The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom's Statement on Consent
(as released in February 2013)
(as released in February 2013)
"This Statement is being issued through NCSF’s “Consent Counts” project which seeks to decriminalize consensual BDSM which does not result in the infliction of serious bodily injury.This Statement is presented as a discussion of the ethical and legal concepts of consent that need to be considered in the practice of BDSM activities and in relationships based on BDSM activities. It reflects both the recent extensive study by NCSF of the state of the law in the U.S. and the results of NCSF’s Consent Counts Survey which received over 5,500 responses.
This Statement is intendedfor two audiences: BDSM practitioners and the general public.
For the general public the objective is to in crease the understanding of BDSM and the importance of informed consent in BDSM practices and relationships. For BDSM practitioners, who agree that consent is ethically and legally important this Statement will clarify some of the legal issues and create a better understanding of the ethical responsibilities.
Consent is...
an informed, voluntary agreement by two or more people to engage in a particular BDSM activity or to enter into a BDSM, D/s or M/s relationship. Consent is an essential element in BDSM, both as an ethical concept and as a legal concept, and it is important to distinguish between the ethical principles and the legal rules governing consent. [...]"
READ THE FULL STATEMENT ON CONSENT (7 pages worth the reading!) HERE:
https://ncsfreedom.org/images/stories/pdfs/Consent%20Counts/CC_Docs_New_011513/ConsentStatement.pdf
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