fetish (body part attraction)

[Ok782506]

Hello everyone,

Is finding a particular body part of the opposite gender beautiful / attractive / arousing within the confines of Christian marriage acceptable or is it sinful ?

I am a man and I always found women’s nose to be visiually beautiful / attractive / arousing.

 

[Vesper_Jaye✝️]

That sounds completely normal to me. I don’t think there’s anything in the Bible that says that it’s a sin to find a particular body part of the opposite sex attractive. The only situation that I can think of where it would be wrong is if you are married and find body parts of women other than your wife attractive.
I am by NO MEANS an expert though. I haven’t studied the Bible very thoroughly and I haven’t ever specifically researched a question like that.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

It might be slightly odd to be attracted to a nose, but we all have different turn-ons. There's nothing wrong with that.

 

[Tionbai]

Hi!

Interesting question. I also think it depends. And when you write "visually beautiful/attractive/arousing", those three can mean very different things.

Visually beautiful can mean aesthetically pleasing, attractive can mean appealing, and arousing can mean sexual.

I think personally when it becomes a problem is when your sexual drive is the dominant force acting within you. It belittles the object of your affection to sexual prey. I think as long as your view of the other person is in a holy and God-honoring way, then you are all good.

To be sexually attracted to your partner I think is good - all the while appreciating them as a dearly loved creation of God. I believe there is a delicate balance there, as we should not be afraid to desire our partner, yet we should always strive to love them humbly and self-sacrificially, just as Jesus commanded us.

I think it's so great that you are questioning these things, as we all should. God cares about our thought-life and day-to-day life, I am absolutely sure of that. And the main thing He wants for us is to wholly love Him and each other.

God bless you <3

 

[EnterLight]

I don't think its a sin, I have a foot fetish. The only way I could see it as a sin is if it becomes an obsession where you value that persons body part more than who they are. Keep liking what you like but don't devalue others In the process.