Where, If Anywhere, Does Barefooting Intersect with Foot Fetish?

I’ve talked a little before about how I got into Barefooting because of the kind of porn that I consumed when I was a younger kid. Still not proud of that part, but when I went here looking for opinions, I found that more people than I thought are quite open about their sexual reasons for Barefooting here.

I wonder where the nexus point of purely wholistic Barefooting and fetish-driven Barefooting is, if that makes any sense. Do you do one, or the other, or both? Please elaborate as much as you’re comfortable.

As for myself, I still get a little bothered when I see girls’ feet. There’s a girl I have feelings for, and even though I suspect she and I can’t happen, I still hope, pray and dream that we might one day. If we ever do, and become intimate, I can see feet playing a role there if she’s comfortable. In other words, I do believe I have a foot fetish. But also, I’ve discovered that unless I’m using them as a tool to protect my feet from harm, I just don’t always feel like wearing shoes and wouldn’t in most situations. I like to feel the earth under my feet, especially when the ground is soft and muddy. I do think there’s a wholistic aspect.

How about y’all?

 

Dial all this anxiety down. If your fetish cancels out all the rest of another person, you probably might like to talk your way out of that. Being sexually aroused by bare feet (your own or others')--welcome to the club. Some males focus on legs or breasts or whatever has outsize sexual value for them. I love going barefoot because it feels great--all those things you step on to gain pleasure. No big deal. Many go barefoot for exactly that reason (or as a health aid). Going barefoot for pleasure is about as ordinary as doing laundry or filling up the gas tank. People have always done "what feels good" (without hurting anyone). Yes, there are so many social barriers to leap (but they are artificial, based on nothing more than "norms").

 

Most individuals with foot fetishes are usually very shy about their own feet.

 

I have no doubt there is some level of crossover, but diehard barefooters seem to focus on just being barefoot.

 

Feet are just another part of the human body. A beautiful and incredibly important part, so why would should anyone be ashamed to admit they see it as something attractive? If you admit that you find your partner's face, or smile, their hair or their eyes as very handsome, they'll probably take it as a compliment - why should feet be any different? Feet are the most common fetish there is - and they probably shouldn't even be characterized as a "fetish", for such a kink is incredibly normal. It's like saying that, yeah, I'm attracted to a pretty person's body - well, wouldn't it be a wee bit weird if I weren't!

Agree! There are levels to certain things, and I'm not ashamed to profess my love of (bare) feet for both sexual and non-sexual reasons - take a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B! Pleasure, sexual or not, is something that we all desire in life - and I'll gladly take a bit of both wherever and whenever I can find it! And I'll also admit that I've had doubts and a general lack of self-confidence when I was younger - so a lot of the things I do now, I probably do to compensate for what I think I missed out on as a kid.

@Tristan McQuern, you just shouldn't let whatever inhibitions prevent you from having fun to rule over you. Your body is telling you something, and your mind should listen to it - lest you'll only endure more repression and that will surely only serve to make you more miserable. In my experience, such inhibitions are just a rather weak, albeit seeminlgy intimidating barrier that might just crack on its own under the pressure of your true desires whether you like it or not - so why fight or try to delay the inevitable, and cause even more damage in the process?

I used to be very foot shy, and becoming more open about my feet, as well as my love for them, helped me moderate my sexual desires with a more innocuous way of expressing my emotions. Felt like a coming out, of sorts - and that has only helped me become more "hardcore" of a barefooter (at least to a degree that I see comfortable at the moment). But, like I've said, there's certainly many levels to this sort of thing!

 

I enjoy bare footing because of how it makes me feel. I enjoy the feel of the earth beneath my feet. I find it therapeutic. As for having a foot fetish, I suppose I do. I enjoy the sight of a pretty women’s feet. But I also like the total site of a pretty woman.

 

I know what you mean I know I have a foot fetish and I do love looking at pretty women’s bare feet and I like looking at any bare feet. And like you I love the feel of different textures of ground that I walk on

 

Fuck, I walk barefoot on anything just to fucking feel it. That's the fucking glory of being barefoot: you get to FEEL all the world's shit!

 

It's...I don't have a foot fetish. It's harmless enough, but if you do you really have to be careful about creeping on people. If someone's not interested, it falls under the umbrella of "unwanted sexual advance" which is never ok!

If a girl's barefoot it can definitely be part of an attractive look.

Just...because of the...personality/attitude it's indicative of? A really casual individualist sort of person goes barefoot...

 

I just love bare feet

 

62 years young here in Australia and I have had a foot fetish for as long as I can remember! I have been able to indulge in my fetish due to a lot of work and travel around Asia and it has great memories!
I have also been a lifetime barefooter. I hate shoes with a passion and since Covid-19 have been barefoot pretty much 24/7. Most weekends I go for a long barefoot walk over a mixture of concrete footpaths and grass.
For me the two are most certainly connected. But that's just me I guess!