Many “normies” (people without a foot fetish) have wondered, “Why do you have a foot fetish?”

Oftentimes, a foot fetishist can recall a memorable moment in their formative years when they distinctly noticed a woman’s feet and thinking, “Yeah, I like that. A lot.” While this may be the most common reference point for a person with a foot fetish, a lot of people who do not have a foot fetish will wonder, “Why do you have a foot fetish?”

The short answer is: There is no one answer. There are several reasons and speculations as to why you or a friend may have acquired the sexual appetite for sexy feet and toes.

Here are the Top 7 Reasons YOU might have a foot fetish:

1. Mystery – People love things that are covered up. The more something is covered up, the more you want to uncover it. Feet are almost always covered up: by shoes, socks, boots, booties, slippers etc. Human nature often likes to push the boundaries of the norm and test limits. By unclothing a foot, voila! You have revealed a special item that before was uncovered. What a turn on. 

2. Grooming – Women’s feet are an area of focus during the beauty regiment of most women in the modern world. Sluffing, peeling, polishing, buffing, rubbing, massaging, oiling, trimming, painting, styling, the list goes on. The focus and attention women pay to grooming their sexy feet may add to the notice men give them in their daily lives. So much for elbows!

3. Dominance – Since feet are so close to the ground and we walk on them every day to get where we need to go, people often associate feet with being submissive. Feet are at the bottom of your body; therefore, they must be the lowest on the totem pole in terms of hierarchical body part categorization. In addition to their location on the body, in order to reach a person’s feet, one must typically get down on one’s knees or kneel down in a subservient position. This stance of being lower than another person immediately signifies dominance in the one standing above, displaying the feet. Many of those in the BDSM community enjoy a feeling of submission and dominance. Feet worshipping from the ground up is part of it!

4. Brain Map – If you haven’t heard this reason yet, it will blow your mind. Certain areas of the brain control certain physical functions and body parts. Right next to the genitals is…you guessed it! The feet! Being in such close proximity to the genitals, the feet might get triggered in the stimulation of the genitals and vice versa. People who have studied phantom limbs have commented on this finding and speculate that the close proximity of feet and genitals may have something to do with the brain interpreting sexual stimulation from feet.

5. Fashion Sexualization – There’s no question that women’s shoes can be incredibly sexy. When a woman’s butt is flexed, which it appears to be when she is wearing high heels, it is a signal that she is ready to have sex. The calves are flexed as well, giving a nice shape to the legs, the slender arrows to the feet.

6. Nature – Just like many people who understand homosexuality to be a born sexual preference, some people speculate that they are cognitiviely predispositioned to like feet. Years of genetic lineage? An ancestry of feet worshippers? Could it be? Check your mom’s shoe collection for clues. Ew!

7. Nurture – Back to our original proposition. Someone or something absolutely intoxicating passed by your glance at some time in your life to make you absolutely mesmerized by the gorgeous sexy image that is sexy feet.

Guess what else? Studies have shown that the more exposure a person has to a particular type of stimuli i.e. sexy feet, the more likely they are to develop an affinity for that type of sexual stimuli aka sexy feet. This writer knows that having written about and watch a lot of sexy feet content has made this writer much more interested in and inclined to incorporate sexy feet into the bedtime repertoire. Foots up!