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Boot fetishism is a sexual fetishism focused on . Boots have become the object of sexual attraction amounting to fetishism for some people and they have become a standard accessory in BDSM scenes (where leather, latex and PVC boots are favoured) and a fashion accessory in music videos. Boots are seen as perhaps the most fetishistic of all footwear and boots are the most popular fetish clothing attire.Bradley Quinn. "The Boot". London (2010): Laurence King Publishing Ltd. . Pages 68-73
Hermine Hug-Hellmuth described boot fetishism scientifically in 1915.Whitney Davis: Replications: Archaeology, Art History, Psychoanalysis. Pennsylvania Stat Press 1996, page 326, . Accessed August 27, 2013. This article has also been published in English with comments by Arlene K. Richards in 1990, as Female fetishes and female perversions: Hermine Hug-Hellmuth's "A case of female foot or more properly boot fetishism" reconsidered.Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 77, No. 1, 1990, pp. 11-23, American Psychological Association. Accessed August 27, 2013.
Boots were used by Stanley Rachman as a subject for research on conditioning as a cause for fetishism in the 1960s, making men sexually aroused by seeing pictures of boots,S. Rachman: Sexual fetishism: An experimental analogue. The Psychological Record, Vol 16(3), 1966, 293-296. but the results have been put into question later, as boots already were very much en vogue for sexually attractive women at the time. Dean Burnett: Fifty Shades of Grey matter: the psychology of sexual arousal, The Guardian, August 8, 2012. Accessed August 27, 2013.
Unlike shoes, boot styles have often appeared as street fashion before they inspire .Quinn, p. 130 Boots are usually seen as a sign of empowerment for the wearer, especially when worn by women.Quinn, p. 152–169 This may be a reason for the connection to BDSM, where boots usually are seen as a statement of dominance. So-called boot worship became a common subculture practice among sadomasochism and related fetishists in the early 20th century.Quinn, p. 73
High-heeled boots help to elongate the calf, creating a longer-legged appearance which is generally considered to be more sexually attractive. The length of the boot shafts also adds to this impression. Boots have been displayed in magazines such as Leg Show, and there are also magazines and websites aimed directly at this fetish.
Boot fetishism may be accompanied by a fetish for the material from which it is made, such as leather, rubber, or latex - the latter two giving rise to the fetishization of . Boot fetishism is often targeted at and but there are also boots expressly made for fetish purposes, such as and some forms of thigh-high boots.
Thigh-high boots are perhaps the type of boots that are most popularly associated with boot fetishism.
There is also a very prominent subsection of mostly gay men who fetishize men's boots, with "boot worship" being a common practice in this group, to the point where there is a yearly contest to see who is the best bootblack. The types of boots favored by men differ from those worn by women, with men typically preferring more sturdy, rugged boots, such as combat boots, rigger boots, jump boots, motorcycle boots, or riding boots.
These boots feature prominently in outfits worn by leather enthusiasts in competitions such as International Mr. Leather.
Female comic book super heroines and villains, like Wonder Woman and Catwoman, also often wear boots as a sign of combined female power and sex appeal.Quinn, p. 161–162
Jill, protagonist of the video game Mighty Jill Off, is a sexual submissive with a fetish for boots.
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