The Fetishism Book, Chapter 8: Balloon Fetish

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Wiki Balloon fetish is a sexual fetish in which a person has an unusual fascination of, or pertaining to, balloons, which provides sexual arousal or stimulation. Many persons with this fetish casually refer to themselves as looners (from Ballooners). The fetish itself varies greatly from person to person, some people enjoy only the act of inflation itself or viewing members of their desired sex inflating balloons, while others enjoy the act of popping by various means, while yet others simply find stimulation in the color, clarity, smell, tactile sense, sound, and movement of the balloon itself. There are several known female balloon fetishists, however the vast majority is made up of men.

From Deviant Desires For many looners, the primary jolt of sexual arousal comes from the fear/ anticipation / shock of a balloon popping. Looners divide themselves up into occasionally contentious camps around the issue of "to pop or not to pop." Non-poppers sometimes say that they "just want to give the balloon a chance" whereas for poppers, if the balloon doesn't pop, neither do they. Poppers often have preferred popping methods. Some want to see popping by over-inflation, enjoying the buildup of tension and pressure in the balloon as it parallels their own physical arousal. Others prefer a more "wham-bang" approach, with multitudes of balloons exploding by pins, cigarettes and high heels. In the case of cigarettes and high heels, the looners are combining the balloon fetish with smoking and shoe fetishes respectively. In quite a few cases, balloon popping is imagined within the context of a dominance and submission scenario -- the looner might imagine him- or herself tied down and subjected to popping by a powerful, fearless partner.

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