Patrick Mulcahey’s Important Leather Reign Speech

At the recent Leather Reign 2012 event in Seattle a close friend of mine, Patrick Mulcahey, delivered the keynote address titled Learning About Learning. Leland Carina just posted the entire speech on Leatherati.

I consider the speech one of the most important I’ve heard at any leather/kink event in quite a while. In part, he’s essentially pointing out that the emperor has no clothes when it comes to many of the ways we’re attempting to “educate” the kinky among us, newcomer and seasoned player alike. I applaud the brave stance Patrick takes in this speech and agree with him 100%. I’ve mentioned for some time that the way we undertake education in the leather/BDSM/kink scene has gone awry in far too many cases and a rethink is definitely overdue.

Please read the speech and add your thoughts as comments to this post. This is a discussion us kinksters must have if our educational efforts are to remain relevant and effective.

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