What enspired me to write this was when a couple of my friends recently had a get together. We were talking, and the conversation suddenly turned to our kinks and fetishes. One of my friends told us that she had a BDSM kink, which I already knew, but no one else did. After she explained it, people started attacking her about how BDSM is "abusive" and "not normal". Being in the BDSM community, I know this is very untrue, and decided it would be better if we talk about something else. Even though I did this, throughout the night, they kept bringing it up and being extremely disrespectful towards her.

Kink shaming is very sad because people are trying to open up to others about themselves, and it is not okay to make them feel as if they are doing something wrong by just simply having a sexual preference. If anyone else has a a similar experience, please feel free to share. Sorry for the long rant.