The year is 1894 — the 9th edition of the book Psychopathia Sexualis. … I own an original… Welcome to a new round of Funny Feet Facts. I’m Markus M. Mey, author of the book “Am I Normal?” — available on Amazon. Short reminder: for safety reasons I changed the word F-€-T-i-S-H to the word obsession! Let’s get into it: Today, we’re talking about Professor Dr. Richard von Krafft-Ebing. He was the first to systematically categorize sexuality in a scientific way. But — and this is important — he was also very much a man of his time. Which means: a lot of what he described wasn’t just science… it was filtered through the moral standards of the 19th century. So anything that didn’t fit the idea of “normal” sexuality was quickly labeled as abnormal — or even pathological. One of the most fascinating examples? Obsession. More specifically: shoe obsession. Yes, really — a thing for shoes as early as 1894. Krafft-Ebing describes cases of men who became intensely aroused at the sight of elegant wo...