And now for something totally different: Fetishes, and in particular, the foot fetish. While I cannot speak for everyone with this type of fetish, for me, it started in second grade when my teacher, "Mrs. Addy", a tall, slender redhead, routinely wore spiked, strappy stilettos while teaching us the ABCs. Many times she would wear open-toed stilettos, which would reveal her exquisitely high arches and perfectly-painted red toes. Without going into too much detail, this produced a "tingly" feeling when I'd stare at them long enough, so I'm guessing that there must be some biology at play here.
So, yes, from those days up until now, a woman's feet are the second thing I notice about her, her face, of course, being the first. And where I'm from, it's nearly always flip-flop weather, so, this makes sorting out the "yays" from the "nays" easier, should I happen to be doing some casual foot-watching. And again, I suspect that this must have something to do with choosing a mate--for instance, it's seems right in line with being drawn to women with curves..e.g..large hips, which are good for supporting her body during pregnancy; large breasts for feeding the child once it arrives, or so the theory goes. One neurologist even postulated that an attraction to feet, when sexual, is caused by the feet and the genitals occupying adjacent areas of the somatosensory cortex, which is the main sensory receptive area for the sense of touch. IOW, there might be some crossed wires involved. And while I'm not sure of the reason why I'd prefer to "touch" an attractive pair of feet over an unattractive pair - in fact, now's a good time to say that I would not only not touch an unattractive pair of feet, I'd run from them - I don't really care; it doesn't really matter if I ever know the reason.
