Pleasure Mechanics

Tough and Tender

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How do you like it – Tough, or Tender? For many of us, what we truly crave is an exquisite blend of Tough & Tender, Rough & Romantic, Intense & Intimate. Tough & Tender don’t have to be opposite ends of a spectrum or mutually exclusive – we can revel in the delicious combinations of erotic energies, types of touch, relational styles and love languages. True satisfaction can only be found when we get real about the true complexity of what we crave!

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In this episode we unpack how we can each choose to notice and explore
our own relationship to tough and tender erotic play. We look at where
we may limit our own erotic expression because of our self-permission
and habits, and invite us to notice which end of the range of tough to
tender erotic play may feel more vulnerable for us to ask for, or
experience.

We invite you to explore what specific combinations of
tender and tough erotic energies and play we need, want and find
appealing. When we understand our own erotic specificity we can more
easily find a pathway to our sexual satisfaction. As always, we hope
that the conversation on this Speaking of Sex with the Pleasure
Mechanics episode gives you some more vocabulary, inspiration and
permission to keep expanding your erotic possibilities at your own
pace, in your own way.

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