It makes me mad when people like these two do pet play and sub/dom (and possibly humiliation) play in public and are then like, “What? We’re not doing anything!” It’s like when you were a kid and your sibling held their finger a millimeter from your eye and kept saying, “I’m not touching you!”

100% Agree. By walking someone on a leash in public you are making everyone you come into contact with part of the subs humiliation. Your reactions be they positive or negative become part of the sexual experience of the BDSM, and the bystanders in the mall did not consent to be part of that experience. If a couple…

I would say it’s the degree to which they make out. A little making out won’t get you kicked out of a mall. Trying to swallow each other’s heads often does get people kicked out of a mall, and should, in my opinion.

Uh-uh they brought it into the public arena which made it everyone else’s business. And why should it be on you to explain the behavior of narcissistic morons to a child? What are we supposed to do, avert our eyes? They are just obnoxious people with no self-awareness.

I could care less what consenting adults do in their home or in public spaces that are designed for this kind of play. But I would rather not be part of someone’s fetish without consent. Part of walking her on the leash in public is about getting a charge from people’s reactions.

That example “explanation” you gave for parents to use in this instance would have been met with follow-up questions by any child. These people are attention-whores, not sexually oppressed weirdos. You are really stretching it with your arguments to make this situation seem as if it should be totally acceptable. Their…

Clearly these two are seriously into the attention. I have a friend who “forgot” that she was locked into her collar and her Master had the key when she went to fly, and there was a massive thing about it—and she ate up every drop of attention. It just makes me roll my eyes.

I’ve been active in the BDSM scene for more than 10 years, and while I wholeheartedly approve of petplay and such, there is no way to solicit consent from passersby and therefore it’s inappropriate. Whether you practice RACK (Risk-Aware Consensual Kink) or SSC (Safe-Sane-Consensual), consent is absolutely necessary.…

I have a friend who has these kind of relationships and I make clear I want nothing to do with being around while they’re in the “zone” so to speak.

Yeah I think the “their just playing” explanation would work on a young kid but good luck satisfying a 1o year-old with that answer. Not saying it would traumatize your child for life or anything but puppy play and dominant/submissive role playing is sorta advanced sex/human psychology to get into when you were just…

Yeah, I totally support clubs, or festivals, or spaces where people can explore their sexuality with other consenting adults in a public setting. It’s great (and often incredibly important) to be able to express yourself sexually.

THIS. I don’t want to see this shit, and I don’t think it’s asking too much to expect others to not inflict this sort of “play” on people who haven’t consented to be involved.

Oh, I agree! I would never do this in a public space that had people without their consent subjected to this. It’s rude and unmannerly.

While I think open conversations are an important part of parenting, I think it’s kind of disingenuous to claim a parent can just tell their child that the man walking a woman on a leash around the mall is just “make believe.” Kids generally know that normal adults don’t usually play make believe in public and walk…

It is inherently sexual.

Yeah, no. You don’t make me part of your sub/dom sexual play without my consent. There are fairs and clubs for that.

Unpopular opinion, but I don’t think Josh is going to do anything to his daughters. I think his molestation of his sisters was a symptom of how fucked up his family was regarding his parents always for some reason NEEDING to kiss and be intimate in front of their children, while repressing normal sexual outlets for a…

Hey Mark, I’m in Florida, let me check my local news and see if I can find you something interesting. I mean... it is a holiday weekend in Florida, odds are pretty good that something hilariously weird or awful happened.

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Didn’t Rosie’s last divorce end acrimoniously as well? I mean, like REALLY acrimoniously? Why can’t she just be the nice talk show lady like I think of her in my head?