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Help with Research into Sadomasochism
0 Comments Published January 5th, 2008 in Current BDSM and Fetish AffairsThe Sheffield Clinical Psychology Research Team (Sheffield University, UK) is looking for volunteers to take part in an online questionnaire about sexual beliefs and interests, personality and lifestyle, including sadomasochism.
A major aim of the questionnaire is to contribute to awareness of BDSM among mental health professionals and work towards reducing discrimination.
This is highly worthwhile, so […]
DANGEROUS PICTURES BILL NOW BEFORE PARLIAMENT
Closed Published July 12th, 2007 in Current BDSM and Fetish Affairs, Fetish and BDSM NewsOn 26 June, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2007 was finally published. Sections 64-66 criminalise the possession of ‘extreme’ pornography – in terms even more sweeping than those of the original Home Office consultation document.
Rather than actions, the proposed law is aimed specifically against pictures. Regardless of what is actually shown, what ‘appears to […]
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“UK Government proposals to criminalise the possession of ‘violent pornography’ will do nothing to reduce real crime. They will treat consenting adults like children. And they run the risk of imposing much wider limits on freedom of speech than they intend.”
That is the view of Backlash – a national […]
The Spanner Trust aims to change the UK law so that slight injury or pain, given fully and properly informed consent between adults, shall not be illegal. They offer assistance to SM people facing legal trouble. They educate the wider public as to the difference between SM and abuse. They network with other organisations, […]
The UK government is planning to criminalise possession of what they choose to call extreme pornography. This will make criminals of the huge number of decent citizens whose sexuality involves BDSM/fetishism.
Artists, performers musicians and photographers are concerned that their audiences may be hauled off to jail. In response to the government consultation paper “On the […]
















