If I’m going to be exploring what I’m calling the “kink as therapy” discourse, I suppose I must define my terms. What is therapy? For our purposes, “therapy” is an umbrella term encompassing psychotherapy and counseling, which employ various psychological methods and modalities to help someone change their behavior and overcome personal problems in order to improve well-being and mental health.
straight for the throat
"stripped of meaning, flayed so close to the bone that even euphemism can’t cling like so much gristle" <3
Lookin forward to pt 3!