Sexual fetishism

Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Alfred Binet in his Le fétichisme dans l?amour, though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a person's body. The term arose from fetishism, the general concept of an object having supernatural powers, or an object created by humans that has power over other humans. Karl Marx also used the term, but in a quite separate way.

See also

• Fetish photography
• Fetish magazine
• Krafft-Ebing
• Partialism (paraphilia)
• Venus in Furs
• Fetishes (documentary)