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A clothed pool party

Wetlook is a paraphilic behaviour where sexual enjoyment is derived from wearing or seeing people wearing wet clothes.

Common terminology

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Phat dipping

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People jumping into a river
Clothed jump into a river, Belgium.

The expression "phat dipping" refers to the act of jumping or diving clothed.[1] The term originates from the 2009 rap song "Phatdippin' Rap" by duo Rhett & Link, showing people jumping fully clothed into a pool. The lyrics encourage people to jump into the water with their clothes on rather than a swimsuit.[2] The neologism became popular,[3] especially in the United States due to the contest organized upon the release of the song inviting viewers to upload their own version.[4]

Wetfun

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"Wetfun" refers to the enjoyment derived from the feeling of swimming clothed. This fetishistic attitude is distinct from any non-sexual enjoyment people may feel from swimming while dressed.[5][6][4]

Wetlook

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The term "wetlook" refers to the sight of wet clothes clinging to the skin.[7]

Wetters

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Online, the community refers to themselves as "wetters". Subcommunities of wetters include:

Get-wets

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Wetters for whom the manner and conditions of getting wet are important, plunging them into deep emotional states.[8][9]

Jumpers

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Wetters who enjoys getting wet quickly or in an unintended or undeserved manner, such as being pushed into water.

Stay-wets

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Wetters who keep their clothes on once out of the water.

Walkers

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Wetters who enjoy getting wet slowly.

As sexual stimuli

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Alex Comfort writing in The Joy of Sex suggests that wetlook clothing functions as a kind of "superskin", enhancing the visual and tactile qualities of shininess and tightness,[10] stating that if your lover "likes you to look like a cross between a snake and a seal, wear what he gives you".[11]

According to Desmond Morris, water on the skin is seen as mimicking the sweat of sexual arousal.[12]

The erotic aspect of the shininess can be compared to latex fetishism.

In culture

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In Western culture[where?], swimming fully clothed is sometimes prohibited in public places[13] or considered socially unacceptable.[6][14][better source needed]

In Denmark and Germany, wetlook has become a minor cultural movement.[6] Meeting groups[15] and associations organize events.[when?][9] The annual end-of-summer beach party in Borgentreich[16][17] is a major event for wetters, and some people travel hundreds of kilometres to participate. Similar events take place regularly.[18]

A mud pit where participants have to crawl
A "liquid dirt" pool, a typical obstacle in a "mud run"

New Kingdom of Egyptian poetry has a girl telling her lover: "It is pleasant to go to the pool...That I may let you see my beauty in my tunic of finest royal linen when it is wet".[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Phat Dipping - Swim in Your Clothes for Fun". wackywet.com. Interaliant. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  2. ^ McLaughlin, Rhett; Neal, Link. "Phatdippin' Rap". Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "phat dipping". www.urbandictionary.com. March 25, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Chappel, Arthur. "PHAT-DIPPING – IS IT JUST WETLOOK?". arthurchappel.me.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "Swimming fully clothed". Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "What is Wetlook? Fetish, cultural movement or hobby?". Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  7. ^ A testimony "Practice of wet," on www.za-gay.org/forum/.
  8. ^ "Wetlook paraphilia - aspects of a sexual variation". www2.hu-berlin.de. Humboldt University of Berlin's Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology. July 1, 2000. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Introduction". njco_intro_english.
  10. ^ Alex Comfort, The Joy of Sex (London, 1972), pp. 21–22
  11. ^ Alex Comfort, The Joy of Sex (London, 1972), p. 23
  12. ^ D. Morris, The Naked Ape Trilogy (London, 1988), p. p. 377
  13. ^ "In Defense of the Wetlook Fetish". www.arhurchappel.me.uk. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  14. ^ "Intentionally Soaked Fashion - Swimming Fully Clothed (GALLERY)". www.trendhunter.com. Trend Hunter. November 24, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  15. ^ "Nass mit Spaß in Lünen". www.wetfans-luenen.de. Radöli. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  16. ^ "16. Beach Party im Borgentreicher Freibad". www.dtoday.de. Deutschland Today. August 8, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  17. ^ "BORGENTREICH: Im Anzug baden gehen". www.nw-news.de. August 20, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  18. ^ "Klamottenschwimmen im Freibad Gärtringen". www.gaeubote.de. die Herreberger Zeitung. September 17, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  19. ^ Quoted in L. Cottrell, Queens of the Pharaohs (London 1966), p. 75

Further reading

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  • Media related to Wetlook at Wikimedia Commons
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