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Disclaimer : i am a dom/top/whatever you want to call it in my private life. Even more interestingly, the majority of the fetish/BDSM community is heavily femi
by di4na 10y ago
Disclaimer : i am a dom/top/whatever you want to call it in my private life.
Even more interestingly, the majority of the fetish/BDSM community is heavily feminist and open minded. (There are always grey nuance and complex case but still) It is a community that is deeply rooted into consent and people that submit making a conscious and informed decision.
You tend to meet people that accept someone else opinion or lifestyle, that are team player and adapt to others, more than proselyts or zealots.
Interestingly, the legal implications are complex, and most of the time, in the US, would not support the lifestyle that much. Consensual non-consent or violence is a strange place legally.
But from the public information so far, it seems hard to believe that this was about proselytising or promoting anything.
Just a witch hunt. Which, to be honest, do not surprise me.
I am semi public about my personal involvement since 50 Shades, because i accept the problem i could get in exchange of informing people that need it (50 shades is hated in a lot of the community for good reasons)
It is not easy and you get a lot of anxious/uneasy look.
- tptacek 10y agoTo be clear: the claim here --- not that you'd know it from the article --- is that proselytizing was in fact an issue.
- di4na 10y agoWell proselytising what ? Because once again, the fact he plays as a Gorean master does not mean he believes women to be subhuman. This tends to be the problem with most of these things. But in any case we really lack information here.
- aries1980 10y agoRegardless what he believes, whether it is in line with the mainstream western values or not, it hurts the inclusion and tolerance to expel members based on that. One's taste, political views (regardless how extreme it is) should not be a subject of investigation in a professional community.
- mcphage 10y agoIt wasn't an issue in Dries' article, either.
- uwootm8 10y agoDisclaimer : i am a drug user/junkie/whatever you want to call it in my private life. Even more interestingly, the majority of the drug using community is heavily feminist and open minded. (There are always grey nuance and complex case but still) It is a community that is deeply rooted into using drugs and people that use drugs making a conscious and informed decision. You tend to meet people that accept someone else opinion or lifestyle, that are team player and adapt to others, more than proselyts or zealots. Interestingly, the legal implications are complex, and most of the time, in the US, would not support the lifestyle that much. Consensual use or addiction is a strange place legally. But from the public information so far, it seems hard to believe that this was about proselytising or promoting anything. Just a witch hunt. Which, to be honest, do not surprise me. I am semi public about my personal involvement since someone else did drugs on tv/movies, because i accept the problem i could get in exchange of informing people that need it (drugs are hated in a lot of the community for good reasons) It is not easy and you get a lot of anxious/uneasy look.
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