Wetlook
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Wetlook is a paraphilic behaviour where sexual enjoyment is derived from wearing or seeing people wearing wet clothes.
Common terminology
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Phat dipping
The expression "phat dipping" refers to the act of jumping or diving clothed.[1] The term originates from the 2009 rap song "Phatdippin' Rap" by duo Rhett & Link, showing people jumping fully clothed into a pool. The lyrics encourage people to jump into the water with their clothes on rather than a swimsuit.[2] The neologism became popular,[3] especially in the United States due to the contest organized upon the release of the song inviting viewers to upload their own version.[4]
Wetfun
"Wetfun" refers to the enjoyment derived from the feeling of swimming clothed. This fetishistic attitude is distinct from any non-sexual enjoyment people may feel from swimming while dressed.[5][6][4]
Wetlook
The term "wetlook" refers to the sight of wet clothes clinging to the skin.[7]
Wetters
Online, the community refers to themselves as "wetters". Subcommunities of wetters include:
Get-wets
Wetters for whom the manner and conditions of getting wet are important, plunging them into deep emotional states.[8][9]
Jumpers
Wetters who enjoys getting wet quickly or in an unintended or undeserved manner, such as being pushed into water.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Stay-wets
Wetters who keep their clothes on once out of the water.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Walkers
Wetters who enjoy getting wet slowly.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
As sexual stimuli
Alex Comfort writing in The Joy of Sex suggests that wetlook clothing functions as a kind of "superskin", enhancing the visual and tactile qualities of shininess and tightness,[10] stating that if your lover "likes you to look like a cross between a snake and a seal, wear what he gives you".[11]
According to Desmond Morris, water on the skin is seen as mimicking the sweat of sexual arousal.[12]
The erotic aspect of the shininess can be compared to latex fetishism.
In culture
In Western cultureScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., swimming fully clothed is sometimes prohibited in public places[13] or considered socially unacceptable.[6][14]
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In Denmark and Germany, wetlook has become a minor cultural movement.[6] Meeting groups[15] and associations organize events.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[9] The annual end-of-summer beach party in Borgentreich[16][17] was a major event for wetters, and some people travel hundreds of kilometres to participate. Similar events take place regularly.[18]
New Kingdom of Egyptian poetry has a girl telling her lover: "It is pleasant to go to the pool...That I may let you see my beauty in my tunic of finest royal linen when it is wet".[19]
See also
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References
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- ↑ Alex Comfort, The Joy of Sex (London, 1972), pp. 21–22
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- ↑ D. Morris, The Naked Ape Trilogy (London, 1988), p. p. 377
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- ↑ Quoted in L. Cottrell, Queens of the Pharaohs (London 1966), p. 75
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Further reading
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". See the "Clothes" and "Wet look" entries.