gratifying a silly and perhaps amusing whim, in which, beyond the novelty of treading on a man’s body, she has taken but little interest.

“As in normal seduction, the endeavor to win the woman over to do what I want without arousing her antagonism is a great part of the charm to me, and naturally the better her social position the more difficult this becomes—­and the more attractive.  I have found that in three instances prostitutes have performed the same office for other men and knew all about it.  It is not uninteresting to note that these three women were all of fine, massive build—­one standing about 5 feet 10 inches and weighing nearly 14 stone—­but with comparatively uninteresting faces.  The weight, build and clothing count for a good deal in exciting me.  I find that a sudden check to a man at the supreme moment of sexual pleasure tends to heighten and prolong the pleasure.  My physical satisfaction is due to the fact that by getting the lady to stand with all her weight upon my penis (as it lies between her foot and the soft bed of my own body into which it is deeply pressed) the act of emission is enormously prolonged, with corresponding enjoyment.  For this reason also I prefer a very high-heeled slipper.  The seminal fluid has to be forced past two separate obstacles—­the pressure of the heel close at the root of the penis and afterwards the ball of the foot which compresses the outer half, leaving a free portion between them under the arched sole of the slipper.  I may add that the pleasure is greatly increased by the retention of the urine, and I always try to retain as much water as I dare.  I have an unconquerable aversion to red in slippers or stockings; it will even cause impotence.  Why, I know not.  Strange as it may seem, although pain and bruising are often inflicted by a severe treading, I have never been in any way injured by the practice, and my pleasure in it seems not to diminish by constant repetition.  The comparative difficulty of obtaining the pleasure from just the woman I want has a never-ending, if inexplicable, charm for me.”

It will be observed that in this case special importance is attached to shoes with high heels, and the subject considers that the pressure of such shoes is for mechanical reasons most favorable for procuring ejaculation.  Nearly all heterosexual shoe-fetichists seem, however, to be equally attracted by high heels.  Restif de la Bretonne frequently referred to this point, and he gave a number of reasons for the attractiveness of high heels:  (1) They are unlike men’s boots and, therefore, have a sexual fascination; (2) they make the leg and foot look more charming; (3) they give a less bold and more sylph-like character to the walk; (4) they keep the feet clean. (Restif de la Bretonne, Nuits de Paris, vol. v, quoted in Preface to his Mes Inscriptions, p. ciii.) It is doubtless the first reason—­the fact that high heels are a kind of secondary sexual character—­which