One form of geek courtship

[firecat]

She calls it "geek sex." Whatever you call it—yeah, that. I like.

http://mslorelei.dreamwidth.org/2220.html

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[slfisher.livejournal.com]

In the small world department, I'm friends with Paulina Borsook, though I've not read the book they reference.

[daze39.livejournal.com]

From the link:
> Seriously, the "geek flirt" is defined as a straight
> proposition. "I'd like to have sex with you." It works quite
> often, and nobody needs to worry about social subtleties.
> Also, "No, thanks" is an acceptable answer.
>
> You may notice a certain similarity to BDSM negotiation here.

Yeah, really... that's pretty close to what I mean when I describe myself as "running my vanilla on a kink OS": anything is potentially open to friendly negotiation, but without assumptions based on some sort of tacitly accepted cultural expectations...