P4M BOOK REVIEW: DEVIANT DESIRES: INCREDIBLY STRANGE SEX, BY KATHARINE GATES (JUNO BOOKS)
Even a lot of so-called "normal" sex is incredibly strange, if you're not the one who's having or wanting it, so it's no great surprise to discover a book called Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex. The surprise is that the book's approach is so ick-free. Genially but with perspicacity that would shame many supposedly more scientific researchers, author Katharine Gates has gathered descriptions, anecdotes, informal case studies and some damned amazing photos that focus on fetishes including some we bet you've never heard of: pony play, balloonism, giantess worship and/or fear, crush mania (as in guys who get off of sexy chicks crushing bugs and other stuff under their feet), obesity admiration, etc.
Gates doesn't exactly "explain" these fetishes; she knows that we've had too much of that approach, which is clouded by institutional condescension, for more than a century. What she does is allow the amazing people she's found to explain themselves: people like Barbara, who describes the sensation of putting on a pair of boots filled with custard; Galen, who tells why plush, stuffed animal toys are the ideal bedfellows; and Steve the balloon guy, who sheds light on the "to pop or not to pop" question." Wanna know what's hot about a Japanese schoolgirl run over by a car, lying bandaged and expectant on a hospital bed with her panties exposed? Parisian artist Robin Slocombe has that one covered, in her notorious paintings and photographs. Rounding out each chapter are handy sidebars with explanations like "What They Call Themselves" and "What They Do."
You may not already have heard of some of this stuff, but you'd be dull indeed if you weren't even slightly turned on by some of it, even if it is weird. And that's partly due the fact that Gates' fetishists are infectiously perky-- forget merely shameless!. (After reading 22 pages about balloon sex, you kinda wonder what it might be like to fuck, as Steve does, or get fucked by, as astronomy student and single mom Carrie does, a latex bag of air-- especially if, as Carrie says, "the sensation of the cool tight skin feels so wonderful" between her legs.) Moreover, you'd be dangerously incurious if you didn't click on the link at the end of this sentence, which connects to the newly expanded Deviant Desires website, at www.deviantdesires.com. That's where you'll find feedback forums, a FAQ, a schedule of Gate's upcoming public appearances, a fascinating "Ask Katharine" column-- and quite possibly a clue to that obscure sexual practice you may not even have tried yet but next year will be calling "the most rewarding part of my life."
Gates doesn't exactly "explain" these fetishes; she knows that we've had too much of that approach, which is clouded by institutional condescension, for more than a century. What she does is allow the amazing people she's found to explain themselves: people like Barbara, who describes the sensation of putting on a pair of boots filled with custard; Galen, who tells why plush, stuffed animal toys are the ideal bedfellows; and Steve the balloon guy, who sheds light on the "to pop or not to pop" question." Wanna know what's hot about a Japanese schoolgirl run over by a car, lying bandaged and expectant on a hospital bed with her panties exposed? Parisian artist Robin Slocombe has that one covered, in her notorious paintings and photographs. Rounding out each chapter are handy sidebars with explanations like "What They Call Themselves" and "What They Do."
You may not already have heard of some of this stuff, but you'd be dull indeed if you weren't even slightly turned on by some of it, even if it is weird. And that's partly due the fact that Gates' fetishists are infectiously perky-- forget merely shameless!. (After reading 22 pages about balloon sex, you kinda wonder what it might be like to fuck, as Steve does, or get fucked by, as astronomy student and single mom Carrie does, a latex bag of air-- especially if, as Carrie says, "the sensation of the cool tight skin feels so wonderful" between her legs.) Moreover, you'd be dangerously incurious if you didn't click on the link at the end of this sentence, which connects to the newly expanded Deviant Desires website, at www.deviantdesires.com. That's where you'll find feedback forums, a FAQ, a schedule of Gate's upcoming public appearances, a fascinating "Ask Katharine" column-- and quite possibly a clue to that obscure sexual practice you may not even have tried yet but next year will be calling "the most rewarding part of my life."
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