BDSM is Evil
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The pleasures of S&M and D/s are alien to people of conventional sexuality. This is one of the more tolerant passages from one of the most anti-BDSM articles that I’ve ever seen.
The victim is sold into a kind of fake spirituality based on a promise that they will have a god-like experience or get “to touch heaven” if they are “ready to accept anything, no matter how unpleasant.” The sadists act as a kind of preacher of some false religious mumbo jumbo to serve their own need of having the ability to legally torture and abuse others. The victim is rewarded only when in complete and total compliance with absolutely every desire of the torturer. They claim they are giving the victim a special kind of gift that they are lucky to be receiving, that they are being allowed to return to their “animal state.”
I’ve been in that “animal state.” Not what I’d call it since for me it is more akin to a state of grace. Clearly the author has no idea of how most people interact in D/s.
The writer did find some terribly silly, even wicked sounding extremists to quote. Naively, tendentiously she treats these people as typical of people who enjoy BDSM.
The article is worth reading only if you’d like to read an exceptionally ill-informed, hysterical perspective on BDSM.
Comments
As a sexual sadist and a member of several BDSM discussion groups, I have this to say…
The anti-BDSM article was mostly right.
While it was a little extreme, it was more honest than a lot of pro-BDSM writings I’ve read. BDSM’ers twaddle on about how submission is a pseudo-religious experience, and how dom/sub lets people have a “state of grace,” while neglecting to mention the reality of it. I’m sorry, but a lot of subs are just doing it to evade responsibility, and a lot of doms are doing it so they can boss someone around for their own benefit. Domination and submission, in most cases, just degrades all the people involved, mentally and emotionally. I’ve had “states of grace” when I slack off from my work responsibilities, but it doesn’t excuse my shirking. Yeah, it feels good, but what does it make you? A better person? I think not.
Delete this post if you want. It’s your loss.
Posted by: Ashali | April 6, 2007 1:27 PM