Gloves also figure prominently in cosplay scenes, music videos, films and are a staple accessory in any crime fetish. They are also a frequent component of costumes worn by superheroes or superheroines and exposure to such at an early age may be developmentally influential.

Gloves are also used for fisting and sounding. Receiving parcels containing internet purchased gloves may provide an extra-special frisson for the glove fetishist. Many glove fetishists build a collection of gloves and take pleasure in buying gloves over the counter or online. Glove fetishism may also coexist with hand fetishism. Smell may also be a factor, in particular when it comes to latex or rubber, as can be the sound of latex or with leather gloves, where the distinct odour can enhance the fetishistic experience. The act of putting gloves on, or slipping them off the hands, can also be a source of glove fetish fantasy and delight. Subtle movements by the gloved fingers or the hand as a whole can provide the individual with an exciting visual stimulus and ultimately sexual arousal. Medical gloves and rubber gloves provide not only a safer sex environment, but can also give a latex glove fetishist great pleasure. Often, the actions of a gloved hand are as arousing as the glove itself, because the glove provides a second skin, or in other words a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin.

In some cases, the fetish is enhanced by the material of the glove (e.g., leather, cotton, latex, nitrile, PVC, satin or nylon). Persons with this fetish find the gloves themselves arouse sexual feelings, whether visualised, worn by themselves or as is mostly the case, when worn or even held by someone else and in particular by a partner.

Glove fetishism is a form of sexual fetishism which, as the name implies has as its object gloves of many and varied types.

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