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	TSR : O&P Wiki : Safe, Sane, and Consensual: history This article is part of the O&P Wiki hosted by The Slave Register This is the version from 8 Dec 06, 11:29 PM. The full history of this article will show any more recent versions. Safe, Sane, and Consensual Safe, Sane and Consensual (SSC) is one of several phrases used by a large section of the BDSM and sexual bondage communities, who regard SSC to be a watchword for safety to describe themselves and their philosophies. The principles are that BDSM activities should be: safe: attempts should be made to identify and prevent risks to health sane: activities should be undertaken in a sane and sensible cast of mind consensual: all activities should involve the full informed consent of all parties involved Other people in the BDSM community do not consider SSC to be an accurate term for these relationships / activities. The term Risk Aware Consensual Kink (RACK) has been gaining popularity as a substitute description. For those who dissent, issues generally arise from the subjective nature of each term in SSC and the problems this creates both within and outside the community when using the term as a yardstick to evaluate activities. Another objection to SSC is that it is redundant. For example, that genuine consent (freely given informed consent) is an equivalent principle, since without sanity one cannot be genuinely informed, and that safety is an illusion in the real world. Instead of only doing safe activities, we consent to do activities with an acceptable level of risk. In that view, information about risk is central, not safety, and so informed consent is sufficient. Within ownership and M/s/, SSC is often rejected because of its association with "Safety Police" attitudes which are usually antithetical to ownership relationships. SSC also fails to address the issue of Consensual Nonconsent. Most attribute the term SSC to David Stein. More information can be found in his essay entitled "Safe Sane Consensual: The Evolution of a Shibboleth" in which he describes coining it in 1984 for GMSMA. See Also Ethical systems Consensual nonconsent Risk Aware Consensual Kink (RACK) External links Essays by David Stein SSC vs RACK by Justin Medlin (This article incorporates text from the Safe, sane, and consensual article in Wipipedia.) This article is published under the terms of the GFDL. People with profiles on The Slave Register can improve this article: see the O&P Wiki help page for details.