# What's your fetish/ What turns you on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319 "2012-05-08T20:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/41 "2012-05-09T22:25:28Z")
Women in uniform - cops, soldiers, nurses, Catholic schoolgirls… ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/42 "2012-05-09T22:41:44Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Women in uniform - cops, soldiers, nurses, Catholic schoolgirls… When I was a paramedic, women would hoover around us like flies around crap. And my favorite dates were nurses… Go figure ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/43 "2012-05-09T22:53:55Z")
I have many turn ons and two true fetishes. One is women’s hair. It used to be for super short (but stylish) haircuts or even a shaved head on an otherwise traditionally feminine woman. It’s evolved into other very specific types of women’s hairstyle (but not long/straight.) Only works if I find the woman in question to be attractive in other aspects than her hair. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/44 "2012-05-09T23:00:01Z")
> [@dngnb8](#): > > When I was a paramedic, women would hoover around us… There’s a French maid joke to be had here, I’m sure of it, but I like the skill to do it justice. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/45 "2012-05-09T23:26:15Z")
Don’t know if it’s a “fetish”, but I am extremely attracted to tall women, that is women taller than myself. I only found out about this when I was 16 and working at a sound/mobile disco company when a very tall woman came by the shop to rent some lights…and she had to duck under the mirror ball. My knees got weak and I nearly started drooling. The problem is that I am 6’ tall myself, and I’ve never dated a taller woman. A moot point as I’m in a committed, loving, long term relationship with a woman shorter than myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/46 "2012-05-09T23:31:33Z")
> [@martu](#): > > Smoking is mine, the thought of kissing a beautiful woman as she smokes a long white cigarette is, just, well I’ll be in my bunk… I feel feverish… ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/47 "2012-05-10T02:39:10Z")
Going by my own definition in [this thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650587) I am a pervert. I have a strong interest in just about anything out of the ordinary. I have experimented with autoerotic asphyxiation, anal penetration with a variety of toys and objects and toys (e.g. five peeled bananas at once), enemas. I’m about to try cross-dressing/sissification. If it violates a taboo or would shock your parents absolutely speechless, chances are I’ve thought about it or tried it. But the one thing that’s been with me the longest and that I’ve done the most is wearing/using diapers. What’s the appeal? -it violates a bunch of taboos. Continence is one of the first things we’re taught, and to willingly break that taboo (or put yourself in a situation where you _must_ do so) is exciting. Adults aren’t “supposed to” wear diapers, which makes doing so all the more exciting. -It can be an element of bondage/discipline/humiliation. Fantasies often include being forced to wear diapers against one’s will, or of being discovered and humiliated. -the fundamental physical sensations are pleasurable: thick, warm padding gently hugging your nether regions, warm/wet/slippery sensations (depending on how you choose to use a diaper). A few minutes after you put regular clothes on, you stop noticing them – but you will never forget you’re wearing a diaper; every step you take, you feel it, you hear it, you know it’s there. -the excitement of having a sexual secret, of being on the verge of being found out, when walking around in public with a diaper underneath your clothes. Your pants are a bit puffed out, maybe the people around you notice, maybe they don’t… My fascination with diapers is something that predates puberty by many years, and I first started experimenting with real adult diapers when I was 17 (and yes, when I went to buy them I had the movie-nightmare experience of having a young female clerk call out for a price check on them); it’s a fetish that runs pretty deep. My wife is aware of this and my many other kinks; she’s much more vanilla, but tolerant of my activities, and I tend to indulge myself on my days off from work, when I have the house to myself. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/48 "2012-05-10T03:49:37Z")
50+year old women. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/49 "2012-05-10T03:57:40Z")
I am totally booty-vated. Doesn’t have to be unclad or even in briefs; I saw THE AVENGERS this weekend and whenever Chris Evans’ fully clothed booty, spandex or khaki, was on the screen, nothing else was. Most booty types can have their appeals, from Daniel Radcliffe’s twinkish booty in the EQUUS pics to Ryan Kwanten’s toned fratboy booty from TRUE BLOOD for example- but a muscular bubble butt (like Henry Cavill’s— google Henry Cavill naked, I’ll wait) can’t be beat. Well, it can be, but they usually either want a fortune or they call the cops before you can land the second slap. (Could barely care less about the penis as far as aesthetic turn-on purposes in and of itself.) I’m also turned on by a good speaking voice and ‘intelligent eyes’. Biggest de-motivators, in fact, include a stupid statement in a stupid sounding voice (I know some people think stupid can be sexy in a 'just ride ‘em’ sort of way, but I don’t at all). ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/50 "2012-05-10T04:22:58Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > google Henry Cavill naked, I’ll wait Mmmmmmmm. And since I shouldn’t post without adding something to the conversation - bondage. Being restrained, preferably by hands or some otherwise strong but not uncomfortable means. Out of the bedroom, I’ve discovered ‘asshole’ to be one of the traits that gets me hot, much to my chagrin. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/51 "2012-05-10T05:36:13Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > There’s a French maid joke to be had here, I’m sure of it, but I like the skill to do it justice. A pun of some sort on “hoovering while they hover” suggested itself to me. . ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/52 "2012-05-10T13:29:44Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Don’t know if it’s a “fetish”, but I am extremely attracted to tall women, that is women taller than myself. I only found out about this when I was 16 and working at a sound/mobile disco company when a very tall woman came by the shop to rent some lights…and she had to duck under the mirror ball. My knees got weak and I nearly started drooling. > > The problem is that I am 6’ tall myself, and I’ve never dated a taller woman. A moot point as I’m in a committed, loving, long term relationship with a woman shorter than myself. Same for me, don’t know what the hell it is, I’d guess some deep, weird, psycho-sexual mommy thing (I’m sure an analyst would have a field day w/ me), but tall women drive me absolutely nuts. I also seem to really get into female bodybuilders, but only if they’re somewhat femine looking, plus the usual stuff : large breasts, beautiful face, legs, intelligence, sense of humor, etc., but the height thing trumps everything else. I can appreciate a gorgeous woman, but if she’s short it dampens my interest. Yes, I’m a wack job, but a self aware wack job 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/53 "2012-05-10T14:00:09Z")
A great laugh that stands out and isn’t/can’t be faked. Eyes you can lose yourself in. Someone ‘getting’ me and not just patronizing me with a slow ‘ha-ha-ha’. Someone who challenges me to step up to their pace in some things & who I can challenge to step up to mine in others. (And has fun doing so) ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/54 "2012-05-10T14:13:35Z")
Voluptuous, curvy, zaftig, rubenesque, whatever the correct adjective is, women… Bonus points for red hair ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/55 "2012-05-10T14:18:50Z")
I totally forgot about the other hting. Those so-called light beards make me weak in the knees. ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/56 "2012-05-10T14:45:36Z")
Blondes. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/57 "2012-05-10T15:10:58Z")
Sweaters…mmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/58 "2012-05-10T16:31:41Z")
Outdoor bondage sex. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/59 "2012-05-10T16:42:58Z")
The OP asks for two different things: What’s your fetish/ What turns you on? The thing about a fetish is that it is socially unacceptable, not something one could discuss with your mother-in-law. Being attracted to blondes, for instance, would not qualify, but being attracted to blondes with webbed toes would. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/60 "2012-05-10T17:07:30Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The thing about a fetish is that it is socially unacceptable, not something one could discuss with your mother-in-law. You ought to go look up the definition of fetish. “Socially unacceptable” is not necessarily part of it (although sometimes fetishes do happen to be socially unacceptable). Also, generally one does not discuss even non-fetishistic attractions with one’s mother-in-law. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319.md?page=4)