Glove fetishism is a form of

sexual fetishism Sexual fetishism or erotic fetishism is a sexual fixation on a nonliving object or nongenital body part. The object of interest is called the fetish; the person who has ''a fetish'' for that object is a fetishist. A sexual fetish may be regard ...

referring to a sexual preoccupation with

glove A glove is a garment covering the hand. Gloves usually have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb. If there is an opening but no (or a short) covering sheath for each finger they are called fingerless gloves. Fingerless glov ...

s of various kinds. People with this fetish may be aroused by visualizing, wearing, or interacting with gloves or gloved hands. The fetish can be enhanced by the material of the glove (e.g., leather, cotton, latex,

nitrile In organic chemistry, a nitrile is any organic compound that has a functional group. The prefix ''cyano-'' is used interchangeably with the term ''nitrile'' in industrial literature. Nitriles are found in many useful compounds, including met ...

, PVC, satin or nylon). Movements made by the gloved fingers or the hand can provide the individual with a visual stimulus and

sexual arousal Sexual arousal (also known as sexual excitement) describes the physiological and psychological responses in preparation for sexual intercourse or when exposed to sexual stimuli. A number of physiological responses occur in the body and mind as ...

. Glove fetishism may also coexist with hand fetishism. Many have reported to have enjoyed erotic spanking with gloves worn by the provider, which can be a large part of the fetish. Gloves are also used for

fisting Fisting, handballing, fist-fucking, brachiovaginal, or brachioproctic insertion is a sexual activity that involves inserting a hand into the vagina or rectum. Once insertion is complete, the fingers are either clenched into a fist or kept straig ...

and sounding. A
article
regarding eighteenth-century women’s gloving practices and representations of women’s gloves in the period, was published in 2019 on a journal name
University of Toronto Press

References

* Copied from the Informed Consen
BDSM Dictionary
under GFDL. * Neil Frude, "Understanding abnormal psychology", ''Basic psychology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1998, , p. 248 * James Melvin Reinhardt, "Sex perversions and sex crimes", ''Police science series'', C.C. Thomas, 1957, pp. 128,242-246 {{BDSM Gloves Paraphilias

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