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#20 Erotic Evolution & Sacred Kink: Exploring Desire After 60 with Hawthorn
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#20 Erotic Evolution & Sacred Kink: Exploring Desire After 60 with Hawthorn

What happens when you open your marriage after 35 years and start exploring kink at 60?

In this episode of The Erotic Realm, I speak with Hawthorn a 66 year old genderqueer pagan who describes themselves as a bottom leaning switch, sensual sadist, sensation slut, and erotic exhibitionist.

We explore:

  • What it means to be a switch later in life

  • Reichian psychology, gender evolution, and spiritual kink

  • Defining sexual satisfaction beyond orgasm

  • Sensation play, demisexuality, and “talking scenes”

  • How erotic ritual and pagan practice intersect

  • Why being fully seen is the most underrated form of erotic nourishment

Plus, Hawthorn reads from one of their own erotic writings live on the show.

Research Article:What is Sexual Satisfaction? Thematic Analysis of Lay People's Definitions

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