BDSM Concerns About New Domestic Abuse Laws-S03E08

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Recorded: 8/23/2020

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- In this episode of The Krypt, Mayfair and I are going to talk about some new scary laws happening around the world and how they apply to those of us who live in the U.S.

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- BDSM Concerns About New Domestic Abuse Laws
“The BDSM Community Is Worried About Changes to the Domestic Abuse Bill: The much-welcomed end to the ‘rough sex defense’ has some kinky people concerned about the implications for BDSM.” by: Alice Snape (https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/xg87v3/the-bdsm-community-is-worried-about-changes-to-the-domestic-abuse-bill)

In July of this year, politicians in the UK hailed an amendment to the long-awaited Domestic Abuse Bill as the end of the "rough sex defense”. The new legislation states that consent can never justify grievous or actual bodily harm, even if it was perpetrated for the purposes of sexual gratification.

While the bill itself has been rightly celebrated as a groundbreaking step forward for victims and survivors, many people in the BDSM community have expressed specific concern over this new amendment.

Actual bodily harm (ABH) can include bruising, scratching, and bite marks, which means that many forms of BDSM – where the mixing of sex and pain is done safely and consensually – could fall squarely within the remit of the new law.

“Any marks that last on the skin for longer than 20 minutes class as ABH, and impact play is commonly seen within a BDSM context,” says Aleph*, who is a top (the person in control during play).

During impact play, for instance... Full show notes: https://kuldrinsKrypt.com/308

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