Stuck fetishism

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Stuck fetishism is a broad sexual fetish (also sometimes known just as Stuck fetish or Stuck) which usually involves attraction to others or themselves experiencing a "sticky situation".

This usually involves the subject being immobilized in some way, in a situation the he or she finds undesirable which leads to the subject struggling to escape the situation. Often a certain body part is the focus of such situations, the most common being the feet, although the hands, buttocks, or even "full-body" situations are also quite popular. Other focuses may exist, such as when the subject is wearing a certain article of clothing; certain types of shoes (eg. high heels, sometimes sneakers) or hosiery are popular examples.

The immobilization can involve an object. One form of this is arousal over vehicles that are stuck in mud. There is still a human element since there is a driver at the controls.

Some stuck fetishists like to get stuck themselves, while some like to see other people get stuck. Some stuck fetishists enjoy either situation.

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Each fetishist usually prefers certain situations over others, but invariably the desired "sticky situations", or "stucks", involve one or more of the following:

The subject is immobilized in some way by a sticky substance. Different substances may be preferred; some popular examples are gooey substances such as glues commonly used in pest control devices such as glue traps for rats, chewed gum and other melted candy, tar, or (for the most part) fictional organic substances such as slime or spider webs.

The subject is immobilized in a substance that is not sticky per se, but still causes the subject to be stuck. Some examples include a puddle of Superglue or Krazy Glue and virtually any other commercial glue, mud, quicksand, or cement.
- Sometimes, in most cases, the glue would allow the person who is stuck in it to lift his/her feet up 4 inches or so until the strands of glue pulls their feet back down again. On the other hand, in many cases, the glue would just keep their feet to the floor altogether.
- If the victim is wearing shoes and/or socks, it is possible to get out of the sticky mess by taking them off. If however, the victim is barefoot, it is almost impossible to get out of a sticky situation.
- Usual saying when a girl sees her feet are stuck in a sticky puddle is "Oh my god, I'm stuck".

The situation may involve no substances at all. Examples may include the subject being wedged in a narrow space or the subject being hypnotized into thinking they are stuck in some way.

Sometimes the subject isn't actually immobilized, but there is something stuck to the subject's body. It could be shoes, clothing, a costume, or some kind of fetish wear that is stuck on the subject. Depending on what is stuck, this form of the fetish can overlap greatly with other fetishes or interests such as crossdressing, rubber, furry, or cosplay. It could also involve the Transformation fetish, in that the person is now stuck in the body they've been changed to.

Some situations involve multiple subjects. The subjects may be glued together in some way, or multiple subjects may be wedged in the same space. There also may be multiple subjects trapped in a large costume such as a two person horse costume. A more extreme variation is Conjoinment, a fantasy fetish in which separate bodies have been merged or fused to some degree.

The subject is stranded because the mode of transport is stuck, for example a bus stuck at the bottom of an icy hill or a car hopelessly stuck in a muddy field.

There are many obstacles inherent in realizing such "sticky situations" among fetishists. Although "surprise" and "authenticity" are usually traits that are highly sought after, they are difficult to attain in reality. Surprising an unknowing and possibly unwilling individual raises obvious ethical questions. Authenticity is difficult to attain because the substances involved are often expensive and hard to clean up, as well as being potentially dangerous (tar, for example).

These issues, coupled with the fact the stuck fetish is still fairly obscure with a relatively small number of (mostly male) participants, means that the online community relies heavily upon fictional stories and pictures created within the community and occasionally media culled from popular culture and other outside sources.

Stuck fetishism can be viewed as a very specific version of Bondage; there are also similarities and overlap with other fetishes, such as Wet and messy fetishism. An overlap between fetishes doesn't necessarily imply that a person who likes one also likes the other one, however.