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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

[champignon.livejournal.com]

One person's taste or preference is another person's idea of perversion.

Fetish seems like a different thing altogether to me... describing not being able to be attracted or stimulated without some thing or activity, as opposed to enjoying the presence of some thing or activity.

Anyway, if we were all the same and liked the same things and wanted to be the same it would be boring. I would say that none of it does really matter, unless one's tastes run to real non-consentual activities.

Whatever it is, it is simply what it is... "I am like this." "I like this." or "I like doing this." No labels or value judgements necessary, whether it's bedroom stuff, or anything else.