Cosplay and Sexuality

So my last post about girl gamers and sexuality had a lot of discussion spurred from it, and I have another topic that I often am asked about that I would like to put my two cents into. I dress up and get paid for it. To some people that sounds like some sort of scandalous way to make money, close to being a stripper or an escort. I have been asked if I get off from dressing up, or if I ever wear my cosplays to the bedroom.

The idea has occurred to me. I would be a liar if I said it hadn't. However, I do not wear my cosplays to the bedroom or have not yet. I don't cosplay because it is a kink of mine, I cosplay because I really look up to the characters I like to dress up as and it is my way of expressing my rabid affection for them. I think that people who don't understand cosplay instantly think it is some sort of nasty kinky thing that geeky people do. Think of it more as an art form, and yes sometimes art has sex in it. So there are things like cosplay deviants (which is an awesome website if you do like the geeky kink) but there are also people like me who just do it because I want to feel as awesome as Laura Croft or Black Widow.

Dressing up or role playing in sex has been a sort of 'taboo' and a lot of people are embarrassed o talk about it. Something that 'only happens in porn' or only really crazy people do. I personally think people shouldn't be so freaked out about sex. Biology indicates that we are all here to have sex, and we should stop being embarrassed about life. If dressing up like a video game or comic book character and getting it on is something that would totally get you off, then so be it. However, that is not why everyone dresses up.