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FETISHISM
Posted under Men's Health-Erectile Dysfunction by adminFetishism is usually, but wrongly, said to apply only to men. It can take many forms and can merge into transvestism or even sadism. Usually the affected person becomes ‘hooked’ on a particular object and cannot have a successful orgasm unless the conditions are just right. Some men have fetishes about women’s shoes or underwear, for example, and others are equally affected by fur, leather, or other fabrics and textures.
Treatment of the adult fetishist is difficult, although effective, so prevention is obviously very important. A few words of explanation are necessary before proceeding, because they will help explain in general how a person’s rearing can deeply affect his sexual functioning as an adult.
As it grows, a baby passes from a totally self-centred stage to a stage at which he or she relates to others around him or her and most of all to the mother. At the stage when the child moves from self-centredness to the development of an object-relationship with the mother, he or she may fix on an inanimate object, such as a doll or a piece of cloth, which the child then treats as a comforter. The main difference from the mother is that the comforter does not have to be shown the same consideration as a love object. Such articles are called ‘transitional objects’ and quite a lot of insecure and lonely children get considerable solace and comfort from them. In certain cases an attachment to such things can become pathological and far from helping the child to form relationships with people, they can form relations only with their transitional objects.
Whatever the contributory factors which go into making a fetishist, the affected person responds erotically only to the fetish object, usually stockings, gloves, shoes or underclothes, all preferably permeated with a body odour. Newly purchased objects are of little interest but stolen ones are especially valued. The fetishist handles and kisses the object, perhaps ejaculating or masturbating during the process. Even the thought of the object can lead to sexual arousal. In the infinitely more common form the fetish object may not be inanimate but can be a part of the body such as the buttocks or the feet. Whatever the object the fetishist homes in on, it stands for the whole person and the individual relates to the partner through the object. The object has to be present for maximum sexual satisfaction. In a sense, it is like a talisman which has to be present in order to ensure a good performance, although this type of fetishist is usually able to undertake less than satisfactory sexual activity in its absence. Some such men are impotent.
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