" I have learned a huge amount and been introduced to spaces that encourage healthy and joyful attitudes towards sexuality." This is what intrigued me about the play - the misrepresentation of kink and the more 'subversive' ways of achieving pleasure, alongside how rediscovering how we achieve orgasm may challenge our perceptions of gender roles and the 'power dynamic' within a relationship. In The Misandrist, we explore the misconceptions behind having a 'normal sexual relationship'. Anything outside of that is deemed perverse and often comes alongside an image of a gimp suit, a full moon and slaying a goat before conversing with the devil. To many though, 'normal' when applied to sex means heteronormative, missionary, and boring. "Whether that means you like to be whipped, blindfolded, and massaged solidly for an hour, or there's 10 of you in a cage covering one another in yoghurt and dancing to Simply Red, that's OK.'" Image: iStock/Moussa81 As long as the safe words are clear, the intentions are honest and everyone has checked in - that should be what we consider 'normal' in a sexual relationship. Whether that means you like to be whipped, blindfolded, and massaged solidly for an hour, or there's 10 of you in a cage covering one another in yoghurt and dancing to Simply Red. In that regard, normal sex should stand for 'consensual, communicative, and pleasurable for all those involved'. What does normal sex mean? Normal means 'usual, typical or expected'. What may be more surprising is that all these kinks and styles of sexual pleasure are normal. Who is into feet? Who is a pegging machine? Who is a loving little vanilla who loves sex 'god's way'? No doubt the truth is surprising. One of my favourite games to play on the tube is to work out what everyone's 'kinks' are.
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