I am busy reading Ramachandran’s amazing book, Phantoms in the Brain. The first chapters tell a great story explaining the psychology behind foot fetishes.

Brains dedicate specific regions to processing sensation in specific areas of the body. These do not always line up — the eye center is next to the thumb center — and some of the sensation from one area will spill over into another. For unknown reasons, the processing center for the feet is right above the processing center for the genitals. So whenever the feet are stimulated, a portion of that sensation cascades down into the next center; the person feels like the genitals are also being stimulated. People have a predilection for ear-kissing for the same reason: ears are next to the nipples.

More posting about this book for sure…

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