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Academic higher ed. institutions with extra-curricular clubs of BDSM fetish roleplay
Safe
rope bondage is generally an activity taught in BDSM clubs of universities. This representational image shows a male
bondage rigger performing bondage on a female volunteer.
Universities with
BDSM clubs are a modern phenomenon, especially in the United States.
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[2] Some of these
student clubs dedicated to BDSM (along with
sexual fetishism and
kink ) are officially recognized and funded by their university or college administration. The extent of nudity and consensual pain allowed in each BDSM club varies, as per the university.
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The following is a list of universities that have registered student clubs for BDSM, along with sexual fetishism or kink education:
In terms of the number of universities having BDSM clubs, the US is the world leader. Additionally, there are many American universities that do not have a dedicated BDSM club but regularly conduct workshops on safe BDSM for students, for example the
University of South Florida St. Petersburg and
Hofstra University .
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Some American universities, such as
Texas Tech University ,
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Indiana University
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Michigan State University , have professors who conduct research and take curriculum classes on BDSM.
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A few US
university presses , such as those of
Duke University ,
Indiana University and
University of Chicago , have also published books on BDSM written by professors.
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"50 Grades of Grey: Harvard becomes latest college to accept BDSM club" .
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"BDSM 101 - Student Events - Students Union, U of C" .
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"Helsingin akateemiset kinkyt ry - Academic kinksters of Helsinki" .
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"Newly Established Student Associations of the 109 Academic Year" . NTHU Academic Affairs Office, Division of Student Activities . Archived from
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"Home - Durham University Students Union - Kink" . durhamsu.com . Archived from
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"Keele Kink Society" . keelesu.com . Retrieved May 6, 2023 .
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" 'It is a safe space': An interview with Lancs KinkSoc" . Lancaster University . November 3, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2022 .
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"Kink Society" . leedsbeckettsu.co.uk . Retrieved November 26, 2023 .
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"Fetish Society @ University of York Students' Union" . lincolnsu.com . Archived from
the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
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"UoNSU" . su.nottingham.ac.uk . Retrieved May 31, 2022 .
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"University of Portsmouth" . Archived from
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"Fetsoc @ University of York Students' Union" . yusu.org . Archived from
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"Fetish Society" . Retrieved December 9, 2021 .
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"Pride Center: Sex Week — BDSM Basics Workshop" . February 23, 2018.
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"Columbia University" . Archived from
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"Conversio Virium" . conversiovirium.com . Archived from
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"Cornell University" .
Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .
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"Harvard College Munch " Press Coverage" . hcs.harvard.edu .
Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .
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"Harvard approves student group devoted to kinky sex on campu" .
CNN .
Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .
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"Harvard To Approve BDSM Sex Club Called Harvard College Munch" .
Huffington Post . November 29, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
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"A Hush-Hush Topic No More" .
The New York Times . Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
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"ASHMC Chartered Clubs" . Harvey Mudd College . Retrieved May 31, 2022 .
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"Home - Iowa State University - Student Organizations" . stuorg.iastate.edu . Archived from
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"K.I.N.K. Kent State - Kent State University" . kent.edu . Archived from
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"Students Create BDSM Club At All-Women's College" . connecticut.cbslocal.com . Archived from
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"Clinical considerations for working with BDSM and Kink practitioners" . molloy.edu .
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"Out of the Dungeon - North by Northwestern" . apps.northbynorthwestern.com . Archived from
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"Ohio State University" . Archived from
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"New BDSM club shows its members the ropes" . Archived from
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"Princeton University hosts Bdsm club for students" .
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"From Fetish Ball to Kinkfest: Venturing Beyond the Reed Community" . May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2022 .
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"BDSM 101 Experimental College" .
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"KardinalKink Info Page" . mailman.stanford.edu . Archived from
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"Stony Brook S&M club teaches safe bondage to students" . sbstatesman.com . Archived from
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"Critiques of Kink 101 reveal a misunderstanding of BDSM" . February 28, 2022.
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"University of California - Berkeley" . Archived from
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"University of California, Santa Barbara" . Archived from
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"Risk-Aware Consensual Kink" . rack.uchicago.edu . Archived from
the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018 .
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"The University of Chicago Has a Kink Club That Takes Field Trips to a Sex Dungeon" .
Cosmopolitan . August 14, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
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"50 Shades of Ivy: Kink on Campus" . observer.com. March 6, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
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"University of Michigan Teaches Students How To Be Kinky, Engage in BDSM - The College Fix" . February 13, 2014. Archived from
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"Home - University of Minnesota - Student Organizations - Kinky U" . gopherlink.umn.edu . Archived from
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"USC BDSM club not bound by stereotypes - Daily Trojan" . June 23, 2015. Archived from
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"Festival Of Sex Panel Discusses BDSM, STIs And Male Sexual Assault" . Retrieved April 10, 2019 .
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"Wellness week rolls out - Pace University" . pace.edu . Archived from
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"SASSy Session: BDSM and Kink - Hofstra University" . hofstra.edu . April 2024.
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"The Power of The Submissive: Tech Professor Answers Why "Fifty Shades of Grey" is So Successful" . ttuhub.net . February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015 .
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"Undergraduate Program - Department of Anthropology - Indiana University Bloomington" . indiana.edu .
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"Kink, thrills and consent: Meet the professor leading a double life as a BDSM expert" . October 7, 2016. Archived from
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"Julie Fennell - my.Gallaudet" . my.gallaudet.edu . Archived from
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"People - The Science of BDSM" . scienceofbdsm.com . Archived from
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"Margot Weiss – Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology" . mdweiss.faculty.wesleyan.edu . Archived from
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