I want to perform an unnatural act.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker expresses a desire to engage in something socially or morally prohibited.
- In plain terms
- I want to do something people say is wrong.
- What can you take from it?
- Challenging norms often starts with admitting desire for the forbidden.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What boundaries feel necessary to you?
- Why do we label acts unnatural?
Another view
Desiring something forbidden doesn't justify harming others.
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