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>The eighteenth-century masquerade was inextricably linked to an erotic atmosphere. Issues of gender, sexuality and role-reversal were all tangled up within the confines of the ballroom. The activity at masquerades included the touching and fondling of strangers, and propelled a highly sexual energy among guests. The donning of masks brought an inevitable sexual tension prevalent among masquerade-goers. This tension is the subject of much scrutiny.
>Because the masquerade focused on the disguise of identity, the face was often hidden and the body emphasized [1]. Sexuality took on a whole new freedom at the masquerade ball. For the English masquerade participant, modesty was redefined. One did not need to follow the usual restraints of everyday life. Masks were particularly significant as aphrodisiacs: "conventional wisdom held that someone donning a mask, especially a woman, experienced an abrupt loss of sexual inhibition" [2]. Since a mask provided detachment from identity, it provided a sort of detachment from traditional morality, as well. Prostitutes were common at masquerades, and contributed to the sexually charged atmosphere. Promiscuity among women at masquerades was common [3], even if the sexual activity was not taking place at the ball, it was certainly exacerbated by the atmosphere and the aura of the masquerade.
>http://websites.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/masquerade/gender.html
Pic related is really what they implied with that fucking masked ball, didn't they?
>Because the masquerade focused on the disguise of identity, the face was often hidden and the body emphasized [1]. Sexuality took on a whole new freedom at the masquerade ball. For the English masquerade participant, modesty was redefined. One did not need to follow the usual restraints of everyday life. Masks were particularly significant as aphrodisiacs: "conventional wisdom held that someone donning a mask, especially a woman, experienced an abrupt loss of sexual inhibition" [2]. Since a mask provided detachment from identity, it provided a sort of detachment from traditional morality, as well. Prostitutes were common at masquerades, and contributed to the sexually charged atmosphere. Promiscuity among women at masquerades was common [3], even if the sexual activity was not taking place at the ball, it was certainly exacerbated by the atmosphere and the aura of the masquerade.
>http://websites.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/masquerade/gender.html
Pic related is really what they implied with that fucking masked ball, didn't they?
