Fetishes
The crucial role of fetishes in sexual desire
4.2 (21)
28 mins
Discover how pornography shapes and reflects sexual fetishes, and understand diverse perspectives from sex-positive communities. Also learn about psychiatric classifications and theories on fetishes, while also understanding the role of context in sexual arousal.
Ep 1:
The Brain's Blueprint for Desire
What if fetishes and 'normal' desire run on the exact same neural circuits? We trace the science of arousal and the flawed, fascinating history of classifying human sexual diversity.
Ep 2:
How Culture Wires Your Wanting
Pornography, puritanical repression, and context all quietly sculpt what turns us on—explore how culture and media engineer desire long before we ever notice.
Ep 3:
Fluidity, Community, and the Human Story
From 1980s sex-positive New York to the neuroscience of specificity and history's gender-fluid icons, we piece together why human attraction refuses to fit neat boxes.
Discussions (19)
Victor
Level 4 · 10 mo agoFreud would have a blast.
Zachery
Level 7 · 10 mo agoI don't buy the surrogate theory. I'm usually trying to ignore the guy to focus on the woman.
Jim
Level 6 · 10 mo agoCheese analogy is spot on.
