Conversio Virium

TES Meeting: Body Image Forum moderated by Sir Guy

Lest you think the BDSM and other alternative sexuality crowds are immune to mainstream influences and societal pressures, just take one good look around you at the media that’s marketed to us and the things we talk about. The fact is, members of fringe cultures like ours still face the same struggles as people firmly rooted in the center of the mainstream.

Furthermore, people face such issues regardless of their gender identity or sexuality; men have body image issues as do women, and tops, dominants, submissives, and bottoms all often struggle with reconciling an idealized image of sexuality with what they personally find to be comfortable and enjoyable.

This week’s general-attendance TES meeting is the “Body Image Forum” a panel moderated by Sir Guy:

A long willowy blonde with legs up to there, clad in skin tight leather, clutching a bullwhip. A muscular, tan and teasing 20 something with a firm butt protruding through black leather chaps. The tiny Asian, bound in colorful ropes, with nary an ounce of fat on her flexible little limbs. These are the images often seen in magazines and films of BDSM practioners. But is this reality? Is there pressure, even within the community, to conform to these images of young, lithe, totally fit practitioners of BDSM and fetish? Join Sir Guy and the panel as we explore body image in the Scene.

Sir Guy has a proven track record of bringing intelligent, thought-provoking discussion to the forefront of the kinky community (like his recent People of Color Forum) and I would just like to take this opportunity to applaud his persistence in bringing even more of these important issues to light!

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