Transcript bubba.ppt
Ponyplay - Humans performing as horses under the control “grooms,” “owners,” or “trainers” in consensual erotic roleplay -Ponyplayers, ponyboys, ponygirls and human ponies - Ponyplayers are not interested in bestiality What do ponyplayers do? - Human ponies dress in various types of equestrian inspired restraining devices -Ponyplayers agree that human ponies must not speak or use their hands - Human ponies are “tacked,” groomed, gait trained, and entered into performances and competition that are modeled on real equestrian competitions - Human ponies are ridden in a two legged fashion - Or, in a four-legged fashion - Others pull carts - Show ponies perform choreographed steps under the direction of trainers during competitive events -Human ponies develop elaborate personas some are frisky Palominos, some are sturdy Clydesdales others are high-strung Arabian war horses -Magazines like “Equus Eroticus,” provide a forum for ponyplayers to communicate and connect with one another - Ponyplay may not be a new phenomenon - Cave painting from the Holocene period in southern France suggest that prehistoric humans impersonated horses during religious rituals -A 4,000 year old Assyrian frieze depicts a king riding into a conquered city on a chariot pulled by captive human ponies Phyllis riding Aristotle -British colonialists in India and Africa engaged in races and other games that involved the use of humans as ponies - “White Mischief” French erotic postcard, circa 1930’s Drawing from “Bizarre” magazine, 1946 -Ponyplay has many of the elements of “Bondage & Discipline” -the submissive is immobolized and subjected to verbal commands -“good” behaviors is rewarded, “bad” ones are punished - Ponyplay also has many of the elements of “Sadism & Masochism (S/M),” i.e., strenuous corporal punishment such as whipping - Some human ponies see this activity as a form of humiliation and they enjoy being “forced” to perform as beasts of burden - Others see their pony alter egos as noble and powerful beasts of burden that are treasured pets and exquisite objects of desire - Sex may or may not occur between two human ponies or between ponies and trainers/ owners/grooms - Ponyplay may lead to conventional sexual activities after a ponyplay session - Even in the absence of sex, however, ponyplayers acknowledge that these activities are sexually arousing Ponyplay fits well with the theory that sexually masochistic activities allow individuals to escape from the “self” by transforming into something other than the self “Vacation from Humanity”