Navel fetishism (or navel fetish, also referred as belly button fetish)[1] is a partialism in which an individual is sexually attracted to the human navel.[2][3][4][5][6] It may develop during childhood[7] or during early adulthood.[8][9]
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A navel fetishist can be sexually aroused by a variety of stimuli, including key words, thoughts or specific forms of physical interaction with the navel.
Some navel fetishist find physical acts involving the navel to be turn-ons. Physical acts can include licking the navel with the tongue or rubbing body lotion or suntan oil. Some fetishists get a turn-on from pouring drops of champagne, honey, chocolate sauce, whipped cream etc., into and around the navel and then licking or sucking it up.[10][11]
The navel is an erogenous zone with a heightened sensitivity.[12] The navel and the region below when touched by the finger or the tip of the tongue result in the production of erotic sensations,[12][13] and some people are very ticklish to touch in that area. Some people can be aroused by tickling and teasing with a feather, flower or a piece of grass, especially when the person is ticklish in the navel.[14][15] Fingering the navel is also a common act.[16] Some others would love nothing more than to perform navel torture, a series of pain-inflicting acts such as piercing and stabbing the navel.[17][18] This attention is usually directed at a partner's navel[19], but may include a fixation on the fetishist's own navel.
Some navel fetishists can be aroused by viewing a navel. In the case of a heterosexual man, women in bikini is one such example. Also women dressed in low-rise clothing like jeans, shorts etc., that reveals the navel is also considered sexually arousing.[20] Videos featuring above said physical acts are very common and are viewed worldwide.Their popularity has become more compared to regular porn videos.[21] Belly dancers often have navel piercings or insert a ruby or other precious stones into their navels to make it look attractive when they perform.Such decorations also arouse when seen.[22]In India,navel exposure in low-rise saris is more common than western attire.[23] The vertical orientation of the umbilicus in women was preferred by most men and women.A study at the University of Missouri found that vertically oriented navels with a T-shape were considered the most attractive.[24][25][26] Sometimes just the thought of the navel is enough to stimulate. Some navel fetishists sexually fantasize about the above physical acts on a person's navel to attain sexual pleasure.[27] The Samoan tribe people find the sight of the navel sexually arousing.[28]
Sometimes literary works focusing on navels or which sexually symbolize navels can also act as stimuli to navel fetishists.One such work is Navel Revue by author Jay Hahn-Lonne which is an autobiographical study of a man's obsession with navels.[29] In the Song of Songs, a book in the Hebrew Bible, there are allusions to exotic things in nature, with frequent interweaving of nature with erotic imagery. In Solomon's lavish praise of his love – the country girl, Sulaimi – the navel is mentioned as follows: "thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor:thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies." (7:2).[30][31][32] In Ancient Indian Sanskrit literature,writers like Adi Shankara,Kālidāsa etc., have symbolized & referred to the navel while describing the beauty of Hindu Goddesses.[33]
Due to its shape, appearance and proximity to female genitals, a female's navel is considered as a secondary vulva by some men.[34][35] In many classic paintings such as Danae and The Toilet of Bathshebah this resemblance has been considered.Thereby which the navel was used as a metaphor to denote the female's genital area.[36]In ancient Egyptian and Syrian art depicting lovers,the vulva and navel are often interchangeable in their schematic representations.Some lexical evidence from Arabic indicate that the word "Navel" translates to "Vulva".[37] Zoologist turned author Desmond Morris had once commented that the navel has become increasingly vaginal in the second half of the twentieth century.He further added that in older paintings and photographs,the navel was usually round,but the vertical slit seems to be increasingly prevalent just at a time when the navel is being displayed more and more widely.[38][39]
The navel not only acts as an erogenous zone but also used by some navel fetishists as a target of outercourse. Some men enjoy rubbing their penis around a partner's navel. Some even try to involve in "navel intercourse" similar to mammary intercourse if a partner has sufficient skin around his or her waist.[40]
Aki Sinkkonen at the University of Helsinki in Finland believes that the navel may be an indicator of mating potential in fertile women. In his article in the The FASEB Journal, he proposes that the umbilicus, together with the surrounding skin area, is an honest signal of individual vigor. He suggests that the symmetry, shape, and position of umbilicus can be used to estimate the reproductive potential of fertile females, including risks of certain genetically and maternally inherited fetal anomalies.[41][42]
Indian philopsoher Osho once told that the navel is very close to the sex center. If sexuality is repressed,then the navel becomes very sensitive, because sexuality repressed starts gathering behind the navel.A repressed person’s navel becomes one of the most erogenous zones. It is not naturally an erogenous zone, but it happens only if natural sex has been repressed too much.[43]
The following are some celebrities who had fixation for navels.
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