How I Reconciled Feminism with My First Step into the ‘Dark Side’ of BDSM
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Adherents of radical feminism believe that egalitarianism means eradicating the desire for men and women to partake in domination games, particularly in sexuality. They criticize the consensual pain and domination experienced by submissive women yet gloss over the reality of submissive men, dominant women, and a plethora of powerful gender-bending LGBTQ people who partake in BDSM.
Human sexuality is not a neat and pretty package. It is the most lizard-like part of our brains. It is dark, dirty, mean, playful, dominant, submissive, and messy. That complexity and wildness is what makes sex fun, intense, complicated and dynamic. I won't be trading my kinky proclivities for the civil love-sessions of the sanctimonious.
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Feminism has seemed to have turned into this kind of good ol' girls club. Where the elite, good-looking, interesting women write articles about whatever activities they are doing and then give a feminist take on it.
It's a social club where we all get together and reflect what its like to be a rich women and a rich man's world. Lots of talking about feelings, lots of abstract deep philosophy...
Not a lot there to do with petitioning the government. What laws do feminists want?