It is amazing to me that this discussion could have gone this far without resolution. Am I the only lawyer on this site?

Here is how to think about this topic. A safeword establishes a lack of consent. Anything that happens after a safeword has been uttered is no longer the activity of consenting adults. Nonconsensual touching is a battery, redressable through a civil action in damages. Continuation of actual punishment will be a criminal offense, quite possibly a felony.

There is no form of agreement as to the victim's status as a "slave", and no possible form of contract which would constitute an effective defense. Where I live, any such defense is ruled out by the 13th amendment.

We have our fantasy and our fun, but we should always remember we live in a larger, real world.

Mr. Quirt