Actually this is the first time I've ever seriously considered it and that makes perfect sense. We all feel freer under masks, and if that mask extends to an entire animalistic persona... So maybe I do get it after all.

Well, there's a new fact for the day. But what's this 'just' a sexual fetish phraseology? Why is a fetish 'less' than an interest in cosplay, Marvel, or woodworking for that matter?