In researching this willing participants will often enter into a Master/slave contract where the submissive contracts to following all of the rules of the Master. This contract is not legally binding in any court in this country. It is purely symbolic.
I was repulsed in reading that, “he punished the woman when she expressed a desire to leave him in January 2000. Marcus forced her into his parents' basement in North Woodmere, placed a hood over her head, assaulted her with hypodermic needles and a knife and then posted these images on his Web site, authorities said.” I do think that he should have been charged with kidnapping which carries a longer sentence in most cases and one that cannot be overturned because a new law was used to prosecute the case.
This monster also took her to the home of a female acquaintance where he “bashed her head against a metal beam and bound her ankles and wrists to the ceiling, leaving her there for several hours, prosecutors charged. He then forced her to have sexual intercourse with him, photos of which he also posted on the Web site” I do not know about you, but what I would have charged him with had I been the prosecutor in this case is attempted murder because all of these acts could have resulted in death. Assault charges should have been filed instead of relying on a new law.
While the defense attorney in this case stated that she had a “good time”, this article also reported that she did try to escape this captivity. Marcus threatened her by exposing these acts to her parents by placing it again on his web site. I do not know about you, but having one skull bashed into a metal beam is not my idea of a good time. His reaction to her abuse at the hands of this predator was misogynistic.
Normally, I am for government keeping their business out of our bed rooms but in cases such as this where death can occur, it is the responsibility of the government to step in and prosecute those who do commit acts such as this. As far as consensual sexual play which takes part in this BDSM sub-culture it is up to the individual to protect themselves as well so we do not hear of a body being found or a woman being violated so heinously.
At the end of the article the defense attorney “Fahringer called it "a sex case by two consenting adults. It's a matter that has a long history in this country: What people do in their bedroom should be protected."
In reading up on this sub-culture, the moment the submissive participant cites a safe word such as no or tries to escape as Jodi did, there is no consent to any act taking place after it. Take the consent away and what you have is rape. This is where the government should step in. Besides rape is illegal and does carry a harsh sentence in most cases.
On behalf of Jodi and those like her who do find themselves in the midst of a sexual predator such as Glenn Marcus, I do hope that this case is retried where the ultimate sentence is harsher and not just nine years.
If any of you reading this piece do have these sexual fantasies and decide to take it to the next level, I am urging you to be careful especially should it be over the Internet. You may think you know this person, but in reality, you don’t. Then again, you may be one of the lucky ones who lives to tell about it. You may even find that you love this sub-culture and wish to partake in it. It is incumbent upon you to protect yourself because it can be a game of Russian roulette.
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