Negativity about Foot Fetishes

[leonardo8]

If someone's not into feet yourself, that's fine, but why would so many guys be so negative about it? It's not like they have to do anything with MY feet (although they're welcome to...) I am the one with a fetish for THEIR feet... Why not let someone who wants to service theirs? What have they got to lose?

I know I'm a little late to this thread, but I happened to stumble across it and felt the need to throw in my 2 cents.

I'm about to make you feel a whole lot better about yourself! Personally, I don't have the slightest sexual attraction to feet, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with your sexual attraction to feet. In fact, it's not your fault at all. Thanks to a great thing called science, foot "fetishes" have practically been proven to be completely natural. How?

I have a degree in Biology and I specifically studied Neurobiology quite a bit while I was in undergrad. Probably one of the most interesting topics to study, by the way, if you're at all interested in Biology or science. Anyway, every area of your body has sensory neurons that travel back to the spinal cord and, eventually, to the brain. There is an area of your brain known as the somatosensory cortex, which basically contains a big neural map of your body that receive signals for the sense of touch. So, there is a specific area in this cortex dedicated to every part of your body (lips, jaw, hands, etc.). Most of the areas are laid out in a fairly logical manner, however the area that corresponds with the feet is located right next to the area that corresponds with the genitals. During development of the nervous system, neurons become "wired" to their respective areas in the cortex and, as you can imagine, there can be a sort of "crossing over" that might occur. This basically means that the neurons associated with your genitals can overlap with those associated with your feet. Therefore, feet become a big part of sexual stimulation for you.

I know this might sound pretty crazy, but I promise I'm not making it up! It's been studied by many neuroscientists, most notably by Vilayanur Ramachandran. So don't let others get you down about it, it's completely natural. You were born like that, so no judgement here!