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Phoenixpower -> RE: Bdsm is wrong (1/13/2011 1:18:45 PM)
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ORIGINAL: steve2011
Evening all.
People with bdsm desries are people who are suffering with emotional trauma.
That may sound harsh and it isn't intended as an insult but it's just how it is.
And where do you base your evidence on, troll??? [8|]
quite frankly...the text below is provided from a councelling page where psychologists and councillors can get access to it....and quite frankly the view on their homepage about bdsm is way more healthy than your bitter opinion. I suggest you follow the invitation from this writer which I highlightened and even increased in size for you [8|]
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However for those looking for serious research into the prevalence and experience of people who indulge in BDSM with consenting adults, there is not very much around. And yet these practices seem quietly to be sneaking their way into our consciousness, with a growing stream of articles and documentaries which, while they are not serious academic work, are also not purely porn. The internet, TV and mainstream magazines are providing media for people who are perfectly nice, and ordinary (whatever that means) to reveal that they get off on BDSM activities. In these articles and TV shows, participants generally dont seem to feel theres anything wrong with them, or that they have anything to apologise for about their sexual practices. Having said that, most BDSM-ers feel uncertain about how they might be judged for their activities by, say, employers, friends, health professionals and family. In effect, then, it seems many BDSM-ers think of themselves as not sick, but as having a different sexual orientation.
If we think of BDSM as a sexual orientation then what are the implications of this? The following is a rough list.
People cannot be counselled or otherwise treated out of being into BDSM
People should not be discriminated against for being into BDSM
People are not in some way ill if they are into BDSM
People are not in some way bad if they are into BDSM
Those who do see BDSM as a form of sickness can still find support in the DSM, where activities involving, for example the suffering or humiliation of oneself or ones partner are classified as a paraphilia: a form of mental disorder. But this is a grey area because there is a systematic ambiguity about whether suffering or humiliation within a mutually consensual roleplay situation is what is meant here. The BDSM players who are on our TV screens, or internet sites, or who are running businesses around BDSM are talking about exactly this mutually consensual game, as opposed to real, non-consensual torture or humiliation.
For therapists who may encounter clients who present with BDSM-related issues, I invite you to consider the bullet points above, and to see if any of these statements conflicts with attitudes you may have held about BDSM. I invite you to entertain the idea of BDSM as a sexual orientation.
source:
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counselloradvice10076.html
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