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The concept of consent is omnipresent in the rope world and beyond. And for good reasons. Obviously, we want to ensure that we don’t harm each other or get harmed in any way, and consent seems to be the best possible modality to reduce the risk of harm.
Over the last decade and even before that, practitioners of rope and kink started to realize that the concept does not come without problems. Therefore, in order to save the concept and thus, ourselves, adjectives have been added to the concept, such as enthusiastic, freely given, risk aware, and many more. It seems as if almost yearly, a new maneuver gets spread in the hope that finally, we can be safe.
This class by Emmy and Barkas is not another such attempt but rather a discussion of the problems that arise with the concept itself and all the adjectives. Where does consent come from, why is it impossible and still absolutely necessary? What are the principles, what are the societal problems and how can we navigate the impossibilities of consent without just giving up.
Emmy (she/they) is cofounder of Studio Allegory and teaches kink and intimacy. Her background in comparative contract law enables her to distinguish between cliches of consent and how it is actually formulated.
Barkas (they/them) is cofounder of Studio Allegory and teaches kink and intimacy since 2011. They published several articles in international magazines as well as the monograph “Archaeology of personalities – a linguistic approach to erotic rope bondage”.
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