Crucifixion Play (BDSM): Dangers, Risks, and Legal Limits
Definition : Basic rope suspension is already a game that forgives no mistakes. The extreme version is playing Russian roulette because it involves suspending someone unconscious, who can no longer give their safeword or signal a problem.
- Keywords
- Crucifixion Play, Extreme Suspension, BDSM, risks, danger, safety, suspension, taboo, barbarity, criminal, positional asphyxia, nerve damage, suspension trauma, safeword
- Topics
- Vocabulary of BDSM Practices, Humiliation & Degradation, Sexual Games and Practices
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What is Crucifixion Play (Extreme Suspension)?
Basic rope suspension is already a game that forgives no mistakes. The extreme version is playing Russian roulette because it involves suspending someone unconscious, who can no longer give their safeword or signal a problem. It involves using non-structural anchor points, with the risk of everything collapsing.
The Dangers of Crucifixion Play
And then there’s crucifixion play, the ultimate taboo. Tying someone to a cross is already risky, but the fantasy of actually nailing a submissive’s hands or feet is an act of barbarity. Legally, this is no longer BDSM; it’s aggravated assault and battery. It’s a criminal act. The risks of death by positional asphyxia, irreversible nerve damage, or suspension trauma (when blood no longer returns to the brain and organs fail) are very real.
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