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          aww this looked so much funnier when I thought the flap over the face was a beak, the face was a malformed turkey wattle, and the ear a mostly lidded eye. Looks like such a derpy bird that way, but nooo it has to be a human face!

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            That is the Forest Spirit from the movie Princess Mononoke. Wonderful movie if you haven’t seen it! Watches more like a Disney movie than an anime.

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              Imo comparing it to a Disney movie is even a bit disrespectful to that masterpiece of animated cinema. I do get what you mean. But it just has so much more heart.

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              Oh daaamn, I didn’t know it was such a prestigious source. Probably explains the one downvote. lol

              Definitely agreed with other commenter that in modern times, comparing things to Disney is more of a back handed complement.

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        I suppose that’s what I get for commenting first thing in the morning! No point fixing it now, it’s too funny.

        I may just start writing “Deer god” anyways because that is so majestic.

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    I became interested in why foot fetishes occur recently.

    Basically, it’s the same reason why breasts are considered sexual (they aren’t); it’s all about novelty. If we lived in a nudist colony, neither feet, nor breasts would be considered sexy.

    Feet get covered by shoes, making them more novel.

    Tribal cultures dont regarded breasts, or feet, as sexy.

    Though it begs the question: if nudity became normalized, then what would be novel?

    People would find personalities, voices, power dynamics, and fantasies more or less erotic than they are now (for most people).

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      Though it begs the question: if nudity became normalized, then what would be novel?

      Not an sexologist or even a sexy anthropologist, but my intuition is that aesthetic attraction would always be a factor (since it doesn’t rely on sexual attraction), and that acting in a sexually provocative would be the way to provoke the horny gaze.

      It might be nice to have less sexualization of people just be virtue of their existing in a sexualized body. That’s the dream, anyway.

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        I would phrase that near-last sentiment, “…in a sexy body.” instead. No one should be oggled simply for being sexy, but if they are sexualizing themselves, (like dressing up for a night club) I’d argue that can indicate a desire to be oggled. They still should not be objectified, but when someone is trying to look sexy, I bet most people would be disappointed to get zero glances.

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          We’re on thin ice here, because some people conflate dressing sexily with looking cool more than wanting to be desired sexually, but in general I agree with your edit.

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            Yea, that’s why I said nightclub, where social interaction and maybe sexyness is generally a significant part.

            If someone simply looks sexy in their work uniform… yea, not the best time unless there are other clues. lol

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    Idk man, I love touching my friend’s feet

    My cat’s paws I mean (My cat is my friend)

    I can only touch it for like 1 second and quickly retreat. It’s tempting to touch it for longer, but it’s risky (I can get PAW’ed; aka: she swings the paws at me)

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      Don’t mean to brag, but I had a cat who would let me touch her feet and even grab those BEANS.

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      I don’t mean to offend you, but do you still feel non-sexual attraction towards a particular or both genders?