When we discuss fetishism, we always start from a kind of fetishism from the time of ancient humans. When the discussion extends to the fetish crowd, which is expected to gradually expand in modern times, it is often surrounded by a small local specific scene.
If we look at fetishes more abstractly, how will it be classified?
Why classification?
Classification is a basic analysis method in the field of human natural sciences. It seems that in rational discussions, we always need to give a definition first, and then classify.
In the past many years, I have also tried to make a rough conceptual division of the types of fetish I have come into contact with, but the results are always not good. This is because in various fetish scenes, the behaviors, props, and goals are all different, and it is difficult to find common variables to quantitatively analyze and discuss the scenes. It is annoying to find that the fetish scene always mixes all factors. I can only break away from concrete examples and define a classification standard from a more abstract level.
Behavior and entity trigger emotions alone or in combination
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Classification by behavior
empathy
Whether it’s a pony game or a puppy game, or any other act of playing something. It is reasonable to get a sense of excitement from the sense of substitution of behavior. The various props in the process are more effective to increase the feedback brought by the environment, such as the tail props in the puppy game.
Materialize
Give up the control of human self-cognition, and you can get a relaxed state in the process. This is some experience that many friends told me. It is fixed somewhere, becomes furniture, and is placed somewhere as an object. In this process, bondage is often used as an aid. Of course, this will also use many bondage props.
Classified by entity
Material
Latex, rubber, leather, pvc, plastic, furry, nylon, etc. All natural or synthetic materials. They act on human sensory cognition, such as the tactile stimulation of latex to the skin, the visual stimulation of pvc to the eyes, and so on. Regarding human cognitive science, I got a lot of knowledge from a Chinese friend of mine who is an expert in the field of cognitive science. There are many concepts in this field that can be combined with fetish to discuss. Let me discuss it in other posts.
Features
A thing can do something, and the result of being able to do it stimulates people’s daily environmental cognitive function, thereby generating excitement. High-heeled shoes are a good case. Starting from the core of the bottom layer, you can choose high-heeled shoes of different materials, not limited to leather, flannel, etc. The stimulus comes from whether high-heeled shoes can complete a certain behavior. It can be stepping or walking, or there may be hidden conditions such as who is wearing it. But this will not affect the functions assigned to things by everyday society.
It has to be mentioned again that classifying fetish is not a rigorous act. Because every fetish scene is a mixture of various factors.
What needs to be pointed out is that no matter what form is used to express fetish. What people often misunderstand is that the purpose of fetish is to achieve orgasm. This is biased, because people’s emotional impulse not only includes orgasm, it is the joint action of a variety of hormones. A sense of accomplishment and comfort can also get nerve stimulation.
I can’t use more content to discuss in this post, because this is a huge topic.
A rough, incomplete, and inaccurate classification of fetish can help my work. This makes me have a deeper understanding of the fetish Tao that I want to design and produce.
I need to thank my friend again for letting our discussion enter the field of rational scientific research.
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