Online Event Promoting Violent Sexual Fantasies Organised By University Group Cancelled After Petiti
An online event which allegedly promotes violent sexual fantasies has been cancelled after a petition was made against it.
tFreedom, a group formed in NUS, advocates sex education cancelled the event “to protect the privacy and mental health” of members, participants and speakers from a bondage studio.
The offending issue of the event is due to a feature on rope bondage. The photo used on the poster depicts a woman being tied up with professional knots.
An online petition to shut the group down was started by Hope Leow on change.org because the group allegedly “promotes loose sexual behaviour”
The petitioners exposed the name of the members and those involved in the upcoming zoom session from the tFreedom Telegram channel which was set to public.
The organizers slammed the act of exposing their details to the public as it invited harassment and caused significant distress to the students. However, they admitted that the choice of photo for the poster was inappropriate as it may trigger victims of sexual abuse.
“We failed to consider how the image might have brought distress to victims of sexual assault, and sincerely apologise for any distress caused.”
They also said that the petition misrepresented their event.
“The petition misrepresented the event as one that promotes and facilitates violent sexual fantasies among students. This is entirely false. The intention was to provide the students a safe space to learn more about a lesser known practice from a studio that values communication, respect, and consent,” – tFreedom
Leow was of the opinion that the channel should be private if the organizers were worried about privacy. He also mentioned that the content of the workshop wasn’t appropriate for the university as it “promotes violent sexual fetishes and loose sexual behaviour.”
“tFreedom is organising a talk that glamorises ‘creative’ bondage sex. Such dangerous fetishes should never be promoted in an educational institute. Such content should be ‘Restricted’ because it facilitates violent sexual fantasies among students,” – Leow wrote in his petition.
Certain things are meant for a select group of individuals who are more open to alternative lifestyles. Perhaps it should stay that way.
Reporter’s Opinions: NUS does not need any more publicity centered around sex.
Some of their students are “creative” enough when it comes to non-consensual sex and outrage of modesty.
While conversations about sex ed shouldn’t be swept under the rug, certain lifestyles and fetishes are best discussed amongst those who share the same open mindset.
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