I was kicking around the idea of sex education in school with ardentintox, where there were really terrible 90s lab safety style videos shown to a bunch of bored teenagers about The Wonders of the Stoplight System! How to Negotiate Limits! (flash animation of a form d/s contract) Here's a poor quality video of a guy in khakis and a polo shirt demonstrating how to use a flogger on a neon blue mannequin!
But re: Sex Things, and public play: maybe in a BDSM AU, where it is assumed that everyone has an inherent desire to be in a 24/7 power exchange relationshp, kink is less strongly correlated with SEX specifically in people's minds, and more strongly correlated with ROMANCE?
Like...maybe having your sub give you oral sex in the middle of the sidewalk might not be acceptable, but people would wear collars openly all the time (leashes only for formal events). Nudity and genitalia might not be acceptable in public, but a sub kneeling for their dom outside might be the equivalent of a couple holding hands outside. More a sign of intimacy, less an overt sexual act.
Sex is still something people generally expect in relationships, but kink is more widely seen as non-sexual and appropriate to practice in public, with specific things being dependent on region and culture.
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But re: Sex Things, and public play: maybe in a BDSM AU, where it is assumed that everyone has an inherent desire to be in a 24/7 power exchange relationshp, kink is less strongly correlated with SEX specifically in people's minds, and more strongly correlated with ROMANCE?
Like...maybe having your sub give you oral sex in the middle of the sidewalk might not be acceptable, but people would wear collars openly all the time (leashes only for formal events). Nudity and genitalia might not be acceptable in public, but a sub kneeling for their dom outside might be the equivalent of a couple holding hands outside. More a sign of intimacy, less an overt sexual act.
Sex is still something people generally expect in relationships, but kink is more widely seen as non-sexual and appropriate to practice in public, with specific things being dependent on region and culture.