I watch a lot of non-US entertainment and have seen a dark trend, especially out of Latin America, of BDSM being normalized.

In one show, the hero starts to strangle his sex partner but then they don't show the rest. What is ironic is that the same show made a big deal about how awful domestic violence is, showing brutal scenes of a woman being beaten by her lover in which you're obviously meant to be shocked and horrified.

Another Mexican (?) show had two lovers - always rich, white-looking people - bring out bondage gear and whips. This particular show seemed to be aimed at an uneducated audience, so what message do average women take out of watching rich, white Mexicans prepare to handcuff and whip each other as sexual gratification?

Nothing good.

My point being that the BDSM gas-lighting seems to be going on in many parts of the world. Who does it benefit? Not women.