Discussion Point - Sexual Hypnosis
Added 2020-10-20 09:17:17 +0000 UTCI have been listening to Mark Cunningham for quite a while and I would love to hear what you think about his work.
Do you feel that there are inequalities within hypnotherapy that make sexual hypnosis a social taboo, especially for male hypnotists?
Let's have a discussion and I will give you all, my honest opinions about this topic.
Chanel x
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As for actual sexual hypnosis, it is simply a matter of consent. Nothing wrong with it. I am unaware of evidence that hypnosis can actually afford any more control over the subject than they are willing to give. Some people enjoy giving others control, and others enjoy taking it. Either without the other is left wanting. And that is only taking into consideration that specific subcategory of hypnosis, but it is what most likely would lead to questions of ethics, morals, and/or appropriateness. Here is the litmus test, though, as to whether one is sincere in engaging in hypnosis for someone’s well being: if you are not thoroughly communicating with your subject, enough to set their expectations and understand their wants and boundaries, and/or are not disclosing your actual intentions or are not staying within their boundaries, then it doesn’t matter what you tell yourself about the benefit they will gain from what you are doing. You are doing it for yourself, and you are a creep. The entire premise of “I know what this person needs” is a nice lie people tell themselves to justify violating another person’s agency. Under that measure, I would argue that Mark Cunningham, even if he is sincere, is at best deluded over his role. It very well may be that through selection bias, many who are into sexual hypnosis are getting off very nicely, and that is totally fine. But he is then generalizing that to fit a thesis that is untenable and suuuuuuuper creepy, that women in general are in need of his sexual attentions in order become whole. Yuck.
Byron
2020-10-21 15:12:56 +0000 UTCI would argue that whether or not power should be embraced is heavily dependent on the nature of that power, and the only man who seeks to “fix” others without a healthy amount of introspection is someone who is not mature enough to deal with what he is going to find there. There’s almost universally going to be good, but there’s just as universally going to be some fucked up shit in there, too. And most of it is somewhere in the middle, tbh. Don’t just embrace things indiscriminately. Accept them, forgive yourself, but some things you just shouldn’t double down on. And taking that inventory and disentangling the fucked up shit? That’s a long and difficult process and a lot of uncomfortable work. But manning up and doing it? THAT is power. And trust me, the degree to which any specific woman wants or needs your help unlocking her sexuality? They’re pretty good at letting you know without the need for hypnosis. Save the hypnosis for a woman who is into sexual hypnosis. And don’t use it to fix her, just have fun with it. She’s fine. I mean she’s a little fucked up like you but give her the agency to go through her process in her time as you did yours.
Byron
2020-10-21 06:13:33 +0000 UTC
