# ladies: eew or ooh? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395 "2002-12-09T00:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/21 "2002-12-09T19:06:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susanann \* > \*\*Why is it that men have all these fethishes and not women? > > This is just another example of the superiority of women, esp when it comes to sex. \ > \*\* I’ll bet you’re a lot of fun at parties, **Susanann**. ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/22 "2002-12-10T00:53:20Z")
[color=“purple”]re: **Susanann** , YHBT, YHL, HAND unfortunately such accusations are supposedly ignored nowadays plus her low post count reeks of being a troll. I’m a partialist, not a fetishist, and I do take notice the same way that I notice a woman wearing something low cut or riding high on the hip. It’s all part of the same body and all part of the same fun. Just most reactions I’ve read about or experienced have been great big eews and the cliched response about smell. I can’t stand dirty or smelly feet. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/23 "2002-12-10T01:48:24Z")
My ex said I had cute feet. I pretty much didn’t care. I mean, hey, if that’s what he’s attracted to, that’s what he’s attracted to. I don’t get it, though…then again, I don’t get the breast thing. And I’m bi, so…yeah. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/24 "2002-12-10T02:05:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Triskadecamus \* > \*\*…but no one seems to want their feet to be desired specifically. > > Man, things look pretty grim for the toe lovers in the world.\*\* For what it’s worth, I never knew how much my feet _hurt_ until I dated a woman with a foot fetish. This may not exactly be my thing, but boy howdy, _I_ can work it into a relationship. ( **Susanann** , as uncool as trolling is, that was hilarious.) ---
**Author:** ![deborak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@deborak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deborak)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/25 "2002-12-10T02:14:07Z")
I had a boyfriend once with a mild foot fetish. It was, ummm, weird but okay. I personally think my feet are ugly, but I didn’t obsess about that or anything, since he didn’t seem to mind. The toe-sucking thing, though - that was strange. My feet are really sensitive, so it tickled, and not in a good way. I’m not into feet, but as far as fetishes go, this one seemed harmless, so it never really bothered me. Just didn’t particularly, erm, turn me on. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/26 "2002-12-10T14:38:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cornflakes \* > \*\*For what it’s worth, I never knew how much my feet _hurt_ until I dated a woman with a foot fetish. \*\* You dated a _woman_ with a foot fetish? This I’ve never heard of, although I’m certainly not surprised. It’s a big world, there’s something for everyone out there, I guess, and that’s a good thing. I don’t know if you are male or female, but I would think that straight women with a foot-thing are rarer than lesbian footlovers. But that’s just my preconceived notion, and I could be wrong. That’s why people start these threads, to learn.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/27 "2002-12-10T21:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > I particularly like the contrast betwen the tan top of the woman’s foot and the way that fades into the lighter color of her arch. Grrrrr… Yeah, for some reason me too. Though IANAFF. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/28 "2002-12-10T21:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susanann \* > \*\*Why is it that men have all these fethishes and not women? > \*\* Well color me an exception to that rule! Personally, I’ve got a thing for heavy artillery and armored vehicles. I think there are plenty of women out there with some strange fetishes. We just save the good stuff for those who matter most 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/29 "2002-12-10T21:24:51Z")
> [@](#): > > …It’s a big world, there’s something for everyone out there **cuauhtemoc** , I’m a straight guy. It is a big world (not that I’m worldly by any means.) ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/30 "2002-12-10T21:37:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > \*\*Well color me an exception to that rule! > > Personally, I’ve got a thing for heavy artillery and armored vehicles. > > I think there are plenty of women out there with some strange fetishes. We just save the good stuff for those who matter most > 😉 \*\* Could you please explain that to me? (I seriously do not understand, but I am interested in what you have to say) ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/31 "2002-12-10T21:39:58Z")
Well, I like big vehicles that go vrrrrooom. Take tanks for example. I don’t actually _have_ a tank, but thinking about the firepower, and just having a big hunk 'o metal that could crush just about anything is fairly exciting. And guns too. Anything big that goes boom. (and if you’re missing the Freudian connection, I don’t think I have the ability to explain it correctly) ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/32 "2002-12-10T21:42:43Z")
> [@](#): > > (and if you’re missing the Freudian connection, I don’t think I have the ability to explain it correctly) A gun is a symbol of a penis. The shooting is the ejac. The bullets are the individual sperms. Candid enough? ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/33 "2002-12-10T21:44:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xavier \* > \*\*A gun is a symbol of a penis. The shooting is the ejac. The bullets are the individual sperms. Candid enough? \*\* :😊: My, that was mighty, er _candid_ of you! [Ed McMahon] You sir, are correct![/Ed McMahon] ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/34 "2002-12-10T21:51:42Z")
> [@](#): > > :😊: My, that was mighty, er candid of you! ::raises his cowboy hat:: Why thank you ma’am. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/35 "2002-12-11T01:46:15Z")
XJETGIRLX , I think **Susanann** ’s “could you explain that to me” was not about the gun fetish _per se_ but rather about your statement: _"I think there are plenty of women out there with some strange fetishes. We just save the good stuff for those who matter most "_ This would be consistent with her earluer and severely ill-informed statement that “only men” exhibit paraphilias of any kind. Either that or she’s just trying to get all of us to talk about what are our odd turn-ons, and I ain’t going there, no way… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/36 "2002-12-11T03:12:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Susanann \* > \*\*This is just another example of the superiority of women, esp when it comes to sex. \*\* A_ha!_ Dominatrix! ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/37 "2002-12-11T12:39:38Z")
I might be flattered, but I would also be majorly creeped out by the idea of a foot fetishist. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/38 "2002-12-11T14:37:22Z")
I’ll tell you what, if I was dating a woman who had some kind of a kink, and it wasn’t actively harmful or disgusting, I think I’d be happy to indulge her. If your partner has a “hot button” and you don’t enjoy… er, “pressing” it, then s/he will find someone who does. However, the following is a list of things that would totally turn me off, probably to the point of ending a relationship: Scat fetish Blood fetish Golden showers Hypoxia Bestiality That is by no means a complete list, and I reserve the right to add things as I see fit. But anything else I can currently think of, I’d probably be able to work around, even if I don’t understand it. Like leather, for instance. If she was totally into leather, I could play along, and enjoy the fact that _she_ was deriving pleasure from it, even though by leather by itself does nothing for me. Also, I can in no way understand equating bodypart-partiality with anything on that list, even if it’s ears or elbows. IMHO there’s nothing wrong with it, and if you’re really that creeped out, your mileage varies greatly from mine. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/39 "2002-12-22T00:49:40Z")
Originally posted by Susanann //It is men who have problems being potent, not women. // If you mean ability to be sexually aroused, you’re wrong. If you mean fertility, you are wrong. In fact I can’t think of a way that you could mean that which would be un-wrong. //It is men who need to fixate on feet, or breasts, or legs, or behinds, or lingerie, or whatever in order to get aroused. Most men don’t _need_ these things, they like them. I like them too… a man’s shoulders can really do it for me, for example. //who feel the need to crossdress, etc. Women wear men’s clothes all the time. //There are more male homosexuals than female homosexuals. cite? //It is men who want those s&m and other worse behaviors. I know far more women into BSDM than men. And I think your ‘worse behaviors’ add-on there is quite insulting and uninformed. //It is men who have problems getting sex, not women. Depends on the individual men and women involved. //There are a lot more sexy and luring women than sexy men. Um. Huh? //It is men who go to prostitutes and need pornography. etc. I like porn. ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395/40 "2002-12-22T02:09:53Z")
I have a personal foot fixation. I get a pedicure every two weeks. My bathroom is filled with foot scrubs, lotions, etc. I own way too many pairs of shoes and about 90% of them are high heeled. I notice other women’s feet and shoes - not sexually, more as appreciation, especially if she’s wearing some killer shoes. My SO shares my sentiments. It’s nice to have a guy who actually encourages my shoe/groomed foot obsession! If I’m a good girl, maybe I’ll get a pair of Manolo Blahnik’s for Valentine’s Day. It was a little strange, though, when my mechanic - in the midst of discussing my brakes - says, “uh… I like your toenail polish.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-eew-or-ooh/141395.md?page=3)