undergroundsea
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Joined: 6/27/2004 From: Austin, TX Status: offline
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I am curious how you would feel if you were at work at a company and a male colleague called and offered oral sex to you? Regardless of how you feel, I imagine most people would find the proposition inappropriate. A call about BDSM related fun is not inappropriate to you because you are comfortable with BDSM. I am trying to imagine how a third party might feel by imagining what if someone called me to joke about an activity with which I am not comfortable (chidren, etc). In this case the colleague did not seem offended. However, I think he was not given a choice had it been offensive to him. The world will not end but I think it is respectful and courteous to others to not spring upon them our private lives and include them on humiliation play for the benefit of the two engaging in the humiliation play. Everybody has their own comfort zone with such matters and I am describing that mine. I think the behavior by the man in question is inappropriate at a work place. It is not so much a prank as sexual play. Even if it appears as a prank to third parties, this behavior is grounds for trouble and termination. Can you imagine reading a story about such a conversation in the paper where the receptionist was a woman? While I am not personally offended by content of the discussion, I think most employers and most vanilla people would treat it as grounds for sexual harrassment and termination. Regardless of our own boundaries, I think it is wise to be practical and be respectful of boundaries of others. Coming out in a positive way helps the overall image of BDSM, like it did for homosexuality. In my opinion, his behavior undermines such an effect. I suppose the humor value I see in this call is outweighed by what I consider risks to the man, and intrusions upon his colleagues. Between the three of you, it would be easiest for you to see the humor because you are free of those risks and intrusions. Cheers, Sea
< Message edited by undergroundsea -- 10/19/2007 11:48:58 AM >
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