DemonKia
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Joined: 10/13/2007 From: Chico, Nor-Cali Status: offline
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I'm gonna blame some of this perceptual stuff on porn & the distorted picture it provides of BDSM (similar to how it warps perceptions of what sex looks like) . . . . .. The out-&-organized kink community, such as it is, is very dependent on being female-friendly. Chicks are a big draw (it's that we-got-the-pussy thing), & making sure they're taken care of & safe & comfortable is a priority on the part of organizers. Ya can't have much goin' on if it's just a bunch of horny, barely-controlled guys roamin' about at a pansexual or hetero event . . . . .. (Probably works out fine for gay-men-only events, but that's not a concern for us ladies . .. . . Sadly . .. . . . ) & I want to acknowledge that it is potentially scary, intimidating, anxiety-producing, & etc, to get out there. On top of the usual 'vanilla' social anxieties there's that there's an implicit admission of one's private sexual nature in attending even something as banal & mundane as a munch. One of the things that helped me initially jump into the kink social scene was to have a platonic, same-sex BDSM buddy. We supported each other emotionally & etc in our initial explorations of munches, classes, play parties, & so on & so forth . . . . . . . We went to things together, so we wouldn't feel lost, alone, isolated, all that. We knew we'd always have each other to talk to, if nothing else . . . . . . But that never ended up being a problem; generally we ended up being the belles of the balls, instead . . . .
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