I see. And seriously, if I had been 16 what would you have said?
"Is this a Pokeymans convention? How cute! My little cousin loves Japanimation. Which one are you? Swordmon?"
Despite the face I was clearly dressed as a maid?
You're right. You got me. I would have asked if you are now or ever have been a member of the Communist Party.
Some people just don't get off on the feeling of holding power over someone or having someone submit to them, and some people don't get off on submitting to others, being restrained or feeling overpowered.
Interesting anecdote that may or may not be relevant. Senior year I had to take a course on data analysis in the social sciences - basically how to use SPSS to conduct scientific surveys. We all had to do a final project on some kind of hypothesis and prove it, or examine trends and put together a reasoning why the data doesn't support the hypothesis. Our data set was exit polls from the 2000 presidential elections.
My hypothesis: people who identify themselves as part of a cultural, religious, or ethnic group that is a statistical minority (e.g. black, Jewish, Hispanic, recent immigrants, etc.) are more likely to vote Democrat because the base policies of the Democratic party represent a bulwark against the excesses of individual power, through the idea of a government that protects its people rather than is as small as necessary.
The data didn't prove that, but it didn't prove the opposite either.
I dunno. I don't normally ask around but I wonder if there's some kind of ethnic or religious correlation in sexuality towards BDSM/domsub relationship dynamics. Hunh. Interesting.
For the record I don't care what consenting individuals do behind closed doors as long as nobody inflicts nonconsensual pain or diseases/pregnancy (use safewords AND condoms, please!). I'm vanilla but to each his/her/its own.
