According to Freud, sexual fetishes were perversions caused by childhood trauma, and they could be remedied or alleviated by psychoanalysts for a reasonable fee. Modern research has turned away from this perspective, though the ultimate reason for the diverse range of different things that people find attractive is elusive. Evolutionary psychologists believe that this diversity in attraction helps to promote sexual stimulation and therefore the propagation of the species, regardless of the environment it finds itself in.
Some say that Freud may have been right after all, and the foundations of fetishes are indeed laid by childhood experiences and stimuli, though not necessarily trauma. The answer for the fetishes per se may be elusive, but studies on particular sexual fetishes have brought up a few interesting theories. While they may not apply to everyone who professes to a particular sexual fantasy, they are fascinating explorations of human sexual psychology.
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