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BY DR LIZ POWELL
TABOO FANTASIES and K I N K S in a healthy way?
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There’s been a lot of debate on social platforms like Twitter regarding the boundaries of what’s considered healthy and acceptable when it comes to our innermost kinks and fantasies. Specifically, we’ve seen discussions regarding controversial themes like incest fantasies and other explicit content on websites like AO3, a hub for fan fiction and erotic literature. AO3, in particular, hosts a variety of explicit content from many genres, including themes that may provoke discomfort or revulsion, like bestiality or incest. It is also a unique site in that it has extensive tagging and searchability features, making it all the easier and more accessible for users to find anything that might suit their fantasies. This is where a lot of people have mixed feelings and raise questions about whether indulging in such literary fantasies is indicative of harmful desires or behaviors in the real world. If something is considered wrong in the real world, you should never think, fantasize, or enjoy reading smutty porn about it, right? An intriguing post I read on Twitter recently regarding the HBO show House of the Dragon, which has featured many cases of incestual relations, challenged the notion of incest fantasies with “You only think it’s hot because the people are hot.” Additionally, that it’s not the incest itself that is a turn-on to viewers, but rather “It’s the people,” referring to how the show casts attractive actors to perform its incestual sex scenes.
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