Masks and Motivation

[dr_mabeuse]

In a Halloween story that never got finished, I had a woman crash Halloween parties in a mask that entirely hid her face. She would then proceed to have the most casual sex with anyone she found interesting, knowing that her true identity was hidden.

I started to wonder about this. Assuming you had your pick of interested parties, could you do something like that? If you were assured that your identity wouldn't be known, could you hide behind a mask and have casual body-sex, or would the loss of identity take all the pleasure and meaning out of it?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

In a Halloween story that never got finished, I had a woman crash Halloween parties in a mask that entirely hid her face. She would then proceed to have the most casual sex with anyone she found interesting, knowing that her true identity was hidden.

I started to wonder about this. Assuming you had your pick of interested parties, could you do something like that? If you were assured that your identity wouldn't be known, could you hide behind a mask and have casual body-sex, or would the loss of identity take all the pleasure and meaning out of it?

I tihnk the idea of annonyamous sex hols an appeal for a lot of people Doc. Not everyone, but a significant portion of the population, if assured their identiy was protected and their potential partners were disease free and/or on the pill, would go for it.

The difference in reality and writing it would be tough though, because the motivation would be hard to capture in words and you would loose a great deal of your ability to write gripping sex scenes because the personal interaction of participants would be abscent.

I think you could do such a sotry well. For what it's worth, imho, you have that kind of talent.

Edited to add: that would make a great Halloween chain story idea. With the opening author setting the scene and getting a list of what costume each Ah author would wear. And after setting the scene, Each author would write their own sex scenes with them, in their costume and the people/person they would hook up with. IF all sent their work to the main person running it, he/she could then start posting them, thus revealing who was behind each mask

 

[rgraham666]

To be honest, no.

Sex doesn't interest me at all unless I'm interested in the woman herself. So I would have to know who she is.

Otherwise, in my opinion, it's just a fancy form of masturbation. Of which I get quite enough, thanks.

 

[elsol]

I've got a penis.
She's got a vagina.

Names? Who needs names?

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Stella_Omega]

Do my partners wear masks too?
Then it wouldn't be as interesting to me, because I respond so strongly to faces and expressions.
I'd have to hide my tattoos, too... damn, that's some body makeup.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

If you were assured that your identity wouldn't be known, could you hide behind a mask and have casual body-sex, or would the loss of identity take all the pleasure and meaning out of it?

Yes, definitely. The loss of identity - or its hidding - would be the whole point of it, the entire turn-on. In fact, that's the whole point of Halloween, Carnaval or Mask Balls. I don't see where is the doubt.

 

[R. Richard]

To paraphrase Bernard Traven in "Treasure Of The Sierra Madre:" "We don't got to cho' you no steenking faces!"

 

[English Lady]

The mask thing might be fun, but for me, it would be the unveiling, the de-masking that would be pivitol to the experience being erotic. I don't think i could do masked sex - too impersonal for me.

Now reading about it might be a whole other ball game though....

 

[Penelope Street]

To me, casual sex is already meaningless. I don't see how the mask would change anything.

 

[impressive]

In a Halloween story that never got finished, I had a woman crash Halloween parties in a mask that entirely hid her face. She would then proceed to have the most casual sex with anyone she found interesting, knowing that her true identity was hidden.

I started to wonder about this. Assuming you had your pick of interested parties, could you do something like that? If you were assured that your identity wouldn't be known, could you hide behind a mask and have casual body-sex, or would the loss of identity take all the pleasure and meaning out of it?

Finish it, please.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

To me, casual sex is already meaningless. I don't see how the mask would change anything.

Oh, it would change everything. I mean, it would be best if you threw in the whole role-playing thing. Me in the Darth Vader mask and SJ in the Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz getup.

"Dorothy, cum... cum... cum to the Dark Side!" *Harsh breathing*

*ahem*



Sorry.

Q_C

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Finish it, please.

Well, I already did one. I've been playing with the idea of masks for a while. They fascinate me.

Here's a mask story I did for the Nude Day Contest if you're interested:

http://english.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=207296

What I found when I imagined myself in that situation (as the masked woman), was that, yes, I was free to do as I wished (and yes, she could see the men's faces), but I was more interested in being passive and seeing how the men would treat me (of course, my heroine is kind of passive and curious anyhow). What was really intriguing was what I imagined the male reaction would be. The masked woman is obviously feminine, but faceless and expressionless, so she becomes a symbol for all women, and the males play out their deepest feelings towards women with her, a confused mixture of love and rage.

I didn't go into it that deeply in the story, but I was surprised how it brought out in me a desire to get very physical with her. Because they can't see her face, it's like she doesn't respond to anything her lovers do, and that makes them get desperate to force a reaction from her, getting more and more extreme and finally both taking her at once.

It's a classic male erotic nightmare – the perfectly unresponsive woman. It scares us and drives us nuts.

 

[elsol]

It's a classic male erotic nightmare – the perfectly unresponsive woman. It scares us and drives us nuts.

It scares you and drive you crazy.

Me...

I imagine even dead pussy is better than masturbation... so if she's breathing, I'm ahead of the game.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Penelope Street]

Oh, [the mask] would change everything...

Allow me to clarify. For me, the mask wouldn't make casual sex meaningless- it's already meaningless.

 

[impressive]

Well, I already did one. I've been playing with the idea of masks for a while. They fascinate me.

It's not something that I've thought about in the past. However, the idea is intriguing. Donning a mask doesn't remove one's identity. It simply forces attention elsewhere. Since I prefer attention on those of my qualities which are not tied to youth and fitness, a mask could potentially be a plus. (In many ways, that is the role of the Internet -- and perhaps why marriages arising from Internet connections now have greater longevity than those from traditional meetings.)

As for a masked partner -- no problem. Appearance is at the bottom of my list of sensory importance. I use my vision mostly to just read nonverbal cues.

However, wearing a mask would not lessen or increase the likelihood of casual sex. If I'm inclined to boff someone, it'd happen with or without the disguise.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I think almost all men, unless they had something stopping them, such as a vow of chastity or a desire to be true to a SO or some other reason, would have any hesitation with having such impersonal and anonymous sex. Before I was married, I would have had no hesitation at all and would have been avid for the opportunity. When I say "almost all men" that's just my personal estimation.

The only problem I would have with wearing a mask is that it might interfere with eating her pussy.

As for gay men, how can you be any more anonymous that either side of a glory hole?

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Allow me to clarify. For me, the mask wouldn't make casual sex meaningless- it's already meaningless.

I caught that. I was mostly fucking around.

In a non-fucking around response, I don't know for certain it would. You have to remember that you're the only one who is masked. I think it all comes down to who these "interested parties" are whom the Doc is referring to.

If you tend to find people attractive more on non-physical reasons, are we talking about people we know? Meaning if there's a girl I would love to hit on but can't for certain reasons (perhaps I'm Jewish and don't want yelled at by my traditional grandmother, or I work with/for her, or she's a friend who feels that it isn't approporiate given our current friendship, etc) is she included in this "interested parties" category? Or are these also people whom I don't know and whom don't know me, meaning purely anonymous on both our parts?

Q_C

 

[LadyJeanne]

No, I wouldn't, because I want the guy having sex with me to be having sex with me because he wants to have sex with ME, not just a body.

I don't have casual sex anyway, because I think of sex as something that is driven by and enhanced by the relationship.

 

[CharleyH]

In a Halloween story that never got finished, I had a woman crash Halloween parties in a mask that entirely hid her face. She would then proceed to have the most casual sex with anyone she found interesting, knowing that her true identity was hidden.

I started to wonder about this. Assuming you had your pick of interested parties, could you do something like that? If you were assured that your identity wouldn't be known, could you hide behind a mask and have casual body-sex, or would the loss of identity take all the pleasure and meaning out of it?

Fascinating idea. Perhaps some do, I would prefer the look in the eyes or face. Nonetheless, what a fascinating character! Maybe in a way the Jungian thought of shadow comes out, only hidden by the persona? Anima and Animus? Yet, one must also ask ... is not a one night stand similar to casual body-sex? And then a get out, I dont want you here at breakfast, scenario?

 

[SeaCat]

Cool thread doc.

This is something I have thought about in the past and even did a story about something like this. (Not quite like it though.)

To me the thrill would not be so much the casual sex, but the trying to figure out who the other person was. Much like having sex in the dark. You think you know who the person is but you're not really sure.

Cat

 

[LadyJeanne]

To me the thrill would not be so much the casual sex, but the trying to figure out who the other person was. Much like having sex in the dark. You think you know who the person is but you're not really sure.

Cat

I'm not sure I'd ever buy this premise. People are very individual - shapes, textures, sizes, scents, tastes, sounds, movements, the way bodies fit together, rhythms. I'd have trouble accepting that someone wouldn't know the person they were expecting to be with isn't who they're actually with in the dark.

Unless you don't know either person very well and they're roughly similar in size and shape. I dunno. I guess it works as fantasy, but it woud have to be a well crafted story to really make me believe it wasn't as unlikely as tentacle porn.

 

[cantdog]

It would take a lot of suspension of disbelief. As LJ says. And yet, it seemes to me a powerful fantasy element. I like your idea that men react as they would to an ikon-- the woman with no face-- rage and love, trying harder and harder to provoke a visible reaction. Masculinity is a deed, a performance. Femininity is a presence, an identity. You can BE feminine, but a man is known by his deeds.

 

[Dar~]

Doc, to be completely blatant, you made me want to show up at your door naked with a mask on. The idea of sex as two bodies seeking only joined pleasure and release is an extreme turn on. I wouldn't even want to know who the other person was.

 

[Huckleman2000]

Didn't Ben Franklin write something like this? Except, instead of a mask over her face, he recommended a basket?

 

[R. Richard]

Didn't Ben Franklin write something like this? Except, instead of a mask over her face, he recommended a basket?

The quote is: [Part of a letter to a friend]
"Because in every animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: the Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an Old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement."