Maybe so. I’m honestly not sureI think it comes from people not understanding how someone can like pain, but being perfectly fine with seeing someone who enjoys causing pain.
Which, honestly, fits western culture.
Obviously there’s plenty of admiration for powerful people and figures; but I think the response to hearing about or seeing the inflicting of pain in a sexual context, especially a man on a woman, is much more complex
I think there’s some unease, I know I certainly feel that, both at the idea of receiving and delivering. And while there certainly shouldn’t be shame for enjoying something that both enjoy consensually, especially with aftercare, I think a degree of healthy trepidation is no bad thing. I know I could count on one hand the number of people on here I would trust enough to explore it with, and that’s just cyber…