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Harlotry: Stripper Feet Are Gross–But Men Will Still Pay To Suck On Them

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Stripper feet are gross.

Even the girls who get frequent pedicures in an effort to make their feet look less gross spend hours in shoes that are made of some form of plastic or vinyl. We combat this by spreading deodorant between our toes and dusting our shoes with foot powder, but at the end of the day it doesn’t do much more than change the odor of our feet from biohazardously awful to just regular old bad.

My feet are especially gross. The only pedicures I’ve ever gotten are at-home procedures that consist of little more than some half-hearted rubbing with a pumice stone, a soak in warm water, some toenail clipping, and a little nail polish. Actually going to a nail shop and paying someone to make the little piggies presentable seems pointless: my feet are a lost cause. To begin with, they are quite large and, though my arches are high, my feet look almost oblong when I am standing. The toenails of my little toes are barely existent and folded into the flesh of the knuckle, the toenails on my other toes curve upwards to the point where I have to cut them down to the quick if I expect to wear any but the sturdiest hosiery more than once. My big toes are both constantly battling slightly ingrown toenails, and I have ever-growing bunions from wearing high heels constantly and walking everywhere. I am, one would think, a foot fetishist’s worst nightmare.

Strip clubs–or at least the ones I’ve worked at–have a tendency to attract fetishists of all kinds, but especially foot fetishists. Why this is, I do not know. While it’s true that foot fetishes are hardly uncommon, a strip club doesn’t strike me as a good place to indulge that particular kink. While there are plenty of foot fetishists who actually prefer gross feet to all other feet, most of the men I encountered didn’t state any such preference.

I had been working at Heavenly Creatures for a week before I met my first foot guy, José.

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  • Rae Rae

    I worked at a club in which a guy would come in and pay something like $100 for one of the girls to stand on his nuts (with his clothes on) with their stilettos for a couple of minutes. I was never asked to do the honors.

    • Lacy

      Duuuuude! I never got the nut smashers either and I was always so disappointed! Though I did have a regular who enjoyed extremely hard nipple pinching. Still, I wanted a nut smasher :-(

  • Sean

    I think it makes sense that strip clubs attract foot fetishists…the dancers are always above them when performing on stage, and if you’re sitting in perv row, the dancer’s feet are right at eye level. Given that dancers are usually in very high heels, it’s practically foot-fetish heaven.

  • Kate

    Just discovered this blog and have been reading all of your posts all day. Thank you for sharing your candid, affecting, honest, and often funny experiences– I am not a sex worker myself, but consider myself an ally, and would buy any of your published work!

    • Cate

      You are so nice! Thank you for the compliments, as I consider this a HUGE compliment.

    • Valerie

      Same here! I love your perspective on the power dynamics especially. You’re thoughtful and intelligent without being pretentious, funny without undermining the serious bits. More, please!

  • Alan

    Just discovered this blog literally by typing in stripper feet and I really love your writing! I’m going to be brutally honest I’ve been the foot fetish guy at the club. No I’ve never offered to buy shoes or socks nor did I ever ask or think I was going to get anything more ie. a footjob out of the exchange. It was merely an outlet for someone who has this particular fetish. You see I’ve ultimately had a hard time trying to come to grips with my fetish. I see feet all day and spring and summer in some ways are a big tease for me. Fashionable heels, open toed shoes and foot jewlery and pedicures all on display! They are all hidden away and much like how a breast guy feels about a bra there’s something secretive and naughty about feet to me that I get some enjoyment out of secretly admiring and knowing I may never expierence it for myself. Being a single guy who can be shy and has anxities and insecurities otherwise doesn’t help with all of this. So my trips to the Strip Club when I’ve hoped to indulge in this have been interesting to say the least. I’ve been told by the women I’ve been with that I give a great foot massage which I consider a compliment (whether they mean it or not). Foot worship has been a mixed bag to say the least. You bring up very valid points in this article about the lack of cleanliness when it comes to stripper feet and as someone who likes things clean I sometimes ask myself what I got myself into. Granted a good majority of the feet I’ve been with at strip clubs haven’t been that bad. But there have been some that just smelled and tasted awful and I wondered just what it was that I was tasting and wondered if it was at all safe. The reactions I’ve gotten from worshipping feet have gone anywhere from either pretending to orgasm or “REALLY” liking it to looking up at the woman I’m with and seeing a blank almost weird emotionless reaction to what I’m doing. You would think after those expierences I would say that’s enough! I have a tight budget and live on my own and it’s not cheap! But every so often when I find myself alone like tonight I’ve pondered a trip down to my local club. Maybe i’ll have a pleasent conversation with someone I’ll mention my fetish and I’ll see if she has the exact pair of feet I’ve been looking for. And i’ll share in that moment of bliss and ultimately go home having indulged in my fetish but left feeling unsatisfied for what I just got myself into..