Ladies…as a woman who adores the artistic expression that costume offers…I am also not unaware of the erotic possibilities of “dressing up” in the bedroom!
Psychological theorists representing variant perspectives, from Freud to Tajfel & Turner (Social Identity Theory, 1979), have long understood the need for people to explore their multiple identities.
This is of course different from Multiple Personality Disorder, which is a mental diagnosis/disorder…rather, I refer to our desire, need even, to create disparate parts of self in order to feel…complete. You may be asking:
How in the world did she get from playing dress-up to psychological development?
Well…quite naturally actually! I am simply understanding our desires for play…as a manifestation of our:
Multi-Faceted Self…
our Personality Collage!
A healthy expression of the heterogeneous parts of ourselves as distinct personae as opposed to integrated self-states…and what better way to achieve that therapuetic exercise than through:
PLAYING DRESS-UP!
Assuming the identity of an imagined and exaggerated yet appealing “other” was a part of everyone’s childhood…why not re-enact such playful behavior as an adult…from a more sensual perspective? And why not appeal to that nearly iconic archetype:
The Naughty School Girl
Here we arrive at our theme, Sex-Toy Tuesday has inspired this entry suggesting what I find to be perhaps the most tantalizing aphrodisiac of all…foreplay that not only employs the external:
a short play skirt and a prim white blouse
BUT…also pulls on the internal:
the naughty school girl…within us ALL!
I realize that the fall serves for ample opportunities to get dressed-up…and so this year…I challenge you to draw on some of the lesser developed sensual-selves within you…and don a costume that engenders erotic exploration with your partner…both psychologically and…PHYSICALLY!
Happy Play-Time! …xxx c.
