>>65266956Throughout my entire life, I thought footfags were weird and it didn't make any sense to me. I'm sure I mocked one or two of them at some point. But eventually the art became so good and I just started to get it. I wondered why the sudden interest in feet by so many artists that I followed and so after looking into it I realized it had always been there and I just didn't notice. You don't even need to delve into the weird fetishes like degradation, domination, smell, or dirtiness to understand why.
Throughout history, barefooted women have always been considered beautiful and featured in the artwork and writings of almost every culture as a symbol of things like innocence, humility, purity, familiarity, and vulnerability. From European Renaissance paintings of women bathing their feet in rivers to reliefs of barefoot women praying or dancing sculpted into the sides of Hindu temples to Japanese art scrolls where the artist writes about how erotic it is to see young women's toes stick out the bottom of their kimonos atop of geta during summer.
It's fucking weird, but it's always been there.
I think a big part of it is that it evokes a sense of nudity without being nude. Nudity has always been associated with and symbolized the things I previously mentioned, but it also comes with a sense of shame for many people as well. That's not the case with feet because they're just feet. But think about the times you see women's bare feet in your life. It's only during moments of leisure and intimacy - the same as nudity. Representations of women being barefoot evokes a sense of vulnerability because it means they're comfortable being around you and aren't scared of you. It means the woman trusts you because they can't run away. There's a large psychological component to it and I think that's why both male and female artists draw women barefoot so much.
