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perverseangelic -> RE: Dominant Female Psychiatric Nurses and BDSM practices (10/18/2005 1:55:26 PM)
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( This is probably the harshest reply I've ever written on these boards. It isn't like me to make accusatory or insulting statements about posters or posts, but I feel very strongly about this. I am a mentally ill person. I have not been hospitalized, but my family has threatened me with hospitalization. I can be ok with fantasy material about this kind of abuse. I am not ok with the persistant, demanding tone of this thread that seeks to use real and legitimate suffering as a means of arousal. )
I don't see a single person in this thread saying that legitimate abuse of mentally ill individuals is "rubbish"
What I see are very bright, compationate people questioning the motives of the OP, as I myself did.
I have no doubt that there is abuse in the mental hospital system. Why do you think I've worked so hard to keep myeslf -out- of it? However, that is -not- what this thread was about. This thread was not a "lets sympathize with the victims" thread.
It was one writen, repeadely, asking dominant women to post their stories of abuse in such a manner that it was -clear- it was for titilation.
If this is not the case, why was it posted on these boards? No, bdsm is not all sexual in nature, but much of our power dynamics are about our lives as sexual beings.
The original question seemed to be 'how do you seperate your pleasure from your work" That question makes sense to be posted here. How -does- a sadist in a line of work that can involve inflicting pain seperate his/her emotions? Well, several individuals have answered that question. Their spesific answers are in the thread, but laregely, individuals stated that they simply -do- That to abuse someone in their care would violate their morals and as such is reprehensable, and that their power dynamics are about relationships or consenting victims, not unwilling participants.
Apparantly these answers aren't good enough.
While I disagree with prevelence of abuse, as described by the OP, I don't have enough information to back that up. Without a doubt abuse occurs and has occured. What I fail to see is what this has to do with BDSM. It's abuse. Plain and simple. Whether or not the abusers drew satisfaction from it is as immaterial as if a domestic abuser enjoys kicking the hell out of their SO. It isn't BDSM. It isn't legal. It isn't moral.
To continue to create such threads, with the tone that they are created with, demonstrates, to me, a horrible lack of empathy and consideration.
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