According to Reuters, the culprit, Michael Robert Wyatt, 50, previously served a prison sentence for similar shenanigans. Last time, he even pretended to be a podiatrist in order to fondle and suck a woman's toes at a clothing store. Though criminal cases are rare, foot fetishism itself is surprisingly common. Academic studies on the prevalence and membership of fetish discussion groups have found that feet and foot accessories are the most fetishized of all non-genital body parts and objects. Nearly half of all such fetishes focus on feet, and almost two-thirds of fetishes for objects associated with the body are for shoes and socks. Sigmund Freud claimed that people sexualize feet because they resemble penises.

Foot fetishism , foot partialism , foot worshipping [1] or podophilia , is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. Foot fetishism has been defined as a pronounced sexual interest in feet. For a foot fetishist, points of attraction may include the shape and size of feet and toes e. Extensions of this fetish include shoes , socks , odour fetishism and tickling.

As far as fetishisms and kinks go, the foot fetish is a classic. But what is it about feet that turns so many people on? Man A: I realized that I had a thing for feet around 4th grade, around age Whenever my teacher wore heels, I found myself looking at her feet.