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Re: A choice?
If I may hazard a personal theory...
A bunch of people believe that a number of the more esoteric fetishes are the result of inadvertent classical conditioning. Early in puberty arousal can come sporadically for seemingly random reasons and places. If one of these random bouts becomes associated with a particular stimulus, say a transformation scene in a movie, then its possible for recollection of that theme to trigger the arousal. A stimulus is associated with an unrelated result (arousal), and as a result the stimulus can beget the arousal later on.
In that sense, it may in fact be possible to manipulate those same conditioned responses to remove or add triggers. Maybe.
That said, I remember reading that there appears to be a slight difference in brain composition between straight and gay people, so it may in fact be a biological issue. Of course, that doesn't necessarily apply to fetish interest.
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