Panty fetishism

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Women's panties

Panty fetishism is a sexual fetish relating to women's panties. It can also involve printed or electronic material depicting exposure of panties, usually of a softcore nature.

1 Prevalence of Panty Fetishism
2 Burusera in Japan
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Prevalence of Panty Fetishism

In order to determine the relative prevalences of different fetishes, scientists obtained a sample of at least 5000 individuals worldwide from 381 Internet discussion groups. The relative prevalences were estimated based on (a) the number of groups devoted to a particular fetish, (b) the number of individuals participating in the groups and (c) the number of messages exchanged. Within the sample population, 12 percent were turned on by underwear.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Burusera in Japan

Burusera (ブルセラ, Burusera^?) shops in Japan sell used girl panties. "Buru" means bloomers and "sera" means sailor, the sailor uniforms that are worn by Japanese schoolgirls. They also sell other types of clothes, such as school uniforms, blazer school uniform, school swim suit uniform, etc. The clothes are often accompanied by genuine photos of the girls wearing them. The clients are Japanese men who smell or otherwise experience the panties for sexual stimulation. Vending machines have sometimes been used to sell packaged used panties.

The price for a pair of panties can be as high as 5,000-10,000 yen (45-90 US dollars).

Underage schoolgirls participate in sale of their used panties, either through burusera shops or using mobile phone sites to sell directly to clients. When laws banning the purchase of used underwear from under-18s were introduced in Tokyo in 2004, it was reported that some underage girls (called kagaseya or sniffers) were instead allowing their clients to sniff their panties from directly between their legs. Others chose to sell photos of themselves, throwing in the used panties for free.[1]

The panty fetish is not unique to Japan, but only there has it been institutionalized to such a degree.

[edit] References

^ Scorolli C, Ghirlanda S, Enquist M, Zattoni S, Jannini E A (2007). Relative prevalence of different fetishes. International Journal of Impotence Researchadvance online publication 15 February 2007; doi: 10.1038/sj.ijir.3901547. http://www.nature.com/ijir/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/3901547a.html retrieved March 2007.
^ Dobson, Roger (2007). Heels are the world's No 1 fetish. The Independent Online Edition, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article2303022.ece, accessed February 2007.