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'''Safe, sane and consensual''' ('''SSC''') is one of several phrases used by a large section of the [[BDSM]] and [[bondage]] communities to describe themselves and their philosophies who regard SSC to be a watchword for safety.
'''Facesitting''', also known as '''Kinging''' or '''Queening''', is a sexual practice in which a sexual partner sits on or over the other partner's face, typically to allow oral-genital or oral-anal contact, or to further ass worshipping. It is common for this position to form part of [[BDSM]], involving [[D&S|dominance and submission]], though this need not be the case.


Facesitting is most common among [[dominant]] women and [[submissive]] men, and also vice-versa, as a form of demonstrating superiority as well as for sexual gratification. It is also practiced by [[vanilla_sex|vanilla]] couples, who use this position for woman on top cunnilingus (with the woman kneeling over the man, and sitting on his upper chest rather than face), or irrumatio and teabagging. The difference between facesitting and the similar practice of smothering is that in the latter, the partner being smothered is deprived of air, while facesitting does not necessarily involve oxygen deprivation.
The principles are that BDSM activities should be:
* ''safe'': attempts should be made to identify and prevent risks to health
* ''sane'': activities should be undertaken in a sane and sensible cast of mind
* ''consensual'': all activities should involve the full [[informed consent]] of all parties involved


The full-weight body-pressure, moisture, feminine odors and darkness can be perceived as powerful sexual attractions or compulsions.  
Other people in the BDSM community do not consider SSC to be an accurate term for these relationships/activities. The term [[RACK|Risk Aware Consensual Kink]] has been gaining popularity as a substitute description.


The person sat upon may or may not be in bondage, sexually submissive, or simply held down by the body-weight of the other person. Sometimes special furniture is used, such as a smotherbox or '''queening stool'''.
For those who dissent, issues generally arise from the subjective nature of each term in SSC and the problems this creates both within and outside the community when using the term as a yardstick to evaluate activities.


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Most attribute the term to David Stein, who coined it in 1984 for GMSMA. More information can be found in the essay titled ''Safe Sane Consensual: The Evolution of a Shibboleth''.


[http://www.affordable-leather.co.uk/cat--Queening-Stools--Queening+Stools.html The website of Affordable Leather, the manufacturers of the Queening Stool shown above]
== See also ==
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* [[RACK]] (risk-aware consensual kink)
* [[RACK vs SSC]]
* [[Safe]]
* [[Sane]]
* [[Bondage: Safety]]
 
== External links ==
* http://www.lthredge.com/ds/history.htm - Essays by David Stein
 
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== External links ==
* http://www.lthredge.com/ds/history.htm - Essays by David Stein
 
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Revision as of 01:22, 10 November 2019

Safe, sane and consensual (SSC) is one of several phrases used by a large section of the BDSM and bondage communities to describe themselves and their philosophies who regard SSC to be a watchword for safety.

The principles are that BDSM activities should be:

  • safe: attempts should be made to identify and prevent risks to health
  • sane: activities should be undertaken in a sane and sensible cast of mind
  • consensual: all activities should involve the full informed consent of all parties involved

Other people in the BDSM community do not consider SSC to be an accurate term for these relationships/activities. The term Risk Aware Consensual Kink has been gaining popularity as a substitute description.

For those who dissent, issues generally arise from the subjective nature of each term in SSC and the problems this creates both within and outside the community when using the term as a yardstick to evaluate activities.

Most attribute the term to David Stein, who coined it in 1984 for GMSMA. More information can be found in the essay titled Safe Sane Consensual: The Evolution of a Shibboleth.

See also

External links


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