Feet, soles, shoes

Feet, soles, and shoes as the thing itself — worshipped, stood on, or struck.

Why people do it

Feet carry more nerve endings than almost anywhere else, and they sit at the bottom of every hierarchy anyone has ever invented — which is why the same body part covers tenderness, service and contempt depending only on how it is framed.

Smallest way in

Ten minutes of somebody working both soles with their thumbs. That is the whole first evening, and it tells you quickly whether the appeal here is the sensation or the position.

What to watch

Soles take strikes badly: nerves and small bones sit directly under the skin, so nothing heavier than a ruler and nothing on the heel, the arch or the toes. Standing on somebody goes onto thighs, buttocks and shoulders, never the lower spine or the neck.

In the planner

7 different things carry this tag, and switching it off removes every one of them. The mildest of them sits at easy.