When I was 8 and a half, I read my older sister's "Seventeen" magazine (the July issue, I think). There was an article in it written by a guy who went to visit a female friend who was in bed with the flu, and he ended up in bed with her.
For some reason, it had quite an effect on me, and ever since I have found illness and people who naturally look unwell (pale, thin, dark circles under eyes etc) extremely erotic.
1. How unusual is this?
2. What would be the psychological reason behind it? Why would this be such a turn-on for me?
3. What purpose does it serve from an evolutionary perspective? I mean, doesn't survival of the fittest suggest I should be attracted to the fittest, healthiest specimen I can find to protect me and pass on prime genetic material to my offspring?
Any thoughts?
2006-08-25
14:38:07
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