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FETISHES

Relationship Fail: Please, Just Let Me Buy You Some Shoes
Um, is this all you want?

Relationship Fail: Please, Just Let Me Buy You Some Shoes

Why buy your own kicks when a shoe fetishist can, with "no sex attached"? (Get it? Strings, shoes?)

We understand that everyone has that one thing that really gets them going (we celebrated that fact last week on January 20, International Fetish Day). From our research, it seems that one of the most popular fetishes among men has to do with a woman's body parts down south... her feet. Why, what were you thinking?

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What's your sexual fetish?

30 Sexual Fetishes, Demystified

Happy International Fetish Day!

Happy International Fetish Day! Are you planning on kinking it up in celebration? I certainly hope so. Just in case you needed some ideas, let us review these 30 essential paraphilias. Just think about how much more fun sex ed would have been if we had lessons like this.

Weelchairs? Golden Showers? The Top 5 Weirdest Celebrity Fetishes
Yes, Scarlett Johansson has certain sexual preferences!

Wheelchairs? Golden Showers? Top 5 Weirdest Celebrity Fetishes

Everyone has something… but these celebs like some pretty weird stuff!

Some celebrities have no shame when it comes to certain things: details about their private lives, public meltdowns, and in some cases, even their weird fetishes. Now, we totally support everyone's right to like whatever they want to like (today, January 20, is International Fetish Day after all) but some things should be kept private – namely, these odd celeb fetishes!

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Sex on the beach? Don't mind if we do.

Public Sex Is As American As Apple Pie, Survey Says

Have you had sex in public? A lot of Americans have. And you won't believe where it's happening...

Even if you have yet to do it in a public place, you've probably thought about it. Go ahead, admit it. There's no shame in trying to spice up your sex life with the threat of getting caught. There's a primal urge in all of us to do something that's both scary and mildly exciting. And the thought of being caught with your pants down is definitely a bit of both.

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"It's better to know it and not need it than to need it and not know it!"

Oral Sex 101: What You Need To Know [EXPERT]

What a man really wants out of oral pleasure.

If you don't like doing it, it leaves you in the position of finding the 2% of men who do not care anything about it. This is not a favorable position to be in. The odds are exceedingly against you. But keep in mind that it's always better to know what to do and not need it, than need it and not know what to do. Who knows? One day it may grow on you. (Pun intended.) Now, if you're ready to get your hands dirty, continue to read on.

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What Are The Kinkiest Cities In The U.S.?

San Francisco and New York made the list—but so did Roselawn, Indiana.

America The Kinky? Thanks to Craigslist ads and online dating profiles, AlterNet has singled out where in the U.S. people like to spice things up.

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Huge Worldwide Sex Study Reveals We're All A Little Kinky

Researchers analyze online searches and find the dirty truth behind our dirty thoughts.

In what is being touted as the biggest sex study since the release of the Kinsey Reports, Ogi Ogas—a former biodefense researcher—has found that when it comes to sexual preferences, we're all a lot kinkier than we'd care to admit.

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The Best Of The Web: Birthdays & One-Night Stands

Plus kissing frogs, Ashley Madison and strange fetishes.

The pill turns 50. Crabs via the mail. Kissing frogs... finding princes. Cheating after Mother's Day. Is it sex or making love? Embarrassing stories involving repeating birds. The 10 strangest fetishes. Another angle on girl hot vs. guy hot. Tell-all divorce blogs... in good taste? Crazy chicks and drastic haircuts.

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The Best Of The Web: Tiny Apartments & Your Purse

Why he REALLY didn't call you back, the foot fetish and almost finding "the one."

Living together in a really tiny apartment. How to be a bad boyfriend. Chaps who go to all-boys schools become bad boyfriends, usually. What the contents of her purse mean. Learning love from the Jersey Shore. Surprising stats about sex and fidelity. Joy Behar says Rachel Utichel is a hooker (more or less). Maybe monogamy is the unusual thing, hmmm? Delving into the meaning of mixed tapes. Alienation of affection. Loving her feet and disclosing a foot fetish. When you discover someone who is almost, nearly "the one." And why didn't he call you back?

Foot Fetish

Dating A Foot Fetishist: How To Love The Man Who Loves Your Feet

Tips for telling if you're dating a foot fetishist and how you should handle it.

I guess I'm what you'd call a foot fetishist, although this designation is more complex than you probably think. Most foot fetishists are not perverts, sexual deviants, or anything to be afraid of. Here's what you need to know about being in a relationship with someone like me.

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David Carradine Got His Kicks from Kink

Ex-wives reveal 'Kill Bill' star's sexual fetishes and taboo behavior.

First speculated as a suicide, Bangkok police are now trying to determine if Carradine may have accidentally suffocated from engaging in an autoerotic sex act—the cutting off of oxygen to the lungs to enhance sexual pleasure. As the investigation continues, a tale of a man with rather dangerous sexual fetishes emerges courtesy of two of his ex-wives.