Transing ChildrenI was surprised to see this coming from Psychology Today

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

And then there's the whole BDSM, which is often just an excuse to beat and choke women.

I'm glad to see other people agree. The BDSM community is filled with abusive men. I see doms on dating sites and they all give me the creeps.

[–]BEB 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There was no such thing as BDSM in normal human interaction when I was growing up. For most of my life, in fact. Men who hit women were ostracized and, later, sent to jail.

It's horrific that domestic violence has been given a new name and is being endorsed as "fun" & "sexy", by the LEFT. The misogyny of the Left is only slightly more hidden than that of the Right.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's horrific that domestic violence has been given a new name

Okay...you and I agree about a lot and I respect your thoughts, but this is a pretty strong mischaracterization of consensual (there is no other kind) BDSM as engaged in by healthy adults.

And there are a lot of abusers who are attracted to it, as well, because they've got the wrong idea. So navigating that subculture isn't necessarily easy to do safely but responsible adults put a lot of care into making it as safe as possible. This notion is not even remotely the core of what it's about. That's just bad apples, and a lot of effort goes into keeping them out of local BDSM communities (the ones that stay healthy and strong, of course). Rather like the insane TRAs who are turning people against not just them, but non-toxic transsexual people, and by association, us. So let's not do this to another group.

(No, I don't practice, not that it would matter if I did because BDSM is not domestic violence, but I know quite a few fairly mentally-healthy people (some of the healthiest I know, actually) who do, and I know enough about it to not make such an incorrect generalization. Let's not go smearing another group because we don't know enough. BDSM is often kept quiet by its practitioners precisely because of the discrimination that gets thrown at them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/standard-deviations/201702/50-shades-happier-the-truth-about-bdsm-participants )

There was no such thing as BDSM in normal human interaction when I was growing up.

Such practices have been around for millennia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM#Origins