Powerotic

Some time ago on SMTR someone made the intelligent observation that there’s a difference between a power dynamic (something possibly quite sexy) and a power differential (something inevitably rather unattractive).

This has simmered on the back burner of my mind for some time now, but I think the difference is a set of reconciled symbols – or mutual functionality – or mutual, effective and successful love symbol negotiation, a specific kind of functional interactivity versus a general kind of inability to function (power differential).

As such, I think the most important aspect to a ‘power dynamic’ is the ‘dynamic’ part – i.e. that it functions, that it works for both people. Whatever dynamic a couple has, so long as it remains functional for both of them, I’ll bet it has equal potential to be sexy.