Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society Kink in the Renaissance
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Mar 5, 2024 Explore how writers in Renaissance England played with ideas of sexuality, including Shakespeare's exploration of power dynamics for pleasure. Learn about non-traditional ideas of sex, fantasy, and desire in the era. Uncover hidden kink themes in English Renaissance literature and theater. Discuss power dynamics, taboos, and historical sexual relationships in literature and porn. Get excited for the upcoming Kinky Renaissance collection and individual books.
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Kink As Eroticisation Of Non‑Penetrative Acts
- Kink names eroticization of actions beyond penetrative sex.
- Renaissance writers eroticized acts like sweat, bondage, and staged scenes.
Kink Can Intensify Rather Than Subvert Norms
- Kinky practices sometimes intensify mainstream sexual norms instead of subverting them.
- People in history could consensually heighten power differences as erotic scenes.
Literature Reveals Fantasies Absent From Diaries
- Scholars turn to literature because sexual diaries are rare.
- Drama and poetry reveal fantasies, scenes, and desires people imagined.