If you consider yourself an erotically responsible, curious person, I must ask… Have you ever tried to sexualize something you initially felt repulsed by?
If I don’t feel like falling into rote masturbation, nor indulging in a slow-burn sensual session, tiptoeing across my psyche’s lines is one way I like to fast-track arousal.
There’s science behind this! Have you heard of the Old Brain? It’s that deep core brain which controls our vital functions and once powered our evolutionary ancestors. This Old Brain includes our hypothalamus. The hypothalamus manages our “Four F’s” — fighting, fleeing, feeding, and fornication. Since these F’s are all driven from the same small spot in our skulls, they can, and do, cross over.
It may be why after a fight you feel compelled to fuck. For my husband, and from practice, myself,1 the same sense that makes a person want to flee from disgusting, potentially life-threatening stimuli can turn you on.
If you want to explore new erotic domains, here are four nasty things I’d love to challenge you to sexualize. (Don’t worry, it’s not piss or shit. I’m not that weird. (No offense to James Joyce.))
