Building Effective Risk Profiles for BDSM Presented by @Wrn

Due to increasing COVID Numbers MASKING will be REQUIRED at this event and updated boosters are highly suggested. We will be offering this class In-Person as well as Online so please stay home if you are not feeling well. The location and zoom link will be provided to all registered.

Class Description

"We all have risk profiles in BDSM, we just might not think to call them that. Elements of our risk profiles are likely shaped by a combination of the organized BDSM scene's cultural norms, broader societal values, and individual factors. Risk profiles are personal and many-layered. This class will help to provide tools to intentionally and deliberately define and clarify your own risk profiles, and demonstrate how a greater understanding of your own risk profile can aid in vetting and negotiation.”

Presenter Bio

@Wrn is a disabled non-binary sadistic top who has been a member of Cuff for over a decade. They have taught classes in rope bondage, single tail whips, flogging, and consensual non-consent; and also helped to co-facilitate Rope Cuff, a defunct monthly rope share event in Charlottesville. For this class, Wrn draws upon extensive experience with many types of play, as well as negotiation for pick-up play, monogamous and polyamorous long-term relationships, to highlight a set of practices that are both broadly conceptual and very basic and practical.

Location

This meeting is being offered In-Person and Live on Zoom, we will not be sending out Confirmation on Fetlife, please save the email confirmation you receive after registering as it will contain that information. This is our first event in this new space so please bear with us while we work out the metaphorical kinks.

Pricing

This class is free for all regardless of membership. The presenter and venue is not getting paid however if you can, please help us support the business by purchasing something if they are allowing purchases during this event.

Meeting Agenda

This CUFF Meeting starts at 7:00 pm, doors for this class will open at 6:50pm. This class is open to all members of the community regardless of CUFF membership status in good standing.

• The first portion of a CUFF meeting is used for announcements and taking care of business items this includes our Board Election.
  The second portion consists of an educational demo or discussion beginning directly afterwards.

• Attending a CUFF Meeting is a privilege and the CUFF Board reserves the right to kick anyone out who may be disrespectful in the space or towards anyone at the meeting.

Conduct at CUFF Events

CUFF strives to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome and respected. Please be mindful of others and take care to avoid conduct that may cause others to feel uncomfortable. Please refrain from:

• Unwanted and intentional physical contact
• Unwelcome and inappropriate sexual activities, advances, comments, bullying, or invasion of sexual privacy both in person and online.
• Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.
  As is the case in any private organization, attending CUFF events is a privilege, not a right, and we reserve the right to limit access as necessary. If you witness or experience any of the above, we encourage you to alert our Incident Response Team (@Hawker701,@Steflife, @Cuffincidents@gmail.com) or fill out our Incident Response Form.