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In Deviant Desires, author Katharine Gates goes for the jugular. Leaving the relatively "normal" realms of BDSM (Bondage & Discipline/SadoMasochism), transgenderism, and shrimping behind, the topics explored in Deviant Desires are completely "off the map" in comparison. Ranging from in-depth chapters on Pony Play to Balloon Fetishes with stops along the way about Giantesses, Crushing, and Fat fans, Gates raises the bar with each chapter. Even our old pal Romain Slocombe (see above) makes an appearance with his Broken Dolls photography near the end of the book.
My favorite chapter has to be the "catch all" finale to the book that addresses (among other things) attraction to androids ("My Living Doll" anyone?) and erotic fan fiction. The drawings of popular science fiction characters in compromising positions aren't easy to forget.
Gates is highly respectful of her subjects, neither exploiting them nor psychoanalyzing them. The fun the people have with their fetishes is apparent and rather "normalizing"! While the idea of people enjoying themselves while not indulging in "vanilla sex" may be offensive to some, this book is for the silent, (a)moral majority! (ISBN: 1890451037)
S&M is too mainstream for this book, it is not another tired recounting of leather clubs or bondage practices. Explored here are people who are imaginative enough to use a big #10 can of Pork & Beans as a sex toy, or balloons, or those who are creative enough to construct elaborate fantasies involving normally chaste fictional characters (Spock does Kirk), or those who enjoy role play as domestic animals.
A very sensitive and compassionately written chapter on Fat Admirers and those they desire was of particular interest to me as a lifelong overweight man. It is indeed rare to find these issues discussed with respect and kindness in any published media, much less in a book on sex.
Ms. Gates makes a contribution to our knowledge about ourselves that is fun to read and interesting to explore. The illustrations she has collected here alone make the book worth having in any library. This book would make a great gift for anyone with an abiding curiosity about what goes on behind the neighbor's closed doors. Indeed, I look at popular advertising with an entirely new awareness these days. These fetishes are everywhere.
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