What I Have Learned From Academic Research

As I might have mentioned, the topic of my research paper is how the proliferation of the internet has impacted people's sexuality and sexual behavior. In order to come up with research articles, I spent a lot of time searching various sex-related journals for use of the word "internet". (This was the best method I found; all attempts to narrow or focus my search ended with no results.) Since my search methods were less than precise, I've spent a lot of time browsing through unrelated journal articles. Combined with the research for my paper, I've learned a few things, namely:

• A LOT of scientists have studied the practice of condom-less sex among gay men. Seriously, during my research I thought about creating my own Research Paper Drinking Game where I would down a shot every time I came across the word "barebacking".
  
• "Autassassinophilia is a paraphilia (i.e. "fetish") in which a person is sexually aroused by the risk of being killed." I have no idea how to pronounce that.
  
• Social scientists REALLY enjoy coming up with cutesy article titles. Some of my favorite examples: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered ... I’m Yours”: Calibrating Body Ownership through the Consensual Mastery/slavery Dynamic; the elegantly simple Hey stud: Race, sex, and sports; and the enigmatic Silver 'porn bullet' for information technology industry?
  
• Studies regarding the use of pornography and other sexually explicit materials are still disturbingly biased toward male use.
  
• Apparently sex, and especially porn, is bad, yo. Not all of the research agrees, but man: it is difficult to find good, comprehensive research that focuses on normal, healthy, positive sexuality.
  

Can I get a HELL YEAH???

20 page research paper? DONE!

Weekly assignments for online classes? DONE!

Fortnight-long illness? RETREATING!

That's three ticks in the 'win' column for me.

And you know what else makes me happy? THERE IS NOW A HISTORICAL FIGURE KINK MEME! Behold: history_kink. The first prompt made me LOL: "Abe Lincoln/anyone, spanking." Why is that so funny?

Anyway, I am all over this meme! The only disappointing part is that I'm almost positive I'm not a strong enough writer (or historian!) to pull off RPF of serious historical figures. I'll just have to entertain myself with prompting.

I'm still working on scenarios for my prompts, but so far I know I want:

*Harry Houdini in some sort of elaborate bondage fic.

*And, off of a conversation I had with evilhippo a long time ago, I would like a Franz Ferdinand/ Sophie Chotek (his eventual wife) fic. If you don't know the story of FF and Sophie, you can read an abridged version on Wikipedia. It is SO EPIC! They were not allowed to marry, because Sophie was not of a high enough station. FF campaigned for YEARS, and would agree to marry no one else. Finally, they were allowed to marry, provided FF gave up succession rights for his children, and they accepted that Sophie would not share the same rank and priveleges as her husband. She died in the car with him during his assassination in Sarajevo.

IS THAT STORY NOT JUST CRYING OUT FOR FIC? Perhaps an illicit scene from the years before they were allowed to marry...

I AM EXCITE!