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[u/BigScaryFishMonster]

[u/a_potato_ate_me]

I kinda love how "ITS A KINK" is literally plastered all over the sub 🤣

That being said, this is one of those things that can actually hurt people uninvolved. I guess it can be okay in a very controlled environment, but I genuinely can't wrap my head around how someone non-transphobic can get off to being transphobic

[u/secretreddit895 → u/a_potato_ate_me]

Sounds to me, if I may abandon all nuance for a second, like the place for chasers who are into degrading their partner.

[u/a_potato_ate_me → u/secretreddit895]

I guess its possible, but why would they call it a transphobia kink instead of a degradation kink? Its specific which is making me wonder

[u/Hdjbbdjfjjsl → u/a_potato_ate_me]

For whatever reason there is some people so deep into the whole degradation stuff that they’d rather be treated as completely subhuman, think of the stuff like people who want their partner to LITERALLY treat them like a dog (cage, leash, and all.) I know it’s more acceptable because it’s not targeted or limited to a specific minority or group of people, but identity/culture based kinks are ridiculously popular if you’ve watched porn for more than 5 seconds of your life.

[u/Crabtickler9000 → u/a_potato_ate_me]

To add to what the other user said in response here

Human sexuality is complicated at best and not fully understood. Otherwise, we would know why certain specific crimes happen the way that they do, and we'd likely be able to help prevent them.

But I know a handful of people that visit subreddits like this one. Usually, if they're looking for something like this? It's a very specific form of degradation. And they usually don't like other forms of it and even outside of specific context they may not enjoy it at all.

[u/secretreddit895 → u/a_potato_ate_me]

It could be that someone is into a specific kind of degradation.

For example, a woman might be totally fine with being called a slut by her partner, and similar terms. Get turned on, even. But go dryer than the Sahara, if said partner negatively comments on her body, or calls her stupid etc. If her partner feels gross using terms like slur, whore, etc, but likes to tell her she’s too dumb to function instead, or to call her a pig, they are both into degradation, but in a way that won’t work for both of them.

Using a more specific name for what you are into exactly, might be helpful in finding people who share your exact kink, rather than something that may be under the same umbrella, but not for you. Could save you time, as well as uncomfortable discussions.

Mind you, this is just me theorizing, trying to translate the phenomenon to terms my brain can comprehend. Nothing about this is scientific in any way, shape or form.

[u/GreenBeanTM → u/a_potato_ate_me]

Because it’s a specific form of degradation, the general “degradation kink” covers a lot of things. This way, people who want this specific thing can find it, and other trans people who would be triggered by it don’t have to see it in a broader sub.