Hmm. Well... Different strokes for different folks, I guess ;-)

I'll admit I've never tried using a vibrator before. I guess I have a bit of an aversion to the thought of it though. I guess that is coming from the notion that you can train your bodys responses in certain ways.

tone -> shock
tone -> shock -> fear
tone -> shock -> fear
tone -> fear

One hypothesis (which may or may not be correct) is that fetishes are such pairings of certain kinds of objects with sexual response. And massochism is a pairing of pain with sexual response. I guess I find my hands to be adequate for my purposes... While I'm sure I could overcome my aversion to objects triggering a sexual response (by pairing an object with a sexual response so that eventually the object becomes a conditioned stimulus for a sexual response)... I think I'd really rather not.

That being said... If I was in a relationship and my partner really wanted to try it I guess I could give it a shot. Maybe. No objects are harmed ;-)

I guess I have more of an aversion to porn...

But I dunno. Different strokes for different folks I guess...

Though Mavens notion was interesting in the sense that it is a response to touch rather than an object per se...