{"id":404,"date":"2009-05-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2018-05-03T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T12:26:09","slug":"is-the-choice-a-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":"Is the Choice a Message?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I am tagging off a blog post I read on the ‘net written by a man I have not met, but whose analysis was interesting to me.<\/p>\n

What he said and also from a comment he received on this post is this:<\/p>\n

It is once again the time of the year when motorcyclists begin to populate the roads of Finland. More often than before I find myself pondering whether a leather-wearing motorcyclist is trying to hint at his fetishistic interest in leather. Modern non-leather riding gear with all the technical innovations (Gore-Tex, Kevlar et cetera) is very practical. Choosing leather gear is no longer the obvious default choice it may have been in the past.<\/i><\/p>\n

Further, the comment he received said:<\/p>\n

anyone still wearing the old style gear raises the question of fetishism.<\/i><\/p>\n

The observations shared in the blog are interesting to me, especially when it is pointed out that more men these days wear riding gear made of practical technical innovations, and not leather.<\/p>\n

I got to thinking, then, when I wear full leather, from motorcycle jacket to leather breeches and tall boots, am I attempting to signal my interest in leather? Is such an interest “fetish”?<\/p>\n

I point out as I have before<\/a>, that by definition, fetish<\/i> means a sexual admiration of an inanimate object. Yeah, I have had sex in leather with my partner. But he’s animate (especially in that<\/i> situation!)<\/p>\n

But I wear leather regularly on my motorcycle (and off) because I find it warm, protective, and I think it looks good. Plus, I have a closet full of biker leather gear, and I want to get the most use out of it. I call it “functional” leather gear, because it performs a function to provide protection and warmth while I ride. I also like the tall boots for the same reason.<\/p>\n

Is this a message about a fetish interest? To me, it’s different from that. The message I feel I may be giving is that, perhaps, I am old enough to be among the “old guard” bikers (as well as leatherman) and prefer to wear leather, that’s all. I don’t really care what other people think about me being in full leather when I ride on a cool day. No one says anything anyway. I know I am warm and protected in the gear, and feel that I am getting the value from it for the investment I have made acquiring it.<\/p>\n

Your thoughts?
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