beltainefaerie -> RE: Play without a safe word (11/24/2007 9:20:07 AM)
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I don't play with strangers anyway, but if I did, there would be safewords. I do find that while I am being beaten, it is much easier to get the word "yellow" or"red" out than "Master, my leg has fallen asleep and I think I may fall over", which I can easily say once the beating has stopped. What I use with my Master is sort of a combination of safewords and good direct communication. We have also done scenes where I had no safeword per se, but I knew that we were pushing my limits and the only way the scene was going to end was for me to curl up at his feet, kiss his boots and beg him to stop. Really, I think you can do many things with a known person and safewords are not always necessary, but with strangers it really makes sense to me. If there is role-play involved, I think they are essential. I play with a delightful doll (think sissy without any forced feminization). She protests and whimpers at many things, but has used a safeword to effectively communicate when it was real, just as I think safewords would be necessary to me if I were to engage in rape play. When protesting or "No! Stop!" are part of the fun, you really ought to have something that does mean stop. I have known people who were raped, because they had no way to communicate that they were not playing.
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