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Now there's a small dungeon that doesnt clean their play areas. You have blood play and cutting at this club, a group of people that have Herpes that go there, and they don't SANITIZE the areas where blood is spilt. I made a comment about this to a friend of mine who goes there and says something to the equivalent of "What do you need more than rubbing alcohol?"

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if anyone wanted to share cause the ugly side of the lifestyle is pretty damned ugly.

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ORIGINAL: Daes
I know this kind of thing isn't "running rampant" throughout the community

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ORIGINAL: Daes

What are your experiences? (Specifically with situations involving the lifestyle) Is there anything we can do as a community to bring more attention to these problems?

No one can deny that the community does have its rotten apples. I'm just bringing this topic up because I've been thinking about a lot of the things I've personally seen and heard, a bunch of horror stories, whether its rape, playing while drunk, unhealthy forms of control, or unsafe play and practices.

Now there's a small dungeon that doesnt clean their play areas. You have blood play and cutting at this club, a group of people that have Herpes that go there, and they don't SANITIZE the areas where blood is spilt. I made a comment about this to a friend of mine who goes there and says something to the equivalent of "What do you need more than rubbing alcohol?"

Can you imagine what could happen if you have someone there interested in blood sports that doesnt realize they have HIV and the staff at this club does not clean up the play areas? I mean really.

I had a friend of mine that was horrified that his Mistress would kill him if he tried leaving her, she was a psycopath that had slowly gained unlimited access to his house, and was deathly scared of calling the police for fear of what she would do to him. I tried telling him to change the locks, call the police and get a restraining order... I offered him as much help as I could and now I dont know where he is or what happened.

I have a friend who is a Domme that has had to "rehabilitate" some of her submissive friends that found themselves with violent/abusive "doms".

I know this kind of thing isn't "running rampant" throughout the community, I just wondered if anyone wanted to share cause the ugly side of the lifestyle is pretty damned ugly.

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ORIGINAL: LordDarkPleasure

An awesome person is more awesome in a BDSM context.
An horrible person is more horrible in a BDSM context.

Wanting to have greater sensations, physical or mental, comes with a risk

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ORIGINAL: NihilusZero

"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
~Dread Pirate Westley

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"Well behaved women rarely make history" Laurel Thatcher

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"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned." William Congreve

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"You are not an escape in my hell" ~Me