Is BDSM “Bad”?

Why are there so many stories of abuse?

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Is BDSM abuse?

You might be forgiven for thinking so given how it is treated in the media these days. Despite no longer being portrayed as both criminal and a perversion, the real-life examples of its practice that make it into the public sphere and thus consciousness often involve criminal cases of abuse.