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No Stupid (Kink) Questions: Episode 18 – SSC and RACK

September 5th, 2013 Comments off

NoStupidKinkQuestionsGandhi said that if you want to change the world, you have to be the change you want to see. To that end, Insatiable Desire brings you No Stupid (Kink) Questions, a series of questions asked by novice kinksters around the web. If you have a question for us, leave it in comments, or send it to rayne (at) insatiabledesire (dot) com with “NS(K)Q” in the subject.

Question 18:

I was researching this thing you do (and that I want to do) and I keep coming up with these two acronyms. What do they mean?

SSC – Safe, Sane, Consensual

Just like everything else in the kink community, this acronym is translated a number of different ways.

Obviously, “safe” means you approach kinky activities with a “safety first” attitude. This means when you tie someone up, you’ve got safety scissors nearby in case you need to cut them out in a hurry. If you’re playing with fire, you keep water, sand, and a fire extinguisher next to you at all times. If you’re into blood letting, there are always bandages, rubbing alcohol, antibacterial soap, and gloves in use.  Read more…