Eli5: what causes fetishes?
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We don’t know why it happens. Medical term is “Paraphilia”. But we have some theories. Some say it’s because estrogen (hormone) exposure in the womb during pregnancy which leads to an abnormal neural development that manifests later in life. Another theory says that during early life, you experience said fetish material with an intense sexual arousal. After this, when you later masturbate to it, you reinforce the connection and make the fetish more permanent. But, right now those are both theories.
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