Is This Man the Next Madonna?

He may not be as progressive, or sexy, or personable as the original material girl, but Max Mosley could end up having as much of an impact on the public discussion and acceptance of BDSM as Madonna had all those years ago (I still can’t believe she’s turning 50 this year).

Mosley, the son of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and the current president of FIA, formula one's governing body was outed in April by a British tabloid with a series of articles and a videotape of him engaging in BDSM play at a private party which, the tabloid claims, involved Nazi themes.

Now Mosley is now taking the tabloid to court claiming that not only was the sex play not Nazi themed, but that there was nothing wrong with it. In his testimony, quoted in a Time magazine article, Mosley said:

"I fundamentally disagree with the suggestion that any of this is depraved…I think it is a perfectly harmless activity provided it is between consenting adults who want to do it, are of sound mind, and it is in private."

While there have been plenty of terrible articles about the trial and ignorant side bars about BDSM, there has also been some surprisingly good coverage, like this piece in the Guardian.

Which begs the question; will the Mosley case raise positive awareness about BDSM? It’s unlikely to be anything like Madonna’s Sex book, and by all accounts this isn’t a very nice guy, but by putting the tabloid on trial he’s also putting it’s claims that BDSM is sick on trial, and that’s definitely a fight worth supporting.

Read more – Guardian: Crime and punishment

Read more – Time.com: Just A Little Harmless English S&M

Previously - Private Fantasies Made Public

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