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Expansion discussion

I really don't think an article such as Kink needs further expansion. --RiverHockey 18:49, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I do. --Nemissimo II 10:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TV

Shouldn't the TV series have a different name. There already are several aticles called kink, and these are the only two that are merged.

I revised the discussion of the TV show to make its relevance to this page clearer. Hope that helps. Dpmath (talk) 22:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

since the tv series has its own page, cant we remove this whole section? there have been innumerable references to kinky behavior on tv...Vinithehat (talk) 04:19, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

done.Vinithehat (talk) 17:20, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move to Kinky (sexual)

Might it make sense to move the article to have a title of Kinky (sexual)? I think kinky is a much more common phrase, compared to kink. Drum guy (talk)

I think "kink" is the more common term among practitioners; "kinky" is sometimes a pejorative term, and besides, it's an adjective whereas most articles are about nouns.Dpmath (talk) 22:22, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kink versus fetish

It's unclear to me that a single opinion [1] constitutes a consensus on any difference between kink and fetish. There isn't any official definition of "kink", and I've often seen the word used synonymously with fetishism too, so I would suggest we rephrase this to simply be one definition, rather than the only possible definition.

It's also rather simplistic too when it states:

A kink “is the use of props, costumes and role play to enhance partner intimacy.” But a fetish “is when the props, costumes or role play replace the partner and the intimacy.”

Someone who might, by any reasonable definition, have a fetish, might use that to enhance partner intimacy. OTOH, one might take part in spanking and BDSM (which are defined here as counting as "kink") with them replacing the partner and the intimacy. Hell, someone could have vanilla sex solely for the physical pleasure, without caring about their partner, and we probably wouldn't call that fetishism. Mdwh (talk) 20:21, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

vanilla is a flavor. actually it was once quite exotic.—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

Coming here after reading some lay sources on fetishes, e.g. [2], the distinction is indeed not universal. Maybe it's an American vs. British English language/culture one? Anyway, this article needs to get rid of the uncited post-modern mumbo-jumbo definitions that hardly say anything. Tijfo098 (talk) 03:44, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BEBOLD, also: WP:SOFIXIT. ViniTheHat (talk) 06:25, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Conversion of this article to a redirect page

On 29 March 2019 Soarwakes boldly converted this page into a redirect towards BDSM, removing all its content, without any prior discussion. The edit summary said "same subject, redirect". However, the definition of Kink was:

In human sexuality, kinkiness is the use of unconventional sexual practices, concepts or fantasies.

In contrast, the definition of BDSM is the more specific:

BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

The two terms are understood within the field of human sexuality to have different meanings. Furthermore, Soarwakes has not attempted to preserve the content on this page by merging it with BDSM. For these reasons I would suggest restoring this article. -- Polly Tunnel (talk) 11:21, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Addition – I've just noticed that this article is listed above as a "level-5 vital article", raising the additional question of whether such articles should be redirects to other articles. I think I'd better ping some other editors who've previously edited this article: Flyer22 Reborn, The Anome, Feminist. -- Polly Tunnel (talk) 14:28, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- This is a bad redirect. "Kink" is definitely not synonymous with BDSM. While kink certainly includes BDSM, it includes things like foot fetishism, cross-dressing, latex fetishism, inflation fetishism, urolagnia, and so on, none of which constitute BDSM. Perhaps "kink" might be defined as "sexual fetishism and consensual sadomasochism, when considered as healthy, rather than pathological, activities" -- The Anome (talk) 22:18, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. This is an inappropriate redirect. There is some overlap but the two topics are clearly distinct. I've restored the article. feminist (talk) 03:51, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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What does this sentence mean?

What does "Some universities also feature student organizations focused on kinks, within the context of wider LGBTQ concerns." Kinks are not LGBTQ inherently.