Panty fetishism

Panty fetishism is the belief that panties (or female underwear) contain an intrinsic sexual power.

Fetishistic behavior can involve sharing printed or electronic material depicting exposure of panties, usually of a softcore nature, or direct sight and physical contact with the panties.

Some individuals have a paraphilia for a specific type of panty. For example, a common subclass of panty fetishism are panties that show the exposed buttocks (i.e. thongs and g-strings). Further, some individuals have the opposite preference, and are attracted to panties that cover the buttocks.

Prevalence of panty fetishism

In order to determine the relative prevalences of different fetishes, scientists obtained a sample of at least 5000 individuals worldwide from 381 Internet discussion groups. The relative prevalences were estimated based on (a) the number of groups devoted to a particular fetish, (b) the number of individuals participating in the groups and (c) the number of messages exchanged. Within the sample population, 12 percent were turned on by underwear. [Scorolli C, Ghirlanda S, Enquist M, Zattoni S, Jannini E A (2007). "Relative prevalence of different fetishes." International Journal of Impotence Researchadvance online publication 15 February 2007; doi: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901547. http://www.nature.com/ijir/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/3901547a.html retrieved March 2007.] [Dobson, Roger (2007). " Heels are the world's No 1 fetish." The Independent Online Edition, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2303022.ece, accessed February 2007.]

Burusera in Japan

nihongo|Burusera|ブルセラ shops in Japan sell used girl panties. "Buru" means bloomers and "sera" means sailor. [cite news
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archivedate = 2007-11-20] They also sell other types of clothes, such as school uniforms, blazer school uniform, school swim suit uniform, etc. The clothes are often accompanied by genuine photos of the girls wearing them. The clients are men who smell or otherwise experience the panties for sexual stimulation. Vending machines were once used to sell packaged used panties. [cite news
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The price for a pair of panties can be as high as 5,000-10,000 yen.Fact|date=September 2007

Underage schoolgirls participate in sale of their used panties, either through burusera shops or using mobile phone sites to sell directly to clients. When laws banning the purchase of used underwear from under-18s were introduced in Tokyo in 2004, it was reported that some underage girls were instead allowing their clients (called "kagaseya" or sniffers) to sniff their underwear from directly between their legs. Others chose to sell photos of themselves, throwing in the used panties for free. [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/archive/news/2004/06/20040619p2g00m0dm999000c.html]

ee also

*Cross-dressing
*Omorashi
*Mysophilia
*Panty raid
*Sexual fetishism

References

External links

* [http://www.fetishfish.com/articles/fetishdictionary/panty-fetish/ Article on panty fetish]
* [http://www.asianpantypeeks.com Example of a panty fetish website]