I’ve been meaning to write about the relative merits of the phrase Risk Aware Consensual Kink as an alternative to Safe, Sane, and Consensual. Since Mistress Milliscent does so in her new blog I’ll point you to her discussion:
We are however playing with toys, equipment, and techniques which could cause injury if not used correctly. Therefore implying that bdsm is 100% safe is not proper.
Sane is the second word in the mantra. I think that for the purposes used it fails miserably. Those of us in the bdsm community know what is meant by the word sane as we use it, but that is only because we think about it, and we discuss it amongst ourselves. The meaning will escape the vanilla public who most likely quickly think about the “Safe and Sane” label on the fireworks they bought last 4th of July.