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Hello. Welcome, I’m Renée Valentina and this is Musing Interruptus. Today, In Times Of Seduction.
This is a special episode going out to my friends who are in the process of seducing, courting, flirting, or wooing, and who have fallen in love, putting it all on the line for a promised surrender and peace. In search for the antidote to desire, which is in someone else's hands. I hope you take this in the spirit it is written. 
But first, a brief preamble... The concept of seduction has had a bad rep. You just have to trace back to the laws written surrounding seduction to see who was or has been protected. In the US in 1873, a 16-year-old girl could be accused of seducing an adult man, if said man invoked the law, thus letting him off the hook of any paternal responsibilities. Laws tell us a lot about the people of a place, their values, and hierarchies. A lot of laws were created to protect men’s privileges, and to shirk responsibilities incurred naturally with sex, including those imposed by society. A woman’s virtue was as good as what people collectively believed of her. That is still true in many cases. Social rules existed for a reason, and hierarchies were set into place and violently enforced. Feminism has come a long way in this sense. Now we question the who and how violence is defined and the protection of people in power who abuse their positions. 
Additionally, seduction is generally understood as a process in which a false promise is made. And enticement. I’ve spoken against the use of strategies to simulate and stimulate desire. Especially through the abuse of fear of abandonment and the need for validation. I stand by that. This is a different side. For some, this process is the gateway to partnership. A part of the process. For others it is a maneuver to gain leverage and achieve a more shortlived outcome. This is for the former case. 
Seduction is also more commonly defined as tempting or attracting. A process in which we naturally negotiate the meeting of body and mind in the biblical sense. You know what I’m saying. This process needs to be fed by both parties involved, which requires consent and implies the development of a deep understanding of the other’s love language, the balance between space and time to process, and the concrete acts. Processing is as important as the acts of seduction in which admiration and desire are articulated. A sex-drive in its purest form. A process that makes no promises. 
In the words of George Harrison, ‘It is gonna take time, a whole lotta precious time, patience and time, to do it right.” 
About the acts… well that is entirely up to you and your capacity to understand the other person and how you stimulate their intellect and imagination. You could use the strategies of dating coaches… which I don’t recommend. Generic seduction will get you a generic relationship. You could use your capacity to get to know the other. Observation and questions are part of it. You’ll figure out what is best. Just be reflective. You’ll know you are on the right track if you feel awe. And butterflies. 
Dear friend, don’t forget that the space between acts is crucial. Imagine you plant a seed that must be watered and it needs to exist in the wild. You can’t overwater it, you’ll kill it. Enclosure and close proximity will stifle growth. You don’t want that, do you friend? It feels like a risk, but the space between you both becomes a forcefield. Distance and time will be entirely up to you and your gauging the situation. Listening to what the other needs. Act. Time. Space. Growth. Continue Reading

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