Quote by jerseylynn
Everybody has something that turns them on. With that being said as long as it's Sane, Safe and Consensual we don't have to understand what turns another on. Just knowing what turns us on is all that really matters. Find the person that has the same likes as you do and let others do their thing as you do yours. Part of being human is not understanding.....just saying
I agree we don't have to understand everything about everything. In fact, some things are better left not understood sometimes.
But for myself, I am less likely to react negatively to certain people and their preferences if I have at least a little understanding of what it is they like, and perhaps a little of why that is.
I have found that quite a few people who like the BDSM element on here have been quick to tell me privately as well as publicly not to bother trying to understand anything. I might never grasp the full implications and subtleties, but I'm damned if I'm not going to bother trying to gain a little insight into certain lifetsyles and cultures to do with how humans behave in close relationships, interact and get intimate. To me, that's how ignorance and prejudice start.
That's just my opinion, obviously. Just because I can't think like a different individual does to myself, I don't think that I should sit back and not try to see the world fom their point of view, even if it's only for a short time. For me, trying to put myself outside my own little world for a minute helps me to grow as a person. I have a lot of growing to do with regards to sexuality, and I think that it's a good thing we don't all sit back constantly and just let others get on with their thing without at least examining how we feel about some of it.
And who knows, if I understood a little, I might find that I liked it too, rather than running away from it.
Don't worry, if you didn't mention it, somebody else would have, no doubt*. 
