The bad kind of pain: Kitty Stryker talks sexual abuse in the BDSM community | SF Sex. Sex activists Kitty Stryker (pictured) and Maggie Mayhem are speaking out on abuse in BDSM. In a culture where pain equates to pleasure and sexual power is deliberately manipulated for ecstatic highs, how far is too far? Kitty Stryker and Maggie Mayhem are two local activists who are confronting rape and abuse within the BDSM community. The two are gearing up to take a workshop they've prepared on the subject called "Safe/Ward" on the road. You can support their educational tour at a Center for Sex and Culture fundraising event on Tue/24.
Stryker and Mayhem have been spreading word about their efforts through blogs and online confessionals, which -- Stryker was proud to tell the Guardian in recent interview -- has helped to open up a dialouge about these issues in the sex-positive community. On Tuesday, the sextivists will be hosting a mini-workshop-party to help raise funds for the big journey. San Francisco Bay Guardian: What is "Safe/Ward" and inspired this project? 1349 Market, SF. Ward robinson photography. Anything Bondage & BDSM. Madame S -- Lace-Up Bondage Sleeves. Institutional White. Bondage Furniture- Tetruss portable suspension bondage equipment.