“Looners”: A short Exploration of the Balloon Fetish

Lets start this article off with a little disclaimer by noting that everyone has their kinks. Some people are more into S&M, or feet, while some people like choking, and then some people just really like vanilla sex. That’s all fine and good, we can all like different things there just has to be a respect given to others especially when you are not into it or do not understand it. As such if at any point in this article you feel I am being disrespectful then please call me out on it. That being said, as the title suggests, we are gonna be looking at a fetish that involves balloons.

A fetish, as defined by the DSM, is an unusual sexual turn on to different paraphernalia. A paraphernalia is the thing which is found sexual attractive, which in this case would be balloons, and should be noted, are considered harmless unless the person experiencing the sexual attraction finds them distressing or he or she is hurting someone else.

In a balloon fetish the person is sexual attracted to a balloon for different reasons. This fetish can be broken up into two different subgroups; poppers and non-poppers. Poppers get sexual gratification from popping the balloon by either sitting one, squeezing, or laying with the balloon. Some enjoy the sound while others like the way the balloon looks as it is being contorted. Non-poppers, as you could probably guess, do not like popping the balloons. Their sexual gratification comes from simply being with the balloon, touching, holding them, or simply looking at them. Of course there is also a gray area in between, for instance some people may enjoy watching another person pop the balloon but would never themselves enjoy popping it. Some people like watching the balloon pop but hate the sound and look for ways to make the balloon deflate without popping. Some people just like inflating balloons.

Basically, looners are healthy sexual beings who simply find their sexual pleasure in a balloon. There are studies which look into trying to identify why they would be attracted to balloons, stating that perhaps they has good experiences with them at a young age, or that they witnessed someone they were attracted to handling them and have thus linked attraction to balloons. However I myself do not think it is necessary to try and “figure out” why this is. No body questions the origin of sexual acts like blowjobs or foreplay so why should we question this one. Perhaps you feel differently. Food for thought.

-Cassey

SOURCES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_fetish

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/balloon-fetishists-objects-love-sex-intimacy/story?id=17010057

http://www.myotherself.com.au/2012/10/10-questions-with-a-balloon-lover/