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Examples of prejudice for media article (32)

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14 Jan 09, 10:09 PM
Smartarse
UK(CM), 7 yrs

Here are five examples from the news - previously discussed on IC - which came to mind.

Israeli Ambassador sacked

Village Hall play party

A classic outing of an innocent public figure.

Goths On A Bus

Teacher investigated for 'lurid' vampire websites

There have also been plenty of examples of the media outing people. This is often based simply on people's sexual preferences. If one were to replace 'X is kinky' with 'X is gay' many stories wouldn't stand up or would be considered homophobic. The difference is that gay is now accepted as a sexuality rather than bad behaviour. BDSMers are still being put in the bad behaviour category when many of us would argue that kink is an integral part of our sexual nature.

edited 'cos I can't count.

Edited 14 Jan 09, 10:35 PM by Smartarse

14 Jan 09, 10:30 PM
Lady_Selena
5 yrs

you can quote me saying "Lady Delilah is a dedicated and hard working person who has been praised for her job in helping her clients. she is also a health worker and due to this law has to keep her BDSM persona as secret as she would be diciplined if she ever got found out. She feels 'how is this protecting the rights of women- making them unemployed, outing them to friends and family and ruining their lives. Harold Shipman was a serial killer who happened to be a doctor. If a law came out banning all dcotors because a few were serial killers, people would be outraged and argue quite rightly that not all doctors are serial killers. but this is exactly what this law is doing - discriminating against us because of a few.'

and i would add if you can get a forensic expert opinion from someone high up who can give a picture of killers and that not all of them are into extreme porn, then that would be great.

rant over!

15 Jan 09, 4:25 PM
KinkyChristian
UK(SE), 5 yrs

Many, many thanks for all your helpful posts! I really appreciate the helpful comments and examples, both on this board and in memos sent to me.

Indeed, there's been more quotes and examples than I could possibly use. I haven't been able to use them all of course, but they're all appreciated nonetheless. I'm hoping to write on these issues a lot more in future.

I've now sent off the article and it should go online tomorrow. I'll post here to let you know when it's up!

16 Jan 09, 2:32 PM
KinkyChristian
UK(SE), 5 yrs

My article has now been published on the Guardian website. You can read it at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan....

Thanks very much to everyone who helped! It's very, very appreicated.

Any comments are welcome. You can also add comments on the article itself.

16 Jan 09, 3:57 PM
Degenerate

UK(M), 4 yrs

KinkyQuaker wrote:
Examples of prejudice for media article

I am writing an article (for a mainstream publication) about International Fetish Day this Friday - and I need your help!

I will be discussing the extent to which people who have fetishes and practise BDSM still face prejudice (or at least jeering) if they make their preferences known. I am looking for examples of prejudice.

This could be something major (e.g. bullying at work) or relatively minor (e.g. sneers in the street at fetish clothing). Examples of positive responses are also welcome!

I am happy to quote you annonymously if you don't want your name mentioned. If you don't want to post on the board, you can email me at kinkyquaker@yahoo.co.uk.

Thanks very much!

Marvellous article!

Thank you

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16 Jan 09, 4:31 PM
ToakReon

UK(RH), 12 yrs

Ishmael wrote:
One of the questions asked at job interviews for posts at quite high levels for some local authorites is 'Is thee anything in your personal life that would cause embarrassment to the local authority if it were made public?'

I think that's a careful way to discriminate against people that might be, among other things, kinky.

I applied to do my "civic duty" as a magistrate about two years back. Was called for an interview and the instant I admitted I was a BDSM dominant the interview was IMMEDIATELY terminated. Just like that - not even any pretense at listening further.

Toak

FEMALE, BONDAGE-FRIENDLY MODEL SOUGHT. I am seeking to update my "How To" shibari bondage pictures (see my profile pics, the clothed blonde tied in red and black) with a model more "enthusiastic" about BDSM, and who is happy to be photographed nude. MEMO ME if this is you.

16 Jan 09, 7:36 PM
grahamm

UK, 11 yrs

Ishmael wrote:
One of the questions asked at job interviews for posts at quite high levels for some local authorites is 'Is thee anything in your personal life that would cause embarassment to the local authority if it were made public?'

I think that's a careful way to discriminate against people that might be, among other things, kinky.

Not forgetting, of course, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act which sets up an "Independant Barring Board" which can ban people from working with "vulnerable groups" if they exhibit certain behaviours including:

[...] conduct involving sexually explicit images depicting violence against human beings (including possession of such images), if it appears to IBB that the conduct is inappropriate;

This Act was actually brought in *before* the CJIA's Extreme Porn legislation was even on the statute books, let alone enforced!

16 Jan 09, 8:59 PM
Lady_Selena
5 yrs

fantastic article!and great to see so many positive comments supporting fetish on the comments page

17 Jan 09, 6:08 PM
Smartarse
UK(CM), 7 yrs

Excellent article. Excellent way of marking IFD. Thanks.

ToakReon wrote:
I applied to do my "civic duty" as a magistrate about two years back. Was called for an interview and the instant I admitted I was a BDSM dominant the interview was IMMEDIATELY terminated. Just like that - not even any pretense at listening further.

Toak

Just wanted to say that's appalling.

17 Jan 09, 6:44 PM
emark
UK, 8 yrs

An excellent article, thanks!

Sign the statement against criminalisation of possession "extreme" images. See http://www.backlash-uk.org.uk/ and http://www.seenoevil.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Main_... for more details.

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