Am I Normal?: Understanding Foot & Shoe Fetishes

Am I Normal with My Foot and Shoe Fetish? Perhaps you have asked yourself this question before. Quietly, just to yourself. Maybe you carry a preference inside you that isn’t something people casually talk about over dinner. Or perhaps you love someone who has a fetish – and you want to understand them better.

This book is an invitation. An invitation to look beyond the terms. Beyond shame, prejudice, and outdated ideas. And above all, beyond your own story.

Markus M. Mey takes you on a journey through the world of foot and shoe fetishism that is both deeply personal and thoughtfully grounded. He combines autobiographical insights with perspectives from sexology, psychology, and decades of personal experience. The result is open, reflective, and written with a clarity that makes even complex topics accessible. You will learn how fetishes can develop, why fantasy plays a central role, why dominance and aesthetics are often intertwined, and why modern science views fetishism very differently today than it did only a few decades ago. At the same time, the book shows how a fetish does not have to become a burden, but can instead become a vibrant part of a fulfilling sexuality and relationship.

For men with a foot or shoe fetish, this book offers orientation, relief, and new perspectives. For women, it opens a deeper understanding of the inner world of their partner – beyond clichés and stereotypes.

“Am I Normal?” is not a guidebook that lectures from above. It is an honest, warm, and thoughtful book about desire, identity, intimacy, and the freedom to accept oneself.

And perhaps, when you close the last page, you will do so with a small smile – and the feeling of having arrived a little closer to yourself.