FIRST THINGS FIRST – The deviant behavior book that perhaps started it all.
Psychopathia Sexualis by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Vienna. I was using the translated version of the 12th German edition by Franklin S Klafr, M.D. dated 1965 Scarborough Books Edition 1978. LCCC# 65-16706.
In his first section that discusses fetish behavior Richard classified fetish behavior among his masochistic studies. He considered foot and shoe fetishism to be part latent masochism and part fetishism. He states that shoe fetishism is based upon a conscious or less than conscious masochistic desire for self humiliation. He may note, and perhaps correctly that those who enjoy being trod upon do tend toward the masochistic tendency. However, I am not quite certain that this type of behavior is the joy of the object or the joy of the pain. It actually may be both. Where I think he went astray was to assume that all cases went from foot, to shoe, to humiliation. He also notes a common theme in theft of shoes and the risk of being caught humiliation. He is correct in his cases that the individual was able to turn on erotically to the shoe or boot. What he also may not have found were people who were willing to share their thoughts in the time period of the writing in an open enough way to say, the shoes alone are enough to meet my needs. The rest of his material focuses on and is about getting close to shoes and boots and women wearing them and not disclosing the fetish. I suspect the rest was a cover for the real purpose, their fetish. The writing as well as the language of the time probably prevented full disclosure and the subjects themselves may have only been available as a result of criminal activity forcing the interviews. In that time, and even today, for a man to tell his partner “by the way honey let’s have a little fun today and today I really would enjoy playing with your feet and doing your shoes”, is not a very likely discussion. It wasn’t when his book was written, and it certainly remains the case today. My experience has shown me that you need to feel fairly comfortable that the person you are with will not reject you once they find out your second joy, and perhaps for some their first joy, is really her shoes, as well as, and in some cases more than her. Most men with a fetish who wish to have a partner quickly learn how to play around this subject. They use it as a side pleasure because most partners that discover your interest might be less than focused on them, well, it hurts their ego, and creates a scenario for them considering that you are rejecting them. I suspect, that is why the game has evolved, when there is a partner involved, to many interesting side issues and activities when what might really be desired on some occasions is a really good passionate romp in her shoes.
Richard also notes in several cases that the fixation starts early, perhaps 10 or 11, but fails to note how or why. He also notes that their first ejaculations occur around 13 but he fails to note that it occurred inside of a pair of shoes. He talks around the subject and discusses kissing, fondling, and joy of just looking at women’s shoes and boots, and even the dream of kissing the shoes on a woman’s foot. He does note in one case that it is likely that this interest in shoes goes far beyond what one expects if you can judge by the number of men who stop at a women’s shoe store window and study the shoes.
He also notes some that do not have relations with women and just shoes. He noted for some the only interesting thing about a woman was her shoes. He also pointed toward a case where a person tried to cure themselves of the fetish by repeated negative responses. He noted that person to be cured and able to have normal relations and went on to secure a partner. I think this to be highly unlikely and what I think occurred is that the fetishist learned how to integrate his fetish into a normal partnered relationship and a few endeavors into his partners closet. In my reading and personal experience I have found an ability to control the fetish and keep it from consuming my social life, but I have never been able to eliminate it. It is not an illness. However, in a doctor patient relationship this false development may have been an outcome rather than a cure to end the analysis. When Richard notes completely cured, my own life as an example says nonsense. If you enjoy shoes, breasts, oral sex, homosexuality, or whatever your alternate pleasure from reproduction it isn’t going to just end.
He talks about a fetishist where the sight of shoes alone, could induce erection and ejaculation. Problematically, in his notes, this is often linked incorrectly to self inflicted pain and masochism. He also notes that if worn empty shoes are available the person could have a great romp in the shoes and ejaculation would result. He also noted that this individual considered shoes exposed in a shoe store to be immoral. I suspect if the person considers shoes as vaginal replacements and their only sexual outlet one might consider a shoe store to be a sex shop. However, recent materials and the cases I will later note show very little masochism involved in fetish activities. Because of the anonymity of the internet, there is just a plain, more open discussion about what people are doing in regards to fetish behavior. Today a person can buy used women’s shoes at thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales, and even find them on the side of the road. There is no need to steal anything, or to have to role play a masochistic activity to get close to them. With the internet you can also find people who are willing to share your joy and even participate in your pleasure. You can even buy used shoes over the internet on sites like EBAY. Can’t find a partner? No problem or need to force it, you can go out and hire a shoe fetish experienced prostitute and you don’t need to get kicked to have her let you turn on to her shoes. These too can be found on the internet in most big cities. Most of all, in this more sexually open world a loving couple can share their pleasures behind their own doors in an open way. Yes, there are still many who might run from this behavior, and condemn you to hell and brimstone. I just don’t think I could just start a shoe fetish conversation in public, but today there are many people who would not hesitate to search out those who they can talk with. I did. Some have noted that their fetish in a relationship is a small price for a lot of other pluses that are gained by their partners, and those with an open mind appear to gain closer relationships because of their understanding. It seems that fetish satisfied partners may have little to look for outside of their relationship.
Krafft-Ebing also went on to various renditions of a fetish that seemed to more or less represent sadomasochistic behavior and criminal psychosis rather than fetish behavior. These may all be part of the fetish to some degree, or of what was available to Richard for interview, however, whatever the variation if it lead to a romp in the shoes it was about the shoes and their feeling inside and how that person justified getting there appeared to be the cover story for discussing the fetish. When he discussed the man hiring a prostitute to let him do her shoes that was more on target to much of what I see on the internet today. When he asked her if he could buy or borrow her shoes that was also about more romping in her shoes.
We might agree when Richard notes that a fetish is the lust for certain portions of the female body, or an attached article of attire. Where we also agree is where I noted previously when I stated that perhaps all non reproductive sexual behavior that leads to ejaculation or climax that is a deviation from reproduction behavior should probably be considered a fetish. Richard notes that the body fetish is perhaps the closest to normal sexual behavior which appears to come in various and numerous forms which might also include oral manipulations, homosexual behavior. Richard notes that when it extends into a fixation on an article of clothing, let’s say shoes, it has extended beyond the female related extremities to an article of attire. Richard does not state this so clearly but he does note that most men are impacted by the power of attraction or preference to a certain portion of the body of persons of the opposite sex. Today this might include persons of the interested sex and not necessarily just the opposite sex.
Here is where my argument continues and slightly differs from Kraft-Ebbing, there are fetish behaviors and there are fetish behaviors. As I see it some fetish behavior that could include shoes, hands, breast, feet, handkerchiefs, locks of hair, even socks and underwear are items that are related to a part of the person. These are forms of play used to excite and manipulate, as I understand it, in a way that I continue to feel is much more consistent with masturbation and self gratification linked to the passion and the imagined persona of a person. Other fetish behavior is more closely related to contact with the person and becomes a gratification via the actual or imagined persona of a hand, a foot, a breast, etc.. A shoe fetish, although clearly by exact definition a fetish, on the other hand has a different and much more unique character to it and perhaps should not be classified in the same way as these other masturbatory and stimulatory events. Yes the shoe can be worn by the person real or imagined who the shoe fetishist might be attracted to and or excited by, or for the fetishist it can be a source of excitement by itself. However, the different types of shoes, quality, look, feel, and textures add to the complexity of each shoe fetish. For a shoe fetishist many times both shoes not one is used.
There are two shoes that take on the shape, form, smell, and odor of the wearer and by design may enhance the look, shape and sexual attraction of the wearer. Shoes also can gain a well curved and arched foot imprint and outline inside and outside of the shoe. Because there are two shoes, the shoe lover may penetrate one while kissing and fondling the other. Whether the erotic person is known or imagined, the focus can include a wearer, but, many times the shoe fetishist just is passionate about the shoe. The focus and excitement of the shoe fetishist can easily be on the curves and erotic design of the shoe alone without the person, or even the thought of the person. The focus can be, and many times can include thoughts of the inside of the shoe, the wear lines, the toe impressions, the color, the outside erotic shape, the heel height or lack of it, the touch and feel, the vaginal opening, the phallic exterior, the aroma of the shoe new or well worn, and of course the feel when penetrating the shoe to its depths during intercourse with the shoe.
I do not feel that a masochistic or even a sadistic tendency of a person, that may also have a shoe or foot fetish should be considered a result of the fetish. The additional behaviors should be separated and each reviewed and considered as compound but separate cause and effect results. Cases where more than one fixation or preference exists may occur but these are not the types of conditions I am discussing or considering here. These additional conditions add a greater dimension that appear to include other psychological episodes and behavior. The shoe fetishists passion may in many ways appear outside of the normal reproductive act but from what I have reviewed and personally experienced over many years is that in most cases the individuals life that has only a love and joy for shoe fetish behavior can lead to a fairly normal life style with no other major psychological variations or complications except for the fixation on shoes and perhaps the replacement of masturbation with an active sexual behavior including shoes. However, it would still be agreed that some have used their fetish as a full sexual replacement for what might be considered normal reproductive behavior. When the fetish totally dominates the persons life to the exclusion of all other social contact the issues may then extend beyond the fetish as well to other anti social behaviors where a search for additional psychological causes and effects might be found.
For the person who loves shoes, it may be that they focus on the erotic power of a shoe or boot because of the shape that is formed by combining the foot and the shoe, and although the foot by itself has its own erotic shape and form and a well arched definition, the shoe or boot can enhance that shape and adds additionally and intentionally to the wearers erotic appearance and power by design. Once a shoe is removed from the foot many retain the shape, form, wear lines, and fragrance of the wearer, and most importantly with the proper selection and placement it has a well surrounded inside which replicates the vaginal feminine area, and when viewed from the outside a homosexual tendency might see a phallic male appearance. Please allow me to share with you that I can walk into my closet and become aroused by the sight of a pair of erotic shoes and take that to completion.
From a phallic perspective for those who do not share this passion, please consider the foot sliding into an erotic shoe or boot. For the most part the foot of a sexy arousing partner entering a shoe can appear much like a male member sliding into a female during intercourse. For a shoe fetishist, a woman dangling a shoe, or playing her with her shoes can appear a lot like a sexual act to many a shoe fetishist. If you consider this relationship you can begin to understand why a shoe store for some can appear as if it was almost a pornographic triple X store to others. Shoes on display and women sliding their feet in and out of shoes and boots can be a very big turn on for the shoe fetishist.
Let me try to paint a view from a shoe fetishists perspective. Consider a well worn soft black fine kidskin leather 3” heeled fashion boot with a soft high quality leather flesh tone lining, well worn with the outline of a well formed foot on the inner surface and foot impressions apparent on the outer surface as well as in the inner lining of the boot. Consider this boot on a most appropriate and highly attractive and erotic person. What you have for most is a very, very erotic and exciting image for most men. Stated another way, you have a very hot woman wearing high heeled black leather boots. That picture is probably erotic to many with and without a shoe fetish. However, the shoe fetishist might see both the woman and the boots as sexual objects but in any case most non fetishists are probably more aroused a bit more by this picture than a beautiful flat footed woman in front of them with no shoes.
The shoe fetish is different in that although many young experimenters may discover and start by playing with and perhaps masturbating with a shoe in their youth with their hands, on their hands or even inside of the shoe. The shoe fetishist as they mature generally evolves and many if not in most cases, for those who do not have other issues are more likely to develop a shoe fetish that can stand alone as a sexual activity. They learn to actually climb on top of one shoe or boot and penetrate their members deep into their depths and they reach climax one or more times by having intercourse with the shoe as if they were inside of a persons erotic area. Many, if not most, will fondle and kiss the other shoe with a well adapted skill while penetrating the other with their member. For the shoe fetishist one might clearly say, to these individuals they are actually making love to the shoes or boots.
A true experience that can not be portrayed in words easily to the non shoe fetishist is that unlike any other diversion the shoe, if selected properly, for depth, feel, wear, proper softness and texture, and erotic look, and with a few drops of non staining lubricating gel, (like KY gel), shoes and boots, if selected as carefully as a persons choice in a sexual partner, can and do indeed feel, almost identical in almost every way to the vagina of a woman. This is not true of all shoes, but is of many that meet the fetishists fantasy. I have had both and know this to be true. The fragrance of a well worn shoe, if clean and well worn and not soiled, in many cases the blending of foot and leather can and does smell like the aromas of a woman’s sexuality. This I also know first hand to be true. Therefore, in my view the shoe fetish when not linked to other behaviors should probably be treated in a class of its own separate from handkerchiefs, corsets, and underwear or masochistic and sadistic behavior. Yes the shoes alone can, and for most shoe fetishists, can, and do, provide the ability to easily become aroused to climax. They become perhaps one of Victors most incredible secrets as an incredible sexuality that can totally become an alternative to masturbation. Shoes and boots, provide the individual with an erotic desire in a time of need, a way to actually have an interesting form of intercourse with passion and desire. (Victor’s secret as in Victoria’s Secret)
Kraft Ebbing in my review of his material on fetish behavior sees fetish behavior from a mostly distorted view. Remember, his book was written at the turn of the last century in a time when sexuality was not a very open topic and marriage was the only honorable behavior for a sexual minded woman and in limited ways. Because this is highly likely that his views of the sexual world were tainted by his perceptions locked in that time period and limited in access to those who could, or would, discuss these subjects. He looks hard in his studies for an underlying causation and illness in the family line. He considers women as sexual objects to be dressed and adorned to satisfy their sexual urges. His view of the relationship of objects, fetish objects, are from a time when sex for pleasure was not an open consideration. Perhaps it was a time where sneaking around and finding unusual releases was an oddity. Today, homosexuality is wide open, there are sexual public places for all manners of pleasure, stores that outfit the supplies needed for that pleasure, today sexuality is celebrated and fetish behavior in my mind is an outcropping of a more sexually expressive population.
He notes other conditions and links them to unusual and odd behavior that is common place in today’s more open world, Kraftt-Ebbing rarely comments on the shoe and boot fetish as another natural progression to an additional normal form of sexual gratification and pleasure or as a discovery made by some that is included and an enhancement to a functioning and healthy part of normal sexual gratification. Every case in his book noted is referenced in link with an un-natural perspective, and conversation. This in my view is how the perpetuated link to unusual behavior perpetuated in psychology.
What is not mentioned is the touch, the feel, and the intense pleasure derived from the sexual experience of those mature individuals who enjoy the penetration of a good shoe or boot. He mentions how it starts for some in many cases but forgets to remind people that when the woman touched him with her boot, or when he found a pair of shoes and felt them that they actually felt good, a reward in itself. There is a simple psychological rule being overlooked, people make choices not because they are ill, but because they like it and it feels good. He also fails to mention that those who hide and are anti social and who may also have a fetish or other sexual behavior difference as well may have other and deeper problems besides the fetish. In fact one might speculate that most of these problems do not involve fetish behavior and may include the criminally insane or criminal deviants. In all of my years of conversations on this subject I have yet to find a shoe fetishist that does more than perhaps steal an occasional pair of shoes. The shoe fetishist gets turned on by the shoes, it is simple, they are not focusing their second sexual life on other individuals. However, many other sadistic and masochistic deviations seem to move far beyond s simple fetish and can include pain, bondage, rape, murder, self mutilation and pillage of a grander scale. For me, I would have a hard time considering any of these behaviors as a side interest not linked to other deep and profound psychological issues.
There is no mention of the decrease in adultery that may also accompany individuals who find shoes and boots as a second sexual alternative and pleasure. However, it has been noted in my reviews and discussions over time that some women who actually understand this fetish may actually feel that their partner collecting and doing a pair of shoes of another woman is similar to adultery. However, in life the good news for shoe fetishists is that even if they did another woman’s shoes, and did not steal them, it probably is a real hard stretch to consider that normal adultery but a jealous partner might. Surprisingly, the shoe fetishist might come to see having sex with another woman’s shoes as adultery as well. Though a major rule of having a fetish and also having a life partner once again is consideration for their partners feelings and making certain of their needs. If your collecting used shoes, and most shoe fetishists I have heard from do, I would suspect that a partner might prefer that you did so without display. My partner offers and allows me a time to be alone to do what I enjoy from time to time. I don’t abuse the privilege and I never make her feel left out. My time to play with shoes is generally done when she is not interested, or when it is an off time of the month, or at times when she wishes to just let me play. In respect to my partner I do not force her to participate nor ask her to wear some of the shoes that are in my collection that belonged to others.
A Second challenge; Trying to cure shoe fetishism; Get Real!
Sexual Disorders Treatment, Theory, Research by C. David Tollison and Henry E. Adams both PhD’s by Gardner Press New York 1979 sex disorders ISBN 0-89876-029-1.
Simply put, if it feels good and does not harm anyone clearly the reasons for the fetish are pleasure, in a comical sense, it is going to be very tough to get that person out of their shoes. How did we forget that sexual activity is a stimulus that leads to climax based on a manipulation of an organ designed to respond to mostly pleasurable erotic contact? In most instances of shoe fetish we are probably discussing an early conditioned behavior learned slowly by accident in most cases by the male child when he enters puberty.
As I recall, there was quite a bit of time between the time our male members started to form an erection and the experiences that it took to set off the first ejaculating orgasm. That leads to a lot of time to experiment as to what feels good without actually having much happen. I suppose that is when most people discover masturbation massage and develop enhanced skills and experience in sexual organ pleasure. Then one day surprise, whether you’re a male or a female if you manipulate things enough you are probably going to experience your first orgasmic explosion and will discover that it feels pretty darn good. By now our early fetishist has probably experimented and discovered that shoes are really very sexy and for those prone to looking closer, or for whatever reason have mentally locked on to the erotic power of the look of shoes, they may also to have discovered that they enjoy the odor of the leather mixed with other body odors and then as they played longer they may have also found the inside of a shoe to be a nice smooth place for the stiff member to go to experiment with, and if it occurs that they explode inside with their first orgasm, it is likely that a lot more experimentation will occur before transferring this to the thought of the female. Surprise, by then they will discover they probably have locked in a very nice permanent fetish.
This section of the above research to try to cure a fetish begins with a comment toward what some call, a preference toward inappropriate sexual objects. Here they call it a nonliving or peculiar object of the body. From what I was reviewing, and as the discussion of sexual response continues, they note that most fetishists are capable of participating in hetero or homosexual behavior, although their arousal is increased by including the fetish item in their sexual encounters. They note partners co-operating by wearing erotic fetish items and during non sexual times just wearing other less stimulating dress. They go on in their communications to discuss masturbation and are not able to easily separate fetish behavior from an effort to increase sexual arousal. They even note the use of pictures and other related objects from a desired sexual partner as being used for stimulus. The lines today are clearly becoming blurred. Here we find and appear to have a much more open minded view that reflects updated research that includes society sexual norms today, not in 1890. The section on fetish, unlike Krafft Ebbing, is fairly brief which leads me to conclude that perhaps these researchers get it. Pleasure!!! I am certain that it would be hard to convince a non fetishist to give a shoe a try, but let me put it this way, if they could, they might learn something very surprising. I would like to call the shoe fetish as perhaps Victor’s secret. Revealed: With the same careful choices as you might select a partner, the end result could be and feel incredible.
There was no surprise that with a more modern view there really was no time spent in this document or trying to consider or find a cure. I am not certain they felt there was really a problem with this behavior and deemed it a search for greater pleasure in a non harmful way. We may all agree that if you linked any behavior to other anti social psychological issues you might have a different result.
ARE SHOES YOUR ULTIMATE TURN-ON? RELAX, YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY NOT ALONE …. I picked this up over the web, I don’t even have the authors name and I have no clue as to where to find the original article again, but let’s give credit to whoever the writer is. It appears she is female. It just seem to fit shoe fetish behavior well and why trying to cure fetish behavior might not be very easy. I am not certain if I am reading this right, but it appears to imply that shoes are better than a dildo?
“So shoes turn you on more than sex itself. There’s a name for it – you’re a retifist! Honoring fellow shoe fetishist Rétif de la Bretonne, a kinky French writer from the 16th century, retifism is the umbrella term for shoe-love. Whether you admire, stroke, lick or fuck, it’s all love, baby. Maybe even truer and more lasting than the date you have lined up for V-day. Retifism inspires the same actions as adultery – lies, stealth maneuvers and concealment. I know women – OK, I’m one – who won’t keep anything else from their mates, but ask me how much those designer heels cost and out will spurt the universal fudge “On sale.” Sure, being hot for an inanimate object is, well, unusual, but think of it this way – how much personality does a dildo have?”
Consider the modern definition of perversion:
See V. Bullough, Sexual Variance in Society and History (1980).The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
The definition of sexual perversion is discussed as having constant challenges. They note that today nontraditional sexual behavior is considered as a sexual deviation or, in cases where the specific object of arousal is unusual, as paraphilia. There are a number of recognized disorders of this type. In fetishism, the object of sexual desire is either an inanimate object or a non-genital part of the human anatomy.
What is interesting is that no mention is made once again for a cure.
A look at our feet:
He notes: “Think the foot is hot? You're not alone. Renowned sex expert Havelock Ellis wrote, "Of all the forms of erotic symbolism, the most frequent is that which idealizes the foot. ... It would seem that even for the normal lover, the foot is one of the most attractive parts of the body." Got that right, Havelock.”
He then notes: “The foot is a major erogenous zone, as many of us know, er, first-hand. Rich in pleasure-producing nerves, the soles and toes are, as Dr. Alfred Kinsey pointed out, "areas which may be erotically sensitive under tactile stimulation." But, more than that, the foot is also a well-known phallic symbol, a stand-in for a mans member. No wonder that foot play, as foreplay or as the Main Event, is sexy for so many guys.”
Take this one step further in my view if the foot as he notes is the phallic symbol for a males member, then shoes are the vaginal symbol for the vagina. Once again this adds to my consideration that as the foot slides into a shoe it appears much as a male into a female. It starts to become much easier to understand the foundations and erotic symbols of this fetish.
A Short History of the Sexual Revolution
This document was maintained by Robert J. Huskey Last updated on July 7, 1997 I have no further detail on it’s author or the origin.
He follows a path that I noted earlier that I felt was important to consider.
He states, “Imagine a world where everything specific about sex is denied, obscured, or covered up but where sexual excesses flourish! In this world: physicians write manuals claiming sexual restraint promotes better health while males admit they think constantly about women and vaginas and the supposedly sexless females plan affairs and know how to get an abortion. Parents and "experts" say children are not sexual beings yet they worry that kids will engage in sex play. Some parents even seduce their own children, prostitution secretly flourishes, and shameless "gay" women walk the streets. This world has no talk shows, no international phone calls, no 900 numbers, and no nudist camps. This world has not heard of testosterone, the pill, transsexuals, or gay rights ("gay" is a slang term for prostitutes!). This was the English speaking world of about 150 years ago!”
That is my point exactly, when many of these foundation materials were written impropriety was of great concern. It was much more important to be proper than to be accurate or open in our discussions about sexuality. Of course it went on, but hidden behind a veil of obscurity and secrecy. The definition of normal was portrayed to set the tone of behavior in a society that could not discuss the issue of sexuality open enough to realize or understand what normal actually is. In the closet, a once appropriate place for a shoe fetishist, perhaps it still is, especially if they are looking for a hot pair of shoes to play with. The closet, became the place where all things were considered hidden because the scorn and price of open discussion was much to high. As recent as a few years ago on a national TV show a celibate minister was uncovered as having a shoe fetish and a collection of women’s shoes and the TV program went on to scorn, embarrass, and harass him. Sounds a lot like gay behavior was treated, and still is in many peoples minds. It would seem that a good shoe fetish should be preferred to a minister abusing children?
NOTES FROM CHAPTER 8. Issues in brain research
Patrick L. Cooney, Ph.D.; year 2003; email: plcooney@verizon.net . I have no further detail on it’s author or the origin.
This writer goes a long way to portray the problems in men are all about the “Y” chromosome. He notes; ”Certain deviations such as voyeurism, exhibitionism, homicidal sadism, and fetishism are virtually never encountered in women. Excepting female homosexuality, trans-sexuality and masochism (yet these last two are still more frequent in men) it is a remarkable fact that sexual deviations occur exclusively in men (Flor-Henry, 1987:50). But it is not just in the field of deviancy that men have a poorer record than women. The Y-chromosome itself probably evolved from the X. Ounsted and Taylor (1972) suggest that the Y-chromosome slows down the growth rate in the male fetus. This allows more time for genomic information to be transcribed. However, it also means that the male fetus is born relatively more immature compared with the female.”
In my view, this is all possible, but, the major difference between men and women is that men have a member that is much easier to use in fetish behavior than a woman’s vagina. It does seem basic and obvious to me, but it does not seem to appear as a reason in much of the sexual research. Men looking to masturbate because of their member can look for things to masturbate with or into. A man can use a shoe and ease in with a bit of KY gel then clean his member off. A woman can not easily place a shoe inside of her vagina even with KY gel. This would have its problems and concerns for sanitation. As for clitoral stimulation, eureka, I have found evidence that this can work for women as well as men and I have seen it and personally done it with women. Although there are no inner body surfaces contacting a fetish item for a male that makes it much easier for men to simply put it in, wash it off, and have a good time. This offers greater opportunities for diversions and stimulation. What areas and concerns there might be for infection may still exist but may certainly be smaller and less likely to create problems that a woman might have, although there are some.
However, that is not to say that the deviations that a woman can have do not happen, they do, they just are less public, appear more limited, and this may be due to design and the ability given a reasonable use for her clitoral surface as noted above. Female homosexuality, trans-sexuality and masochism include a lot of variations and concepts and are not reproductive sex. It has never been stated to my satisfaction exactly why women enjoy their shoes and boots so much or why they enjoy erotic selections. Some women have extensive collections of shoes and boots. It seems they clearly do understand their attraction, and for some they may also understand their additional use, and they have made high fashion, including erotic shoes and boots their reciprocal part of the sexuality game. It is no surprise that stars wear hot shoes and boots to perform. The question is than, what else do they know?