A footjob is sex without penetration. One partner uses a foot — sole, arch, or toes — to rub, stroke, or press the other person, for pleasure and sometimes orgasm. It can be one foot or both working together. Adults do this. It can be the main preference for someone with a foot fetish, or a bit of tease and variety between partners who do not center feet.
The usual target is a penis. The sole strokes up and down or side to side. The gap between the big toe and the second toe can catch the shaft. Or the penis sits between both feet and slides along them. The word also covers a foot on a vulva or anus: caress, pressure, or circles, without going inside. Lube or massage oil is common, for less friction and a better grip. Bare skin, stockings, or soft socks change the texture and the fetish charge.
When foot fetish is the point of the relationship, the picture matters as much as the mechanics. Painted nails, a high arch, a clean sole or one with a little dust on it, jewelry, and designer heels all add to it. A footjob can sit inside a dominant and submissive frame, but the act does not require that. A submissive might be told to stay still while the other person uses the soles, or might have to worship the feet before getting a footjob. That is why footjobs show up so often in fetish video, caption blogs, and couples’ kink menus, next to podophilia.
In pop culture a footjob is sometimes a joke and sometimes an explicit beat. On Desperate Housewives, Gabrielle Solis rubs her foot against John Rowland’s crotch under a restaurant table to seduce him. In series two of the British drama Mile High, Eloise rubs her foot against Captain Nigel Croker’s crotch so he will give her money. In the 1975 film The Beast (La Bête), Romilde de l’Esperance hangs from a tree branch while a werewolf-like creature receives a footjob, among other acts. The 2004 British film 9 Songs has a clear bathtub footjob between Matthew and Lisa. In the comedy Rabbit Without Ears 2, Marie seduces Ludo the same way, with a foot under the table. Aaron Bruckner’s illustrated book Illustrated Foot Sex: Footjobs and Foot Fetishism treats the act as its own subject.
Footjobs sit next to foot fetishism, other non-penetrative sex, shoe fetish, and sensual service that uses the feet as the main erotic tool.
