Gay Porn And Popular Fetishes
You’ll notice when scrolling through hardcore gay sex videos and Gay Porn that there is a lot of emphasis on fetishes. In fact, that’s not actually limited to the gay hardcore scene, but in general. Take for example a simple google search. Go on and search in google images the word ‘quicksand’.
Not only will you find a bunch of images, actually on quicksand. But there’ll also be a bunch of images of people ‘drowning’ in quick sand. Apparently it’s a fetish. I didn’t know until someone told me to do the same thing and now I’m telling everyone else to do it because it’s pretty damn cool.
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In fact there’s whole communities on the internet that are devoted to the idea of scantily clothed people drowning in quicksand. Go figure.
There’s a variety of fetishes out there, in an interview with Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D and a sexologist and researcher at Harvard University, he’s heard of everything from ‘foot fetishes, to dirt, and even car fetishes. Indeed, fetishes concern pretty much everything that you can think of, even the most mundane of objects out there will presumably have a sexual connotation applied to it from some individual.
What is a fetish and how can we describe it?
The idea of a fetish is described as being a strong arousal from an individual which chiefly concerns a non-human object, or a non-body part, a bodily secretion which is a rough definition of a fetish. It’s a limiting definition. That definition doesn’t take into consideration certain activities such as role playing and bondage. Which are also often lumped into the sexual fetish category.
To expand the definition further we could deduce that a fetish is an arousal of, or towards something, which is not generally considered to be the arousal of the majority of other individuals.
There is also the idea that fetishes evolve with the times.
Studies, for example, suggest that the foot fetish was quite common in Victorian men who were deemed as having a thing for bare ankles and knees. The suggestion in regards to this fetish was that they were deemed to be arousing due to the taboo nature of them. During this time, people were supposed to keep them covered. By uncovering them there was an arousal in the ‘naughty’ nature of the reveal which would lead to a fetish of sorts.
Most Popular Fetishes
Indeed, the most popular fetishes of both past and present, according to a study by University of Bologna in Italy, will concern themselves with various body parts, inclusive of feet and toes, and the items associated with those body parts such as shoes, socks, stockings and gloves.
A fitting study by what is largely considered to be one of the oldest universities in the world having been founded in 1088. So what causes a fetish? Most fetishes that people have can be traced back to a specific time, place, event or memory. That they have whereby they encountered something that inexplicably, and undeniably, caused a great sense of arousal.
These memories become ingrained within the brain and once formed tend to last their entire lives.
How Fetishes are Formed
Indeed, Lehmiller suggests that it doesn’t matter from where the fetish derived from. Once there has been a sexual correlation formed between the fetish and the individual, it sticks. New fetishes can ultimately be formed. But they will work alongside previous fetishes and will not replace older fetishes.
Some of the fetishes might find themselves to be interrelated or to have a correlation between them. For example when examining a foot fetish there will most likely be another fetish for shoes, stockings, or even toes. Other fetishes, such as a lover of mechanical objects might have no correlation with that and his other fetishes.
Internet Has Helped Increase Fetishes
There is one thing that is certain though, and that is the proliferation of fetishes has expanded exponentially with the advent of the internet. The internet should be considered a boon for all fetish loves as it gives them a place to set up communities, forums and pages dedicated to their fetishes with which others can explore, partake in, and also develop the same interests and commonalities.
Indeed, communities formed in this regard, can also have the effect of sharing and mixing the different fetishes of individual people to include a whole new fetish blending.
But that still doesn’t necessarily answer our question as to where fetishes come from when it comes to hard core sex and sexual activity. Fear not, here we will provide the four most popular theories as to the formation of sexual fetishes.
Theories About How Fetishes Form
1. BRAIN OVERLAP THEORY
Your bran is confined to a very small place, and there are different areas of your brain which control different body parts and functions that are squished in there together. What matters from this is that the part of your brain which controls your genitals, and sexual impulses are actually located beside areas that control other body parts, as well as your emotions.
In the case of the foot fetish, commonly referred to as one of the most popular fetishes, it should be noted that the part of the brain which controls your sexual response and arousal is also located right next door to the part of the brain which controls the movement of your feet. Parts of the brain which are located next to each other can form pathways and stimuli to each other and will essentially have their own little conversation away from the main part of the brain. This cross talk, or otherwise known as overlapping activity, can explain why foot fetishes, and other arousal to specific body parts are so prevalent.
2. PAVLOVIAN THEORY
People in the 1960’s were an evil bunch. There was a study in the 60’s which saw a group of men shown images of women being naked alongside other images, most predominantly, with boots. Over time, and with repeated stimulation the men would become aroused by the images of the boots themselves without the women. This study suggested that your brain is more than capable of forming a sexual connection around a specific random object even if there were no arousal impulses that existed before the connection was made.
It’s a conditioning process which stems from Pavlov’s dogs and the introduction of a neutral stimulus to form an unconditional response. In this case, the shoe being seen alongside the unconditioned stimulus of women which would lead to arousal. The continued repetition of that would see the neutral stimulus of having the ability to create the unconditioned response of arousal.
Lehmiller also states that people with higher sex drives will be more likely to have unusual sexual interests. The development of a higher than normal sex drive will often result in an arousal situation where immediate sex with a partner is simply not possible. They will then transfer that arousal to something within the immediate vicinity of their person.
3. GROSS OUT THEORY
During a heightened state of arousal various impulses and receptors in your brain will weaken. We’ve all been in that situation where we’ve been searching and consuming porn and upon conclusion of sexual satisfaction we’ve suddenly clicked as to what we were watching and we’ve been grossed out.
Arousal provides an ability to deal and handle things which we may not have previously associated with as being sexual, such as feet, spit, bodily fluids and what not simply might not seem as gross to us during a state of arousal in comparison to normal.
From there, a Pavlovian theory might apply as you find the new source of stimulation to be arousal and over time will condition yourself into finding it sexually arousing even in the absence of arousal.
4. PAIN THEORY
Research has demonstrated that pain activates the same chemicals and neurotransmitters as sexual activity, specifically endorphins and serotonin. These are the two chemicals which help form the connections in regards to the enjoyment of pain, pleasure and sexual gratification.
For as long as there has been sexual activity, there has been sexual fetishes as people seek to further push their mind and seek the highs of arousal that the rush of chemicals provide.
It is for this reason why fetish porn is often so popular. It allows a platform for people to engage within their fantasy, yet not be physically involved in the fetish at all. For example straight men who find themselves liking gay porn around the world will often justify that through the consumption of transsexual porn.
A fetish porn which coincidentally is one of the most popular styles of porn in the world.