and this is the crux of the problem with the sex positive movement and their attempts to defend the reputation of kink culture when abusers who use that language are exposed. any sex act, including those filed under bdsm, cannot ever be critiqued if consent is thought to be involved. their logic goes: you consented, you wanted it, so the objectively abusive or questionable sex act magically isn’t abusive nor questionable anymore, because you consented to your partner’s actions. the belief that consent precludes all sex acts from the potential of being objectively abusive is an expression of rape culture. framing sexual violence as an individual freedom of expression is how liberals and leftists have entrenched the acceptance of male supremacy, sexual abuse and rape culture among “progressive” communities.

it is why patriarchy and rape culture cannot be blamed squarely on conservatives. it is a mistake to think of patriarchy this way and i no longer do it—i no longer say people aren’t “real leftists” if they engage in male supremacy. everyone is conditioned to promote or accept male supremacy, and your so-called allies in the struggle against tyranny still want women to remain in chains in their version of a liberated utopia. liberals and leftists attempt to incorrectly cast the right wing as uniquely “anti-sex” to distance themselves from their own participation in culturally sanctioning sexual abuse. i’ve said it multiple times and i’ll keep saying it—they misuse the word “puritan” as a curse word despite the fact that the christian puritan movement was not anti-sex at all. it’s about dismissing any critique of sex as regressive, because people who are “pro-sex” are beyond reproach.