Question for the satin destroyers out there....

Hi nightietickle,

This is a very good question, and I would like to know more too. In search for an answer I want evaluate what we do know, and then offer some ideas or theories after that.

First, we know that satin is used for elegant formal clothing. The fabric is identified with garments of beauty, and women like to wear satin to look beautiful. So we know that satin is used for beauty.

Second, men like a woman who is voluptuously shaped, and the satin fabric endorses that voluptuously shape, so satin agrees with the sex appeal.

Third, destruction of the satin garment implies dominance, so there is the concept of power, and that the “winner” has control over the “adversary”.

So in summary, what we do know is that satin is appealing as a mechanism for beauty, sex appeal, and dominance.

Now let me offer some ideas or theories.

First, take for example the satin Wedding Dress. Wedding dresses are a symbol of virginity, so when the bride is in a catfight, fighting to keep her dress “intact” and “unadulterated” is a “fight to keep her virginity”. Destruction of the wedding dress is humiliation of her beauty. And if the bride wins the fight, she is dominant, she has the power, but she has had to give up something of herself to achieve that. The more fabric the wedding dress has, the more the bride has to fight to keep herself intact.

Second, satin dress destruction could be seen as “fantasy rape” or “fantasy sex”. The ripping of satin clothing could be seen as a violation of the female body.

Third, satin dress destruction could be seen as freedom. For example, the female body that is enclosed in a tight satin dress (and the breasts inside that tight shape fitting bodice, or the hips that are covered by the dress skirt) need to be “released” and need to be “given freedom” so that the breasts “can breathe fresh air”. Following on from that is the idea of “rip my dress and take my cherry”.

Fourth, is the sound of satin dress ripping. Satin tears easily, is loud when it rips (especially taffeta), and the ripping sound gives forth the erotic sound of sexual violation and humiliation.

Fifth, satin is identified with high class women, and the thought of humiliating the “high class female snob” through ripping her dress open is quite appealing to those who are less fortunate.

Sixth, that satin is sensuous. The satin fabric is used for intimacy. And ripping that satin dress is to gain intimacy by violating that private space.

At the end of the day, I agree with you that it is a shame that a gorgeous satin dress is ruined or destroyed. But by contrast that is the result of sexual passion.

Those are my thoughts for an answer to your question.