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| Mon 9 Jan 12, 8:28 PM Cornwallis2 UK(NW), 7 yrs |
Fetishism and SM classed as a disability and in the mix alongside paedophilia. | |
| 9 Jan 12, 11:04 PM ms_jay UK(SE), 6 yrs   |
That's not nice! | |
| 9 Jan 12, 11:34 PM Doghouse_Reilly UK(MK), 6 yrs |
Hell I'm just glad to see the Greeks mentioned for something other than owing everybody a shitload of money. Sounds to me though like this idea is just a way to safeguard politicians if the country goes even further down the shitter. I mean entitling perverts and compulsive thieves to expanded benefits means pretty much every MP is set up for life. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Edited 10 Jan 12, 12:40 AM by Doghouse_Reilly | |
| 9 Jan 12, 11:47 PM NimueBanditQueen UK(MK), 2 yrs |
What? Sorry that's just weird. It's not like it stops you from being able to work. Skyhook's headfuck girl. | |
| 10 Jan 12, 12:56 AM Tanos  UK(M), 14 yrs   |
It sounds like they've just added all of the mental health diseases from the WHO's International Classification of Diseases to their list of disabilities. That might have been a single decision in some committee meeting without a lot of thought about the implications. This other current thread is about getting BDSM, fetishes etc removed from the ICD: http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/323049/ :T: www.tanos.org.uk Edited 10 Jan 12, 6:34 PM by Tanos | |
| 10 Jan 12, 12:01 PM Smartarse UK(CM), 7 yrs |
Is this, perhaps, based on the anticipated cost of providing treatment? I imagine it would be quite costly to recruit a specialist BDSM mental health professional compared to providing care for a more common health problem like diabetes. The economies of scale kick in. If that is what this is about, it makes an economic case for the social acceptance of BDSM. It costs less to ignore it than to make it an issue. Looking at the economics around employment issues is an interesting angle on activism. What are the costs of throwing someone out of a job, having to recruit someone new, potentially fighting an employment tribunal case, compared to the potential damage to a businesses reputation if they employee a known BDSMer? | |
| 10 Jan 12, 12:13 PM Mr_Smith_UK UK(BL), 3 yrs £ |
Charlie would make a fortune she's naked in public all the time. www.Bdsmandfetishmentor.co.uk Pro dom/me & Training / Mentoring services available. Either come to us or can travel to you with discretion assured. | |
| 10 Jan 12, 12:44 PM Attitude_Adjuster UK(N), 6 yrs |
Thats missing the point. A whole pile of mental health issues don't stop you from working, nor incur a 'financial cost' to the sufferer. That doesn't stop it from being a disability or impacting your day to day life, or employment opportunities. Disability legislation in the UK (don't know about Greece) forces employers to make allowances for someone with disability - it means that someone with, say, a kleptomnaia condition, whose been diagnosed as such and receiving treatment, might not be summarily dismissed from employment for stealing from their local corner shop where they otherwise would. As such it offers protections to people with a medical condition who might otherwise find employment hard, even though they are capable of working.... such as TV chefs. Whether or not you think that (some) aspects of BDSM should be included or not is a different matter, however, it does add another string the bow of those who get sacked on the basis of their personal life (having notably failed to obtain any protections under the guise of sexuality, religion, or indeed anything else).
And all men kill the thing they love, By all let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword! Edited 10 Jan 12, 12:53 PM by Attitude_Adjuster | |
| 10 Jan 12, 1:59 PM MadSportsPlayer UK(SO), 3 yrs |
It's when you read things like this, you wonder who the hell makes these decisions? And perhaps in what capacity are they able to make them? I'm not sure if I have ever heard anything so ridiculous, where those who are diabetic or have a real disability you need to endure, actually recieve less support than those who someone has just decided are disabled.... Madness |
