College Approves BDSM Group
Published: Thursday, November 29, 2012
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| The duck will need two sets of furry handcuffs. |
It started last October with a meal in Currier dining hall with a handful of friends who shared something in common: an affinity for kinky sex.
More than a year after the group first began informally meeting over meals to discuss issues and topics relating to kinky sex, Harvard College Munch has grown from seven to about 20 members and is one of 15 student organization that will be approved by the Committee on Student Life this Friday.
Michael, who was granted anonymity by The Crimson to protect his privacy, is the founder of Munch, an informal lunch or dinner meeting for people across the kink community.
For him, the recognition will provide a sense of ease for current and future members, knowing they are receiving institutional support.
“It’s a little hyperbolic for me to get teary-eyed and paternal about sophomores, but it’s really a joy to see the experience they will have now,” Michael said.
Hmm...the character of the Harvard houses seems to have changed somewhat since the college went to a random assignment system. My associations with Currier are. . .well, not this.
ReplyDeleteBut really, is it a surprise that there are students at Harvard who get a sexual charge out of playing out dominance/submission scenarios? At least the rules now require them to do it with each other rather than with their professors. That's probably an improvement, especially since, at least to my extremely limited knowledge, kink communities that have and follow good safety rules really are pretty safe. While it's not my cup of tea, I'd guess that this group creates a safer context for sexual activity than your average fraternity.
Where do I sign up?
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm just an old fashioned, repressed prude. I can't imagine wanting or needing institution sponsorship and "support" for this. If I were interested in this, I would not form a club and put up posters and would not expect the university to be involved in any way. I am sure there are ways to meet people without special dining halls and institutional "recognition."
ReplyDeleteThe line to sign up as the faculty adviser starts forming over there...
ReplyDeleteWhy? I mean, seriously, why? Who makes a CLUB for this? Like, with MEMBERS? What is this, Costco?
ReplyDeleteIs there an "We love blowjobs!" club? Or a "We love ass-licking" club? Or a "We love big juicy naturals" club? Why do people need to form clubs at Harvard to talk about their sex lives? Can't they do that on the internet?
And then what if there's some Harvard students that like to get shit on, but they don't feel "welcomed" by the new kinky group, which welcomes those that like golden showers but draws the line at poop?
I guess the brand new "Take a dump on me" club will offer those the legitimacy they so crave.
Geez. Shut the fuck up everyone. Everyone in the whole world. Shut the fuck up.
Exactly. That is basically what I was getting at above, but you nailed it here much more clearly and vividly. I find particularly enlightening the remark about craving legitimacy.
DeleteWhile the world shuts the fuck up for a moment, Stella can have the mic.
Exactly!
DeleteI have nothing against the group itself but am baffled about why it needs to exist. Oh, I see Stella already covered that. I'll shut the fuck up now.
ReplyDelete<<“It’s a little hyperbolic for me to get teary-eyed and paternal about sophomores, but it’s really a joy to see the experience they will have now,” Michael said.>>
ReplyDeleteGosh, he's so, um, touching.
Leave it to Harvard flakes to turn getting their freak on into a resume-padding activity...
ReplyDeleteThey are a generation of pre-fab apparatchiks; it comes from those too-structured childhoods.
DeleteBut they'll have such long, deep hand-wringing conversations deciding whether to put it on their resumes or not (because, you know, some employers might not get this particular facet of their identity). When you're that privileged, you've got to have *something* to agonize over.
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