You can see Lily Allen 's for a price on OnlyFans and there isn't a woman over 30 who hasn't had a lover ask her to keep her heels on in bed. Yet foot fetishes podophilia remain one of the most misunderstood fetishes β despite being one of the most common.
Around five per cent of the population has some form of a foot fetish and one in seven people have had at least one foot-related fantasy. Most people with foot fetishes are more interested in doing things to other people's feet, than having things done to theirs, for instance.
The friend who's always angling for a foot massage probably doesn't have one β though the guy who instantly volunteers might well do. Men are far more likely than women to have a foot fetish but women do have them.
And it's not always about physical touch. Many people with foot fetishes are happy just looking at feet. For some people, a significant experience involving feet during their formative years plants the seed for their fetish. One man told me his mother had a particularly attractive friend who wore high heels, when all the other women he'd met didn't. The lingering post-sex arousal and the sexy shoes blended in some way.
I'm certain that's where it all started. On a biological level, it's thought the part of the brain responsible for sexual arousal is located near the area that processes sensory information from the feet. The closeness could lead to a crossover, making feet a source of arousal. Ever had someone suck your toes? I have and there's a definite erotic charge though claims that there's a nerve in the big toe that directly links to the vulva aren't true.
