Safe Words and Safety Concerns

[sadiej]

i will admit that i am very new to all of this. but my opinion is that forbidding the use of a safe word is like having no safe word at all.

even if i know my Master well and trust him. knowing that he demands that i have this for our mutual protection makes me trust him more... not less.

that trust makes me less likely to ever use or need that safe word,

just a the 2 cent opinoin of a "newbie" sub.

[Hime]

Yeah. In an M/s relationship, the idea (at least in those I've heard of) is that the two people know each other well enough that they can communicate without using a safe word. On the other hand, the people you're talking about are total strangers. It seems ridiculously unsafe to me to go into a scene with a Domme you've never met before who has admitted that she intends to pressure you to not use a safe word or otherwise consider your own safety. Nobody should be shamed or pressured about their limits or safety concerns -- that's how very serious accidents and injuries happen.