you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Doobeedoo661 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I’ve not read the article, but I have to ask, who are these girls and women partaking in strangulation for the kicks? How did they become so complicit in degradation? Sure you can blame porn, mainstream media, the patriarchy but come on.

There needs to be an element of responsibility for one’s own welfare. I’m not convinced that this is an act perpetrated solely by evil males upon unwilling women, not for it to have become mainstream.

I really don’t know what to say except, this may be a way to weed out the weak within our society. If you’re stupid enough to risk your life with a partner who’s into strangulation and you’re injured, that’s just life and the rest of us who practise caution in the bedroom will survive this phase.

As for the men who practise this form of kink, I bet they’re exhibiting several behaviours which elicit red flags that are likely ignored by women. Women and girls need to wisen up cause men are pretty simple to work out.

[–]ThisReality 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I’ve not read the article, but I have to ask, who are these girls and women partaking in strangulation for the kicks? How did they become so complicit in degradation? Sure you can blame porn, mainstream media, the patriarchy but come on.

My experience is, a lot of them do it because it gets them attention among kink circles and makes them popular, and it gives them bragging rights to their friends. One comment that sticks out in my mind is a young woman who said she hated the masochism she participated in, but she did it because she loved the looks on her friends' faces when she told them what she was into. It's "not like other girls" and a need for acceptance, taken to a toxic extreme.

[–]Doobeedoo661 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess I underestimated how malignant low self esteem is. That was alarming to read.