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Also, Dan seems to take fantasy as a checklist of things one wants to do with real partners, which I don't think is accurate. (It's an overlapping Venn diagram, but there are things you would be happy to do with a partner that don't do much for your fantasy life; and things that are fun in a fantasy where you perfectly control every detail while aware this wouldn't translate to real life, like sex on the back of a charging elephant.) This might be a kink that happily fits in the fantasy side (which a porn tape would be) rather than a requirement for matching kink in the girlfriend he'd like to one day have.
Not to mention, good grief, Pygmalion. The fantasy stretches back at least to ancient Greece, and apparently had a major renaissance during the 19th century.
Good luck and go find yourself a steampunk Galatea.
Don't make this more difficult than it is.
One thing though: you say you're a "young" male and I am guessing that means like college age or even late teens maybe... and unfortunately for you, most women do not start to see the value in well-spoken, interesting and thoughtful men for another 5-10 years.
Don't try to change what you like or run away from it. Just hang in there and work on being platonic friends with women for now. One day somebody is going to really appreciate a guy who was reflective enough to ask this question.
Two words: Real Doll.
… & there are places where you can rent them by the hour ...
No. It's only fair that men and women should suffer Gender Studies classes equally.
@seandr: Well now you have to tell all.
@20 Word.
And on countless batshit right-wing websites.
The living statue stuff is closer to the gods throwing a glamour on someone.
I know the hard bit for this chap is finding a date in the first place, but if she's anything like me it's going to be awesome after that.
True. I was making a joke. However, I do know one woman who took a Women's Studies course and found it to be a complete farce, and I suspect plenty of others would be equally turned off by all the hypersensitivity and victimhood-wallowing that such classes seem to invite, even if they are staunch advocates for equal rights and opportunities.
@Eudamonic: More interacting with actual humans, less gender-studies classes.
I'd add more real humans and less internet. In the real world, the majority of women you encounter won't hate you because you're a man, and those who do will have holed themselves away with covens of like-minded women, only venturing out in the middle of the night when their yogurt supplies run low.
All I'll say is that it's nothing unusual or weird. In fact, it's something that might be indulged by the random woman walking down the street.
However, he might just be able to satisfy his fetish safely were he to get closer to women who pose in life drawing classes. They're already accustomed to being as still as a statue, but only as a hobby or source of income. Still, they might be intrigued by his interest outside of a classroom environment. But only if he can treat them like real people first.
I agree, though now I'm a little confused about my own brain. Either I see the internet as being basically the same as a gender-studies class, or I don't see this as interacting with real people. I'm gonna go with "both."
@35: I'd add that there's a good chance that once he's gotten enough contact with actual human beings, his fetish will stop seeming so important. It's not guaranteed, but it seems to be a pattern that when you're not getting laid enough, one's brain generates all kind of strange new interests.
Speaking for myself, I'd be happy to engage in some consensual statue play with someone I was seeing, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. So hang in there, OP; this kink is fulfillable!