Taking responsibility
By taking control, I am taking responsibility for the quality of the life and relationship my sub/slave/little is having. It is entirely on me for her to have a good time, either in a SSC or RACK relationships.
Being good at what I do, taking on this burden frees my sub/slave/little up to do nothing more than experience and enjoy. She can entirely shut off her brain, and submit. As a good Dom/Master my job is to be pushing the limits and boundaries of my s ub/slave, without ever going too far and breaking them. I want to push them as hard as I can, with my sub/slave/little yearning to come back and see me again when I am finished, since she understands and experiences that everything I did is for and about her, and every choice I made and will make is the best choice for her.
SSC, RACK, PRICK
To lead the terminology wars was SSC. The first, came about for a need to make all aware that practices, scenes, play and relationships needed to be safe, sane and consensual. Here we have, SSC – Safe, Sane and Consensual.
SSC was used for a while but many of the community felt it wasn’t very practical and didn’t cover the fact that there is some risk and possible mental and physical injury which can occur in BDSM or kink. SSC didn’t have a buffer or disclaimer which allowed a key element that risk was involved in BDSM interplay. Then came RACK — Risk-Aware Consensual Kink. It was coined and developed out of some dissatisfaction and concern with using SSC because a large part of the population realized what it is we do, is not exactly safe which warranted a more severe disclaimer. To bid RACK hung in there for the long fight. I know it brings something else sexual in mind, but bare with me…the war if almost over.
Not everyone was happy with RACK. The biggest complaint with RACK was to some it didn’t denote there was personal responsibility despite the risk. Third, came PRICK. PRICK means, Personal Responsibility Informed Consensual Kink, and to date is the last official ICON to include every aspect the above two did not — with a little more room for everyone’s kinky or fetish taste. All are used now and I am sure more will come about because no one is ever completely content with labels especially when they feel excluded or have an issue with a component that is left out.
