Is foot fetish a disorder or disease?

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23 Mar 2009

Is foot fetish a disorder or disease?

Dear expert.
sometimes when I look at woman,s foot I will get sexually arroused, I am worried if it could be a disorder, please help me know more.
Scientifically, how is this , considered?

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Sexologist

01 Jan 0001

Dear Anonymous,

Finding feet sexually stimulating and arousing is an extremely common phenomenon. So it is not a disorder in itself.

There is a paraphilia called partialism, where a person can only experience sexual arousal and sexual release when they solely focus on a part of the human body, such as the foot, and are unable to experience sexual arousal and sexual relaeas in other ways and in relation to a whole person - This is a disorder.

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