Oh this is an easy one! While everyone is different and there are new kinds of sex and sexual fetishes being reported all the time, ’vanilla sex’ is essentially considered to be standard or normal sex. This term stems from vanilla flavour, be it ice-cream or the like as it the most basic, plain or conventional and with the widest appeal as far as flavours go. Vanilla doesn’t solely describe sex acts however. It may often be used t describe someone who doesn’t take risks or is very straight and narrow in a non-sexual context. So in short, if you don’t get down and dirty with handcuffs, leather masks and the optional gimp, you may be described as vanilla!