# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/61 "2012-05-10T17:50:36Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > 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. I suppose that means that I “win” this thread! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/62 "2012-05-10T18:22:06Z")
> [@dngnb8](#): > > Message Board Threads about fetishes… > Wink Wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more Monty Python references for me. I’ll be in my bunk… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/63 "2012-05-10T19:41:09Z")
Vagina. And redheads. So redheads with a vagina. ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/64 "2012-05-10T20:05:33Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > 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). From [this one](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fetish) we get: ``` Something, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification. An abnormally obsessive preoccupation or attachment. ``` …or: any object, activity, etc, to which one is excessively or irrationally devoted: to make a fetish of cleanliness …or: Psychology . any object or nongenital part of the body that causes a habitual erotic response or fixation. > [@](#): > > Also, generally one does not discuss even non-fetishistic attractions with one’s mother-in-law. True in many cases, but one would not have a problem discussing an attraction to people with red hair with her. The bit about the attribute or object being “_necessary for sexual gratification_” is what I mean. We really need to define what is a “fetish” versus a “turn-on”. The average person is not going to be surprised if you tell him or her that you are attracted to blondes. But they might be if you express the same attraction to vinyl car seats. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/65 "2012-05-11T22:43:20Z")
Mini skirts, blackstockings with what we call suspenders (But not what you call supenders which we call braces), French Maid uniforms, school girl uniforms, halter neck tops, white dresses, basques, Cheong Sangs and lesbians. And I think thats it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/66 "2012-05-12T01:58:50Z")
I’m aroused by her arousal. So most things that get her going get me going. If FMF 3somes get her going, even better. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/67 "2012-05-12T04:46:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’m aroused by her arousal. So most things that get her going get me going. Until you meet a woman who’s aroused by your arousal. Then it’s yet \*another \*night staring at each other expectantly… ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/68 "2012-05-14T00:08:02Z")
I have a turn on no women seems to get, is very simple, and yet many get offended at the thought of it. I love a woman in an oversize t-shirt…I love the way that it looks, feels, moves… I’ll just be back here ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/69 "2012-05-14T18:21:43Z")
Turn ons are very natural and plain girls. Little to no make up, hair in a pony tail, wearing a t-shirt and jeans and that’s about it. Also really tall (5’10 or taller) or really short (5’2 or so) girls. Thin and athletic too, I’ve just never been into bigger girls Fetish: Feet, especially socks. I know it’s a relatively “normal” fetish, but I’m still embarassed as hell about it to girls. Girls in ankle socks just drive me nuts, also playing with the feet as well is hot to me. Although strangely enough I’m pretty picky about the feet too, if they’re nice I go insane, if not then I’m fine with ignoring them Had a girl who was perfectly fine with the fetish and had PERFECT feet. I will never live down the fact she left me ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/70 "2012-05-15T07:03:59Z")
Per my online dating profiles: I’m attracted to tiny, dark-haired Caucasian women with pretty little feet! As to what my fetishes are: During our initial “sex talk” I let a prospective partner know that I’m attracted to the body parts that most men pay no attention to. I tell them, “I’m not an ass man, or breast man. I LOVE small, pretty female feet; little hands; straight, white teeth; and straight dark hair.” I’m also very much into bondage, spanking, and gagging as well as watching my ladies fuck other men, as well as photographing/video taping the fun. :eek: Is that a fetish? If so, I’ve had the privilege of indulging in it several times with several friends and several different women at different times in my life. Have I said too much here? ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/71 "2012-05-15T07:23:33Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Had a girl who was perfectly fine with the fetish and had PERFECT feet. I will never live down the fact she left me ☹ Same here, Sir. That girl would’ve been my 2nd ex-wife. (I was with the 1st wife for 8 years but was too ashamed to tell her I loved her feet) The 2nd ex was the first woman with whom I was COMPLETELY open about my foot fetish, as well as my other kinks, and she accepted it ALL! (That is, until she went ‘back to her roots’ and cheated on me with her lesbian co-worker.) It seems that although I’d told her everything about MY kinks, she’d hidden that one from me until just before she filed for divorce. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/72 "2012-05-15T07:30:42Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > I have a turn on no women seems to get, is very simple, and yet many get offended at the thought of it. > > I love a woman in an oversize t-shirt…I love the way that it looks, feels, moves… > > I’ll just be back here Show some respect, **go to your bunk**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/73 "2012-05-15T12:48:40Z")
High contrast. Flaming redheads with milk skin or gothy raven-haired women with the same. Pixie cuts, or really long hair, shaved heads on women too. Women who let their bush grow long but keep everything shaped and off the legs can be pretty enticing. If you are going to be a fake color, then be a bright saturated one. Otherwise I find natural best. Real platinum blonde? yum. Fake bottle blonde? Pass. You were better as a brunette. Intelligence is a huge turn on. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/74 "2012-05-15T15:35:02Z")
> [@Mann\_Slaughter](#): > > Per my online dating profiles: > I’m attracted to tiny, dark-haired Caucasian women with pretty little feet! I’ll actually disagree with you on this one only because I’m a fan of bigger feet and long toes. And I’m sorry to hear about your story down there ☹ ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/75 "2012-05-15T15:57:26Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Turn ons are very natural and plain girls. Little to no make up, hair in a pony tail, wearing a t-shirt and jeans and that’s about it. Also really tall (5’10 or taller) or really short (5’2 or so) girls. Thin and athletic too, I’ve just never been into bigger girls > > Fetish: Feet, especially socks. I know it’s a relatively “normal” fetish, but I’m still embarassed as hell about it to girls. Girls in ankle socks just drive me nuts, also playing with the feet as well is hot to me. Although strangely enough I’m pretty picky about the feet too, if they’re nice I go insane, if not then I’m fine with ignoring them > > Had a girl who was perfectly fine with the fetish and had PERFECT feet. I will never live down the fact she left me ☹ Jesus…good post! Even though I posted in this thread already, can I go with a +1? Ankle socks :o ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/76 "2012-05-15T17:01:33Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > I have a turn on no women seems to get, is very simple, and yet many get offended at the thought of it. > > I love a woman in an oversize t-shirt…I love the way that it looks, feels, moves… > > I’ll just be back here I can’t decide if there’s an implied “… and nothing else” here. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/77 "2012-05-15T17:21:11Z")
Omorashi yagai What? What reputation? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/78 "2012-05-15T20:41:45Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > 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) It is no wonder Frau Blucher is your woman (horses neigh in the distance) ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/79 "2012-05-15T20:50:17Z")
Turn on - Healthy Hair, and Eyes. Hair color preference would be the darker the better. That includes a dark red. Size of woman doesnt matter to me. I dont mind overweight, if there is a femine shape. That being said, I prefer short petite (B cups). Asian, Hispanic, or women of light brownish color Out of the ordinary wise I would have to say voyeurism. I like to watch women who dont realize theyre being watched. Unfortunately, that goes against my moral standards (Im not a peeping Tom, or Fred, John or any other name). Maybe it is that dichotomy that makes it arousing. Something about a woman alone,with herself, unbound by the constraints of the feeling that she has to “perform”. Just a fly on the wall ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319/80 "2012-05-15T21:32:30Z")
An attractive man with good hair becomes instantly turn-my-head-and-give-a-look-over more attractive to me if he lets that hair grow to shoulder lengtht. Add in a largish nose and bam! I’m sold. And here’s one I hate to admit: I love it if a guy appears genuinely is in a bit of emotional pain because of his love for a woman. I’m a vampire for that kind of emotion. Love, or the capacity for love, is never more genuine and attractive to me then when it is expressed in the pain over losing it. This videoclip, for instance, [Gotye “Somebody that I used to know”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY) has most of what I like: an attractive guy, nice body, shoulder length hair, (okay, nose nothing special) and he acts very well that he hurts over losing his ex as a friend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-fetish-what-turns-you-on/621319.md?page=5)