19 07, 2024

Contracts in Life and Law Blog Series Post 6 of 6: ‘It’s not all contracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements!’: The reality of BDSM Intimacy and Contract Law

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Tahlia-Rose Virdee ‘Page three, Section 15.20: “The Submissive shall submit to any sexual activity demanded by the Dominant, and shall do so without hesitation or argument.”’ The Submissive’s Contract Scene, Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) The myth of legally binding contracts for BDSM (Bondage, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism) has been propagated by the [...]

19 07, 2024

Contracts in Life and Law Blog Series Post 2 of 6: Consent & its Discontents

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Shevaun Wright   As an artist, lawyer, consumer, iPhone user, friend, daughter, sister, secret-keeper, sexual participant, voter and employee, contracts have permeated my life. The contract comes in many forms –– oral or written, enforceable or non-binding, consented to or never read.  Since learning about social contract theory in jurisprudence, contracts have struck me as [...]