Feminism, Submission, Loving-Kindness (WisCon 31 panel)

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181 Feminism, Submission and Loving-Kindness

Feminism, Sex, and Gender•Senate B• Sunday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.

Although some feminists in the 1970s stated with great assurance that "no woman would ever want to be dominated and no woman would ever want to dominate another," the experience of most SM practitioners is quite different, with some women quite enjoying all sides of power exchange. There is a certain overlap between the genderqueer, feminist, and BDSM communities. Can a political stance for equality and a sexual propensity for dominance/submission co-exist? And can one be a committed pacifist and a BDSM practictioner? Can one find the ideals of respect and compassion in kinky life?

M: Lyn Paleo, Anna Feruglio Dal Dan, Lynn Kendall, Betsy Lundsten, Laura Mina