If you’ve ever harboured some Fifty Shades of Grey style fantasies, today is definitely the day to reenact them. Why? Well it’s International Fetish Day!
Yes, believe it or not, today is the day when the world celebrates everything filthy, deviant and downright outrageous in the sex world.
Originally started in 2008, International Fetish Day is designed to support the BDSM community (that’s the bondage, dominant, sadistic and maschoistic community, just in case you were wondering).
Given the day that’s in it, we thought it would be fitting to take a look at some of the stranger fetishes out there at the moment.
Whips at the ready, things are about to get a little bit kinky…
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Stocking Fetishes:
Did you know that there’s actually a lucrative businesses in selling your used stockings on the internet? Yes, people who have a stocking fetish will actually pay you to wear a pair of stockings around and then send them to them via post. We’re not making this up.
People who are into stockings generally appreciate a good pair of legs and enjoy touching them, espcially when they’re clad in a pair of stockings. According to the internet, people will pay to have a silk-stocking dressed leg brush against their face and various other body parts (you get the idea).
While we appreciate a classy stocking/suspender combo, we can honestly say that we don’t appreciate them in a sexual manner.
Feeder/Fat Fetishes:
This fetish involves a strong sexual attraction to overweight people. As well as finding people with a little extra meat on their bones attrative, this fetish also involves ‘feederism’ and ‘gaining.’ Basically, a person with a fat/feeder fetish will literally feed another person as much food as possible so their weight balloons.
People with a fat fetish also enjoy ‘stuffing’ and ‘padding’ – basically they stuff their clothes or wear a fat suit so they can see what kind of physical sensations their ‘gainer’ is experiencing as they keep putting on weight.
Foot Fetish:
Did you know that this is one of the most popular fetishes to have? Yes, believe it or not, in terms of strange fetishes, the humble foot nearly always comes out on top.
People with a foot fetish are, as the name suggests, completely obsessed with feet. They love kissing feet, stroking feet, sucking toes and having people (literally) walk all over them.
The plus side of a foot fetish? They appreciate a good high heel, so at least you know you’ll always be kept in new shoes.
Peeing Fetish:
Like selling your used stockings, there’s also a serious business when it comes to wee. Yes, you read that right: wee. Some people like to be peed on and others like to do the peeing. Also known as a ‘golden shower fetish,’ some devotees say the experience of being peed on makes them feel ‘safe and warm.’ Eh… okay then…
S&M:
Of all the fetishes out there, S&M is probably one of the most infamous ones. The S stands for ‘sadism’ which is getting pleasure from inflicting pain on (or humiliating) another person. The M stands for ‘masochism’ which basically means, finding pleasure in being humiliated or hurt by another person. Think kinky Christian Grey from the Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L James.
The S&M fetish involves handcuffs, whips, ropes and various other implements that can be used to inflict a sort of ‘painful pleasure.’
To quote Rihanna: “sticks and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me.”
