondage and relationships, Bondage BDSM - Depictions of bondage in popular culture

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By wearing a tightly-laced corset for extended periods, known as tightlacing, men and women can learn to tolerate extreme waist constriction and reduce their natural waist size. Tightlacers usually aim for 40 to 43 centimeter (16 to 17 inch) waists. Until 1998, the Guinness Book of World Records listed Ethel Granger as having the smallest waist on record at 13". After 1998, the category changed to "smallest waist on a living person" and Cathie Jung took the title with a 15" waist. Other women, such as Polaire and ...

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Corset, Corset - Corsetry, Corset - Uses, Corset - Construction, Corset - Waist reduction, Corset - Corset comfort, Corset - Modern history, Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets, Corset - Types and styles, Corset - Media, Corset - References and further reading

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Infantilism - ...based on age TBs and ABs. Infantilism practitioners usually divide themselves between teen babies (or TBs), who begin to practice infantilism between the ages of twelve to twenty, and adult babies (or ABs), who either begin to or continue to practice infantilism at higher ages. For legal reasons adults are limited from discussing sexual aspects with minors, and online communities therefore seek to separate them. Both enjoy shedding the hardships of life and regressing to an earlier time. Infantilism ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - Some infantilist lifestyles, Infantilism - Some infantilists' experiments with adoption, Infantilism - Older infantilists' reaching of equilibrium, Infantilism - The psychology of infantilism, Infantilism - Impact and ramifications, Infantilism - Subsets..., Infantilism - ...based on age TBs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on ageplay DLs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on gender little girls and sissy babies, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists, Infantilism - Health problems, Infantilism - Some interpersonal relationships that incorporate infantilism, Infantilism - The significant others SOs of infantilists

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Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists. For some individuals, it is difficult to discuss one’s private desires with most others, especially when such desires are as uncommon as infantilism. For adult infantilists who have ‘significant others’, the policy of honesty would seem to be the best policy. This is especially true due to the fact that there are certain areas of overlap between infantilism and sexual intimacy in general, and to attempt to separate these two is not only somewhat ...

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Infantilism, Infantilism - Some infantilist lifestyles, Infantilism - Some infantilists' experiments with adoption, Infantilism - Older infantilists' reaching of equilibrium, Infantilism - The psychology of infantilism, Infantilism - Impact and ramifications, Infantilism - Subsets..., Infantilism - ...based on age TBs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on ageplay DLs and ABs, Infantilism - ...based on gender little girls and sissy babies, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy, Infantilism - Infantilism and privacy for adult infantilists, Infantilism - Health problems, Infantilism - Some interpersonal relationships that incorporate infantilism, Infantilism - The significant others SOs of infantilists

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The various types of corsets include: Bondage corset or discipline corset Hourglass corset Redresseur corset Training corset Waist cincher Styles include: Wasp waist ...

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Corset, Corset - Corsetry, Corset - Uses, Corset - Construction, Corset - Waist reduction, Corset - Corset comfort, Corset - Modern history, Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets, Corset - Types and styles, Corset - Media, Corset - References and further reading

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Theoretically, fetishism is present in all religions, but its use in the study of religion is derived from studies of traditional West African religious beliefs, as well as Voodoo, which is derived from those beliefs. Blood is often considered a particularly powerful fetish or ingredient in fetishes. In some parts of Africa, the hair of white people was also considered powerful. ...

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Fetishism, Fetishism - History, Fetishism - Practice, Fetishism - Other uses of the term fetishism

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In the past, a woman's corset was usually worn over a garment called a chemise or shift, a sleeveless low-necked gown made of washable material (usually cotton or linen). It absorbed perspiration and kept the corset and the gown clean. In modern times, an undershirt or corset liner may be worn. Moderate lacing is not incompatible with vigorous activity. Indeed, during the second half of the nineteenth century, when corset wearing was common, there were sport corsets specifically designed to wear while bicycling, playing tennis, or horseba ...

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Corset, Corset - Corsetry, Corset - Uses, Corset - Construction, Corset - Waist reduction, Corset - Corset comfort, Corset - Modern history, Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets, Corset - Types and styles, Corset - Media, Corset - References and further reading

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The corset fell from fashion in the 1920s in Europe and America, replaced by girdles and elastic brassieres, but survived as an article of costume. Originally an item of lingerie, the corset has become a popular item of outerwear in the fetish, BDSM and goth subcultures. In the fetish and BDSM literature, there is often much emphasis on tightlacing. In this case, the corset may still be underwear rather than outerwear. Another angle is the wearing of a corset while having an enema; the theory is that the corset prevents the belly dist ...

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Corset, Corset - Corsetry, Corset - Uses, Corset - Construction, Corset - Waist reduction, Corset - Corset comfort, Corset - Modern history, Corset - Advantages and disadvantages of corsets, Corset - Types and styles, Corset - Media, Corset - References and further reading

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Erotic electrostimulation - Medical devices. Medical TENS units are designed to desensitize nerves (for pain management), and though they can be used for erotic electrostimulation purposes, most people don't find the sensation they produce especially erotic. Medical EMS (Electro Muscle Stimulation) units are designed to cause muscle contraction and are also far from optimal for erotic use. See also:

Erotic electrostimulation, Erotic electrostimulation - Safety, Erotic electrostimulation - History, Erotic electrostimulation - Types of devices, Erotic electrostimulation - Medical devices, Erotic electrostimulation - Body toning devices, Erotic electrostimulation - Homemade devices, Erotic electrostimulation - Erotic electrostimulation devices, Erotic electrostimulation - Electrodes

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