Re: Here doggy, doggy....
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| Really, how does one become sexually attracted to a flat piece of stone or concrete? |
There are several explanations. In some cases it's because the fetish is an expression of a deeper-rooted set of problems and the fetish is just one manifestation of these. More commonly, it's a simple matter of association (what is often called Pavlovian conditioning or stimulus-response learning). Typically, during later childhood/early adolesence, a person with an unusual fetish has, whilst sexually aroused, been exposed to the object of the fetish, and this association has stuck. In the case of the car exhaust guy, I believe the explanation was that as a teenager, he'd on several occasions become sexually aroused whilst sitting in cars or buses in traffic jams and had noticed the exhausts of other cars.
And before anyone says that this is sick or weird, just where do you think any of us get our particular 'normal' tastes from? Generally it's because societal norms have told us some things are sexually arousing and we meekly obey. This explains why different cultures think different parts of the female body are the sexiest (e.g. the feet in one culture, the nape of the neck in another, etc, etc). If all our sexual tastes were pre-programmed and 'natural' we'd all have exactly the same tastes. It also explains why most men find the thought of a woman wearing stockings and garters arousing. This is due to modern conditioning. Up until the 1950s this was not a particularly strong favourite amongst men. Likewise, over time, blondes, brunettes, dark haired women have all had their turn as being considered the sexiest. The difference between someone with a fetish and someone with what are considered normal tastes is often a matter of degree, not an absolute difference.
And before anyone makes the counter argument - yes, I think that someone who molests children, dogs, etc is sick. In some cases the behaviour is so taboo (e.g. children) that crossing the boundary line, no matter how strong the urge is IMHO unforgiveable. In other cases, I think we need to know the full tale. Someone who molests dogs is doing something so disgusting by most people's standards that instead of automatically condemning, we have to ask - what is so wrong with this person's mind that they could even begin to think of doing this? But sitting in judgement without trying to understand the full case first lacks sufficient insight into the situation.
What a sick asshole this kid is.
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