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Oh, you kinky Quebecers.

Two researchers have uncovered the 50 shades of Quebecersin a new study that they hope will change the definition of what deviant sexual behaviours are considered to be.

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While our province has always been known for its linguistic tensions, the study by researchers Christian Joyal and Julie Carpentier shows that we may soon become known for something much more erotic: our rather risqué sexual proclivities.

Handcuffs, blindfolds, spanking — Joyal said there is significant interest among Quebecers in engaging in those types of sexual activities. People aren’t just fantasizing about it, he added; they wish to do it.

Nearly half of the 1,040 Quebecers surveyed (45.6 per cent) have an interest in at least one type of sexual behaviour considered anomalous, like voyeurism, fetishism and masochism. One third of them had experienced the behaviour at least once.

“People want to be tied up,” said Joyal, a researcher at the Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal and the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, both affiliated with the Université de Montréal. “As long as it’s with a consenting partner, people will be relieved to know that their desires are not necessarily abnormal.”