“Between studying and spanking”
Here’s an excerpt of today’s article by Nicholas Maronese for Excalibur: York University’s Community Newspaper, Toronto, Canada about kink on campus and the link between BDSM and intellect.
“…Many kinksters, both on and off campus, remain closeted because they are afraid of what might happen to them – professionally, academically or socially – if they came out about their perverted proclivities. This makes it hard to approximate the size of the kinky population on campus.
There’s reason to believe, though, that the kinkster-to-vanilla ratio may be higher on campus than it is in the general population.
“There’s sort of a fairly demonstrated link between highly educated people and kink,” explains Zanin. Workshops like “BDSM 101” are her stock and trade, and she’s hosted more than a few of them on campuses across Canada.
“[That link] may have to do with a whole bunch of things that aren’t about your smarts per se, but I can’t say I’d be surprised in an environment like a large university with pretty interesting programs to find out there’s a really decent percentage of people who are kinky.”
So, more likely than not, York is pretty damn kinky. But if that’s true, where is this kinky community hiding?
The answer: nowhere. It’s not hiding.
You see, there is no real “kinky community” at York. There’s little communication among York kinksters, and even less organized interactivity.
Social pressures tend to keep students from talking about kink, making it difficult for kinksters to network.
“I know two girls who live down my street who are really into [BDSM],” Sarah offers as an example. “They’re best friends, but neither of them knows that the other’s into it.” According to Miss Katrina Razor*, a York alumna and ex-dominatrix, most kinksters network simply by talking to friends, who then introduce them to more friends. It’s not easy to find other kinksters unless you know somebody who’s already in the scene, she says…”
Click here for the full article.
