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'{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}} [[File:InflatableBalloons.jpg|thumb|[[Balloons]] with different colors]] A '''balloon fetish (JUST A FETISH B NOT A FUCKING KINK)''' is a [[sexual fetish]] that involves [[balloon]]s.<ref name=gates>Gates, Katharine (1999); [https://books.google.com/books?id=C--gIzIGo5UC&q=%22balloon+fetish%22 ''Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex''], [[Juno Books]], {{ISBN|1-890451-03-7}} (retrieved 22 August 2010 from [[Google Books]])</ref><ref>[http://www.nerve.com/ididitforscience/i-did-it-for-science-balloon-fetish I Did It for Science: Balloon Fetishism], Rev. Jen Miller, [[Nerve.com]], 2005 (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref><ref>Reverend Jen (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=mla0q3xBHE4C&pg=PA55 ''Live Nude Elf: The Sexperiments of Reverend Jen''], [[Counterpoint Press]], {{ISBN|978-1-59376-244-5}} (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)</ref><ref>[http://www.asylum.com/2008/09/10/balloon-fetish-is-it-porn/ Balloon Fetish, Is It Porn?], Emily McCombs, Asyum.com, 10 September 2008 (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref> A balloon fetishist is also referred to as a "'''looner'''".<ref>[http://www.cracked.com/article_17149_5-ridiculous-safe-work-fetishes.html 5 Ridiculous (Safe for Work) Fetishes], Alex Cipriano, [[Cracked.com]], 17 March 2009 (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref><ref name=awesome>[http://www.maximumawesome.com/pervfriday/looners.htm So Hot and Ready to Pop: The world of Looners], Maximum Awesome (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110095616/http://thewavemagazine.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=22026 Fetish Confessions: Telling loved ones about your fetish is as easy as solving fractured quadratic equations], Sandy Brundage, ''The Wave Magazine'' Volume 2 Issue 15, 31 July 2002 (retrieved 22 August 2010 on [[Internet Archive Wayback Machine]])</ref> Some balloon fetishists "revel in the popping of balloons and [others] may become anxious and tearful at the very thought of popping balloons".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=l_8pAQAAIAAJ&q=balloon+fetish ''Headpress'': journal of sex, religion, death, Issues 21-23], David Kerekes, Headpress, p.142 (retrieved 22 August 2010 from Google Books)</ref> Others enjoy blowing up balloons or sitting and lying on them.<ref>Gates pp. 83,89-90</ref> ==Psychology== Like many [[paraphilia]]s, the origins of a balloon fetish are complex and vary between individuals, but may be explained as a form of [[imprinting (psychology)#Sexual imprinting|sexual imprinting]]. Many "looners" attribute their fetish to early sexual or pre-sexual experiences with balloons, often involving their being burst by members of the desirable sex.<ref name=awesome /> These experiences frequently accompany or instigate a [[phobia]] of balloons in the individual,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balloonland.com/Fet/Fetdangers.htm|title=Dangerous balloons !|website=Balloonland.com|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> most often associated with the sudden loud noise when they burst, a form of [[phonophobia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/fear-of-balloons-popping.html|title=Get Rid of Fear Of Balloons Popping. How To Cure Fear Of Balloons Popping|website=Phobia-fear-release.com|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> Depending on the extent to which this phobia persists through and after [[puberty]], balloon fetishists may regard balloons bursting as either essential to the sexual experience (and frequently refer to themselves as '''poppers'''), or to be avoided at all costs (as '''non-poppers'''). Even those who are not phobic of the act of a balloon popping may prefer not to pop due to an [[anthropomorphized]] emotional attachment to the balloon, which is perfectly normal to non-poppers. One hallmark of the distinction between poppers and non-poppers may be in seeing balloons' bursting either as a metaphor for [[orgasm]],<ref>[http://www.iateskinny.com/2013/01/b-is-for.html] {{dead link|date=September 2017}}</ref> or as a metaphor for [[death]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mistressofasia.com/fetish-balloon.php|title=Balloon Fetish / Mistress of Asia|website=Mistressofasia.com|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> That popping balloons is central to several popular [[party games]] suggests that enjoyment of the act, the challenge, and the anticipation of popping is not confined to fetishists. However, for fetishists the [[wikt:adrenaline rush|adrenaline rush]] associated with the "danger" that a balloon will pop produces a sexual response. This helps to explain why even non-poppers who have an intense phobia of balloons popping in non-sexual contexts may be aroused by the possibility within safe sexual contexts. It may even suggest that balloon fetish, for poppers and non-poppers alike, is part of the [[BDSM]] spectrum of fetishes in which a controlled amount of danger is used to elicit a pleasurable [[fight-or-flight response]] in participants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter/2011/March/understanding-the-stress-response|title=Understanding the stress response|author=Harvard Health Publications|website=Health.harvard.edu|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> ==Hazard== A true [[sexual fetishism|fetish]] is characterized in the [[DSM-IV]] by its social and occupational impedance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26861774_The_DSM_diagnostic_criteria_for_fetishism/file/79e4150ec25370dde7.pdf|title=ResearchGate - Share and discover research|website=Researchgate.net|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> However, it is currently in the DSM-V (see Paraphilic Disorders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/DSM/DSM-5/Changes-from-DSM-IV-TR--to-DSM-5.pdf |title=Page Not Found |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226050453/http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/DSM/DSM-5/Changes-from-DSM-IV-TR--to-DSM-5.pdf |archivedate=26 February 2015 }}</ref> to where a fetish is no longer considered as a disorder (except for fetishistic disorder where if the fetish interferes with the person's life).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globophilia.blogspot.com/2014/05/from-kink-to-fetish-to-dsm-vi.html?zx=c89b7bf74f6e3567|title=Globophilia|author=Tim Popper|website=Globophiliablogspot.com|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> Yet, fetishism is classified as code F65.0 in the ICD-10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2015/en#/F65.0|title=ICD-10 Version:2015|website=Apps.who.int|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> Aside from these hazards, balloon fetishism carries with it the hazards of bursting balloons in close proximity to one's body. Eye and ear protection is recommended for such exposure to avoid eye damage or hearing loss. These hazards may be heightened since balloon fetishists often employ larger-than-average balloons and high-energy forms of popping them, such as overinflation.<ref name=awesome /> In addition, those who sit, stomp, or lie on large balloons may be vulnerable to [[Falling (accident)|fall injuries]] when the balloons burst. Additional injuries may occur due to friction and static electricity during prolonged interactions with balloons. Choking is a potential risk for those "looners" for whom the fetish includes kissing or mouthing the balloon. Although largely hypothetical, a "looner" engaged in an orgy with multiple helium-filled balloons may sustain impact injuries such as pelvic fractures, falling from heights at the moment of climax. ==Variations== A different form of this fetish is the "Bubblegum Balloon Fetish" or "Bubblegum Looning", where, instead of latex balloons, [[Bubblegum]] is used to produce small to big balloons (depending on the size of the gum). In this case, the "popper" or "non-popper" difference is absent since balloons can be produced over and over (differently from latex ones, that, once burst, have to be discarded). Bubblegum looners tend to like watching people produce balloons with bubblegum or producing balloons themselves. As with balloon looning, Bubblegum Looning can be used in sexual activities to enhance sexual performances. In this case, bubblegum balloons may also be blown against some partner's body parts to enhance sexual excitement or as a form of game play. A number of looners also enjoy other variations, such as rubber glove balloons (mainly latex and nitrile [[medical glove]]s), condoms, beach balls, the Wubble Bubble Ball, inflatable PVC plastic toys (mainly blow up sharks, whales, and hammers), and inflating bin liners or garbage bags. The latter is often combined with a [[crush fetish]] where the looner is aroused the sight of glossy, polyethylene garbage sacks being compressed by the hydraulic compactor of a [[garbage truck]] or other similar apparatus to the point where they burst or explode - in its most extreme form this may even be combined with a form of [[vorarephilia]], where the looner desires to be crushed and consumed by the machine itself along with the sacks. ==Media== * The Sexplorer, 1975, A British comedy film. An alien from planet venus travels to earth in london disguised as a woman, Her mission is to explore human sexual behavior. She encounters different men, one of them has a balloon fetish. * ''[[So Graham Norton]]'', 1998-2002 British television series that featured a recurring segment where the main character, Graham Norton, looked for people on the Internet with different fetishes, including balloon fetish. * ''[[Little Children (film)|Little Children]]'', 2006 movie containing a small reference about a man addicted to a porn website which involves women and balloons. * ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' ''The Truth is Out There'', 2004, [[Abby Sciuto]] comments that she dated a man with a balloon fetish. * ''[[The Poughkeepsie Tapes]]'', 2007 mockumentary horror film. * ''[[SexTV]]'' season 9 episode 23, 9 June 2007.<ref>[http://www.sextelevision.net/archives/episodeArchivesDisplay.asp?segmentID=536&seasonID=9 Balloon Fetish], ''SexTV'' Archives (retrieved 22 August 2010)</ref><ref>{{IMDb title|1048907|SexTV: Amanda Lepore/Balloon Fetish/Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman}}</ref> * ''[[Strange Sex]]'' episode 5, 1 August 2010. * ''[[The United States of Tara]]'', season 2 episode 8, 10 May 2010, ''Explosive Diorama''. Supporting character Kate films herself performing 'favors' live to get things on her wishlist from internet admirers. One of them is a looner, for whom she agrees to blow up and pop a large number of balloons to get a [[Vespa]]. * ''[[Taboo (2002 TV series)|Taboo]]'', 2012 episode on [[National Geographic Channel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/taboo/videos/balloon-infatuation/|title=Balloon Infatuation|date=24 July 2012|website=Channel.nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=16 September 2017}}</ref> * [[Arte]] aired a documentary about the Balloon, Inflatable & Latex Fetish on 19 May 2012. * ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', the 2013 episode ''[[It Snakes a Village]]'' features a character with a balloon fetish. * In the 65th episode of the [[stop-motion]] web series ''[[The Most Popular Girls in School]]'' Mackenzie Zales is revealed to have a balloon fetish in a video. * Japanese DVD and movie maker "Fruitful" makes a lot of Balloon fetish movies. These sample movies are uploaded on YOUTUBE(NashiYo). ==See also== * [[Body inflation]] * [[Inflatable doll]] * [[Latex and PVC fetishism]] * [[Bubble dance]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Sexual fetishism}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Balloon Fetish}} [[Category:Balloons (entertainment)]] [[Category:Sexual fetishism]] '