ลูกแก้ว โชติรส: การเขียนของผู้หญิง BDSM และ การวิพากษ์ช่องว่างในประชาธิปไตย

Phairin Thepprayoon

Authors

Phairin Thepprayoon College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Thammasat University

Keywords:

democracy, Écriture féminine, BDSM

Abstract

This article examines the narrative “We Screwed on the Day of the Coup” from the book “Black Cherry: A Drug Called Longing” through by a writer under the pen name of Lukkaew Chotiros as erotic literature through the lens of ecriture féminine, exploring how women's sexual writing in the context of BDSM can serve as a critique of democracy. The study found that both women's sexual expression and BDSM practices remain taboo—even within democratic spaces—due to the underlying power structures embedded in democracy, which are phallocentric. At the same time, BDSM represents a simulation of power play, wherein the power dynamic is distributed equally—even to those in submissive roles. This dynamic stands in contrast to democratic systems, where women’s voices and gender-nonconforming voices are often marginalized. Thus, women's sexual writing in BDSM narratives becomes a powerful critique of the unequal distribution of power within democracy.

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