[lbo-talk] Re: the latest skirmish in the sexpositivity wars

Daniel Davies d_squared_2002 at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Jan 10 05:52:49 PST 2007


I've tried to follow this one as closely as possible and it seems that we're close to agreement that the whips 'n' chains bunch have got a right to do whatever they want and we shouldn't condemn them from a political point of view. That all seems fair enough.

On the other hand, I have to confess that I find the whole concept pretty hilarious. It's partly the way that they appear to take themselves so seriously, but I would be fibbing if I didn't admit that I also find the activities in question pretty risible as a way of getting your kicks, rather in the way that sucking poisonous smoke into your lungs is, objectively speaking, a pretty silly way to spend a tea break.

Is there a duty on me to at least try to take BDSM etc seriously in its own terms? Or am I OK to continue to chuckle at the utter ridiculousness of it, as long as I'm not too nasty to people to their faces, and as long as I don't whine if they have a go back at me? Would it change matters if I pretended to get sexually excited by mocking BDSMers?

best dd

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