“For example, let’s say you have a partner who spontaneously stimulates your genitals with their feet, and this is something you’ve never experienced before. “Let’s also say that you happened to find it very pleasurable and had an intense orgasm. This could create positive reinforcement that would lead you to want to repeat the experience in the future, thereby laying the groundwork for a foot fetish,” he told Men’s Health.Īnother researcher, Vilayanur Ramachandran, reckons foot fetishes can develop for some people because the part of the brain that processes genital arousal is next door to the part of our brain that processes the sensation people get from feet.
