Giannini A J, Colapietro G, Slaby A E, Melemis S M, Bowman R K
Ohio State University, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1998 Oct;83(2):491-8. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.2.491.
The authors reviewed historical literature and hypothesized a relationship between epidemics of sexually transmitted diseases and foot fetishism. They tested this hypothesis by quantifying foot-fetish depictions in the mass-circulation pornographic literature during a 30-yr. interval. An exponential increase was noted during the period of the current AIDS epidemic. The authors offer reasons for this possible relationship.
作者回顾了历史文献，并推测性传播疾病的流行与恋足癖之间存在关联。他们通过对30年间大众发行的色情文学中恋足描写进行量化，来检验这一假设。在当前艾滋病流行期间，发现此类描写呈指数增长。作者给出了这种可能关联的原因。
