• radix@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    For some people, kink is about power exchange and roleplay, not always about sex. Kink is another type of activity and attraction (like, there’s friendship, romance, sexual partnership, and kink). Just like how romantic and sexual attraction often go together but you can separate them out sometimes (friends with benefits), I find that sexual and kinky activity often but not always go together.

    For example, you could be friends with benefits except the benefits deal with your mind (power exchange, playing around) and not so much your sexual organs. That could be friendship, kink, and not sex.

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      1 year ago

      I’d add to put it simply, something can make you happy without it turning you on. Like other interests.

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      1 year ago

      Thank you! I appreciate the perspective :)