My thoughts on the matter
I don't know how familiar everyone is with the issues coming up on blindfold_spn. I'm putting my thoughts under a cut, with a trigger warning for child sexual abuse. If you want to know more, please click.
So among the prompts on blindfold were one that called for what is essentially a retelling of the Penn State molestation case and another that requested Misha training his child (the prompt specified his actual, real-life son and not a fictional child) to be his sex slave. The Penn State prompt has been taken down, so I'm going to address the second one here. Despite objections, the mods have let that one stand thus far and don't appear to be changing their minds on the matter.
I feel that this is wrong. If that's kink-shaming, then I'm a kink-shamer. There are worse things to be.
But I can't believe that the abuse of a real live child is a kink. Underage sex can be a kink. Sexual training can be a kink. Incest can be a kink. Needing for an actual human being under the age of two years old to be the subject of this piece is not a kink, not any more than needing real children to be violated on film is a kink. It's an act of sexualising an infant and it's horrid.
This is not about freedom of speech. It's about, to be blunt, someone getting or not getting to have the exact thing they want to masturbate to. And that isn't a right. It's a privilege. And in this case, I feel that it's a privilege that should be denied, as it interferes with the rights of another human being.
The child in question has the right not to be represented in such a manner and that is paramount. It doesn't matter if he never sees or finds out about it; that's not the point. He has the right for this prompt and any fills for it not to exist. He's done nothing to draw public attention to himself aside from the circumstances of his birth and deserves to be treated, by people who claim to be fans of his father's work, with the same respect that they would give to any child.
So I will not be participating in blindfold. I have deleted the fill that I was working on from my computer. I will NOT defriend, or even judge, anyone who does participate; that's a call every person has to make for him or herself. I will, and do, judge the person who posted the prompt and those defending it. So if that's anyone on my flist, please defriend me. I won't tell anyone why it happened, under any set of circumstances. You don't even have to tell me why you're doing it. But this is an issue I feel very strongly about.
There are some excellent posts on this issue, but I'm uncomfortable linking to people's writings without their permission. If you've written about this and want me to link to you, please let me know and I'll do so.
ETA: With permission,
jaimeykay's own post on this:
http://jaimeykay.livejournal.com/42019.html
ETA: The blindfold mods have changed their minds and removed the prompt and banned the use of names of real children in further prompts. it's just been brought to my attention, however, that a prompter would still be able to ask for "Misha's son". That's why the "excellent news" at the beginning of this ETA has been removed.
So among the prompts on blindfold were one that called for what is essentially a retelling of the Penn State molestation case and another that requested Misha training his child (the prompt specified his actual, real-life son and not a fictional child) to be his sex slave. The Penn State prompt has been taken down, so I'm going to address the second one here. Despite objections, the mods have let that one stand thus far and don't appear to be changing their minds on the matter.
I feel that this is wrong. If that's kink-shaming, then I'm a kink-shamer. There are worse things to be.
But I can't believe that the abuse of a real live child is a kink. Underage sex can be a kink. Sexual training can be a kink. Incest can be a kink. Needing for an actual human being under the age of two years old to be the subject of this piece is not a kink, not any more than needing real children to be violated on film is a kink. It's an act of sexualising an infant and it's horrid.
This is not about freedom of speech. It's about, to be blunt, someone getting or not getting to have the exact thing they want to masturbate to. And that isn't a right. It's a privilege. And in this case, I feel that it's a privilege that should be denied, as it interferes with the rights of another human being.
The child in question has the right not to be represented in such a manner and that is paramount. It doesn't matter if he never sees or finds out about it; that's not the point. He has the right for this prompt and any fills for it not to exist. He's done nothing to draw public attention to himself aside from the circumstances of his birth and deserves to be treated, by people who claim to be fans of his father's work, with the same respect that they would give to any child.
So I will not be participating in blindfold. I have deleted the fill that I was working on from my computer. I will NOT defriend, or even judge, anyone who does participate; that's a call every person has to make for him or herself. I will, and do, judge the person who posted the prompt and those defending it. So if that's anyone on my flist, please defriend me. I won't tell anyone why it happened, under any set of circumstances. You don't even have to tell me why you're doing it. But this is an issue I feel very strongly about.
There are some excellent posts on this issue, but I'm uncomfortable linking to people's writings without their permission. If you've written about this and want me to link to you, please let me know and I'll do so.
ETA: With permission,
jaimeykay's own post on this:http://jaimeykay.livejournal.com/42019.html
ETA: The blindfold mods have changed their minds and removed the prompt and banned the use of names of real children in further prompts. it's just been brought to my attention, however, that a prompter would still be able to ask for "Misha's son". That's why the "excellent news" at the beginning of this ETA has been removed.
