Violent Displays of Affection: Connection and Intimacy through Rough Body Play

It's easy to focus on details of form and technique with rough body play; it's sensational (in all forms of the word), loud, sometimes there's even screaming. But the truly powerful part of it is in it's ability to connect at a deep and primal level.

Is smacking your partner just sadistic? Maybe. But when all the pieces line up, it can be romantic, bonding, and extraordinarily powerful.

The raw flow of power exchanged back and forth between a Top and a bottom during rough body play happens viscerally; when you know your play well enough to let technique guide your hands, you can pay attention to the connection, whether it's raw primal fucking energy, forging a deeper connection, intimacy, the beauty of power exchange, or even just fun and laughter in coming together to let go. Tears of pain mingle with tears of joy, violence and tenderness blur together, and something deep and special can happen.

For more information about the Advanced Rough Body Play class at noon, visit this page.

Cost at the door: $25.

Attendance is limited to 40 people.

Questions may be directed to: education@thefspc.org

About the Educator:

Roughinamorato is a charmingly sadistic bastard who believes that kink should be fun; just because you're torturing someone doesn't mean you can't both have a good laugh between the screams. He's been teaching in the BDSM scene since 2006.

His journey of self-discovery into kink and BDSM has led him to want to share that joy and pain with others, through classes about rough body play, rope, connection, and sexual expression. He has become an internationally renowned presenter and has taught at events across the world including Dark Odyssey, Shibaricon, The Gathering, Thunder in the Mountains, Frolicon, The Floating World, Winter Wickedness, WestCoast Bound, Rope Camp, the Fetish Flea, and many more. He runs Rough Crowd, a monthly rough body play workshop in Chicago, and Rough Crowd Academy, a rough body play intensive weekend that has made appearances in cities from San Francisco to Boston, Toronto to Sydney. He also runs Rough Crowd Cigars, a monthly-ish smoker.

You can find him on FetLife at fetlife.com/roughinamorato, on Twitter @roughinamorato, or on the web at http://roughinamorato.com and http://roughcrowd.org.

Roughinamorato lives in Chicago.

This workshop is produced by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, producer of the Seattle Erotic Art Festival. Please go to TheFSPC.org for more information.

This event is sponsored by the Center for Sex Positive Culture.