Sarah Harper writes for the University of York’s The Yorker on exactly what happens at Fetish Society meetings:
In February 2012, an event happened that shook the moral fibre of the University of York to the core. Deemed to be the work of “freaks”, rumours of a Fetish Society being set up on campus triggered an outcry in the media.
FetSoc’s appearance was described in a personal comment article as “relatively distressing. The goal of such a society leads only to … sexual deviancy” (Leon Morris, Chair of LGBT). Within its infant months the society was credited with being potentially responsible for a rise in the average number of sexual partners at the university; “the newly ratified Fetish Society … could have contributed to the raising of York’s sex profile” (Helena Kaznowska, YorkVision reporter).
I must say as a member of the FetSoc committee, reading all this disappointed me, particularly Kaznowska’s article on the rise in average numbers of sexual partners at York Uni over the past year. I mean…where is all my sex? Have the rest of the society been meeting and cavorting at licentious orgies without telling me? I mean I wouldn’t mind, but an invite would have been nice…
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‘Fetish Societies aren’t all about orgies’
In February 2012, an event happened that shook the moral fibre of the University of York to the core. Deemed to be the work of “freaks”, rumours of a Fetish Society being set up on campus triggered an outcry in the media.
FetSoc’s appearance was described in a personal comment article as “relatively distressing. The goal of such a society leads only to … sexual deviancy” (Leon Morris, Chair of LGBT). Within its infant months the society was credited with being potentially responsible for a rise in the average number of sexual partners at the university; “the newly ratified Fetish Society … could have contributed to the raising of York’s sex profile” (Helena Kaznowska, YorkVision reporter).
I must say as a member of the FetSoc committee, reading all this disappointed me, particularly Kaznowska’s article on the rise in average numbers of sexual partners at York Uni over the past year. I mean…where is all my sex? Have the rest of the society been meeting and cavorting at licentious orgies without telling me? I mean I wouldn’t mind, but an invite would have been nice…
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Sub-editor. Nash is a fourth-year Journalism student at the University of Stirling. He is originally from the United States and is Political Editor of Brig Newspaper. Read more from Nash on his blog: www.nashriggins.com