Welcome! I don't think that the book explores kink/S&M in any detail, though Ward does posit that the appeal of coercion comes from a desire to retain access to heterosexual privilege. (And that applies to heterosexual coercive narratives too--that is, she suggests that normative heteromasculinity is defined as being in charge of debasing one's sex partner.) From my reading, I think she puts "consensual kink," generally, in the category of queerness, but I'm hesitant to speak for her--it sounds like you might enjoy reading the whole thing.
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Date: 2015-05-13 12:57 am (UTC)