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[adrienmundi]

Taste
Preference
Kink
Perversion
Fetish

Why does any of this matter?

Answers should be shared with the class.


Addendum: not intending to be opaque, and failing in that.

Why do these things seem like a progression, to me, from nonpejorative to highly suspect? Additionally, why am I so willing to assign the more "suspect" meanings to myself?

Hopefully that adds some clarity.

Comments

[fairyhead.livejournal.com]

Argh!!!!

It matters because *you* give it that weight and *you* give it that definition.

If you're referencing 'bedroom' thoughts/actions, then there is only a very small number of people involved and they are the only ones who have any say in definitions. Period.

If you're referencing 'non-bedroom' thoughts/actions, then while society (or, in my opinion, more like a few morons) may use definitions such as above, it doesn't mean that they're *right*.

And, you know why you apply the more 'suspect' meanings to yourself ... 1. it seems like it'll be better if you beat 'them' to the punch 2. you set higher standards for yourself than you do for others 3. you try to anticipate the very worst that things, or you, can be 4. you are a big ol' silly head who needs to learn to give yourself a little slack and the permission to have fun.

Neener, neener, neener!! *smooch*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_amaranthe_/]

I tend to agree with your lovely... You're being a big ol' silly head who shouldn't be so hard on yourself. You're a beautiful, deeply sensitive and insightful person. THAT is what's important.

[fairyhead.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! Another ally in the war to Cut A Some Slack!! (Well, for nasty definition stuff, etc., *not* for taking care of the yard and such. Muah ha!)

[scottopic.livejournal.com]

I was still kinda big on the "kinky fetishistic pervert" thing, just for the same reasons gay folk brazenly call themselves queer.

But I'll vote 4 as well.

[fairyhead.livejournal.com]

I was still kinda big on the "kinky fetishistic pervert" thing, just for the same reasons gay folk brazenly call themselves queer.

I concur, though it seems that it's much easier for me to ignore rules than some folks, ahem ...

But I'll vote 4 as well.

Great! I'm slowing growing a contingent, here. Bwah ha ha ha ha!