Generally a fetish is an object of blind devotion
or reverence. Fetishism thus connotes a kind of religious activity that
emphasizes the worship of inanimate objects believed to have magical or
transcendent powers. A paraphilia (a mode of sexual expressions) characterized
by obtaining sexual arousal and satisfaction with some object or some part of
the body not directly erogenous. Fetishes are usually articles used by others,
often but not always of the opposite sex (shoes, gloves, handkerchiefs), or
parts of the body (hair,
feet).
