Consent Policy and Reporting for our Minnesota Hypnosis Group / Psychological kink group

MiNdfuck is a psychological kink and hypnosis group, intended for people of all experience levels!

MiNdfuck is made out of an effort to combine shared kink interests among people into hypnosis, psychological kink, emotional masochism, non-sexual sadism, manipulation and–well–mindfucking!

While MiNdfuck currently does not have play parties, we know that people into psychological kink and hypnosis, especially those with prexisting dynamics, tend to have a lot more banter than some people at munches do! We welcome that banter, as well as demonstrating inductions or other public appropriately quiet psychological verbal play and hypnosis play!

Thus, it feels pertinent to be proactive and have a consent report policy posted.

You can also find our code of conduct at: https://mindplaygroup.org/code-of-conduct/

Below is how consent reports will be handled. If someone has made you uncomfortable (…in a way you didn’t want or consent to!) please reach out about issues small or large. Following that is our consent policy.

  • Upon receiving a report, the reporter will be asked what course of action will make them feel safe in the space, and based on the information received from the reporter a decision will be communicated to them, and then to the reported person.
  • Reporters will be believed about the impact they say they have suffered. Other membership including the reported person are not asked, interviewed, or told about a report without the consent of the reporter. Reports and their conclusions are not publicized.
  • While determinations of guilt are a crucial component of an equitable justice system, this group is a private community, not a public tribunal. With the proper skills to listen to and understand reports, conflicts can be resolved and actions can be taken without needing to fully uncover or pass judgement on “the truth.” The only aim is to create and preserve a safe space within these private events.
  • Each report is handled on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the safety and privacy needs of the reporter. Different reporters may seek different resolutions, so assumptions are not made about what they want.
  • The goal is to restore the reporter’s sense of safety. Reporters will be supported in maintaining ownership of their experience and narrative. It is not the goal to publicly shame or out anyone involved in a report, nor is it to open the reporter up to retaliation, retraumatization, or public criticism.

Consent Policy

  1. Never touch people or property without permission, and play with affirmative consent. If you are going to do any hypnosis trance play in our spaces that allow it, you must have affirmative consent. No means no, silence means no, maybe means no, and yes means yes; a yes looks like eye contact, nodding, and saying yes.
  2. Do not engage in verbal role-play, or use any honorifics or name-calling unless you have negotiated permission.
  3. Negotiate the scope of interactions beforehand. For hypnosis, you may wish to include things such as emotions you want to feel, words or praise that you like or do not like, and places you like being touched and places that shouldn’t be.
  4. At events where trance play is allowed, unless explicitly negotiated or specified by the rules of a specific event, individual hypnosis scenes should not exceed 5 minutes. After that time, check-in, and consider anything past that the start of a new negotiation. To help minimize the potential for harm, please also avoid “negotiating-up” during a scene; stick to the things you agreed upon.
  5. Tell people about your personal risk profile if play is likely to touch on it. For hypnosis, that may include sharing things like fears and phobias to avoid.
  6. Consent is not a transaction, it is an ongoing collaboration that can end or be withdrawn at any time. Respect the stoplight safewords with those you play with (red is stop, yellow check-in, green is good-to-go).
  7. Respect one another. Those who harass members or moderators, online or in person, may be found in violation of this consent policy.