This needs to be boosted. Black women are ignored and silenced in many areas but it is really a problem when it comes to victimization in sexual assault. The “strong black woman” trope allows black women to be ignored when it comes to aid and care. They need us fam. Black women aren’t superheroes, they aren’t magic, they are human beings, and need help and respect. Stop sexual assaults and help the black woman!
This needs to be boosted. Black women are ignored and silenced in many areas but it is really a problem when it comes to victimization in sexual assault. The “strong black woman” trope allows black women to be ignored when it comes to aid and care. They need us fam. Black women aren’t superheroes, they aren’t magic, they are human beings, and need help and respect. Stop sexual assaults and help the black woman!
For a community that proclaims itself to generally be a safer place to explore sexuality than the traditional (“vanilla”) populace, a community whose entire foundational ethos is “safe, sane, consensual,” this is kind of a disaster.
So…this is very, very bad. Of kinksters responding to this question, 30% had had a prenegotiated limit violated. Those numbers are even worse than victim self-reports of rape in the general population; which the New York Times reports as about 20% based on a study supported by the National Institute of Justice.
Communities ostensibly based on consent, with more consent violations than the general population.
If both the 20% figure from the Times’ report Thomas cites and the NCSF’s own survey results are accurate, and they may not be exact for many possible reasons, then there are 50% more consent violations in the BDSM Scene than elsewhere.
In other words, that’s a 50% increase in likelihood you will be sexually assaulted, and all you have to do is join the BDSM community.
and this is only taking into account “previously negotiated limits.” it’s not addressing the fact that many “subs” are groomed into doing bdsm, how “doms” specifically prey on vulnerable populations (eg. rape survivors, especially young female survivors of csa), how a lot of those “previously negotiated limits” are beyond what anyone could consider healthy, etc.
For a community that proclaims itself to generally be a safer place to explore sexuality than the traditional (“vanilla”) populace, a community whose entire foundational ethos is “safe, sane, consensual,” this is kind of a disaster.
So…this is very, very bad. Of kinksters responding to this question, 30% had had a prenegotiated limit violated. Those numbers are even worse than victim self-reports of rape in the general population; which the New York Times reports as about 20% based on a study supported by the National Institute of Justice.
Communities ostensibly based on consent, with more consent violations than the general population.
If both the 20% figure from the Times’ report Thomas cites and the NCSF’s own survey results are accurate, and they may not be exact for many possible reasons, then there are 50% more consent violations in the BDSM Scene than elsewhere.
In other words, that’s a 50% increase in likelihood you will be sexually assaulted, and all you have to do is join the BDSM community.
and this is only taking into account “previously negotiated limits.” it’s not addressing the fact that many “subs” are groomed into doing bdsm, how “doms” specifically prey on vulnerable populations (eg. rape survivors, especially young female survivors of csa), how a lot of those “previously negotiated limits” are beyond what anyone could consider healthy, etc.