Welcome to the world of Cirque de Plaisir, a fetish party which goes a little beyond what you might have read, seen, or heard about. All the regular BDSM action is available, but for the truly adventurous (with $50 to spare), Cirque offers something even more exciting — a possible health and safety violation. Why? Because the party-goers are splattering blood everywhere without any safety equipment.
News of the party broke last week when an unnamed attendee spoke to NBC 4 because she was concerned that the doctor performing a bloodletting demonstration was not doing his best to “help and heal” like he said he would when he took the Hippoctratic Oath.
Here’s what the party looks like:
Photos from inside the edgy, recurring party called Cirque de Plaisir seem to show a fetish practice called “arterial tapping,” whereby a dominant partner taps a submissive partner’s artery, controlling his or her blood flow. It appears that very blood is sometimes sprayed over a canvas as art.
It’s possible that these pieces of art are sold on Etsy later, but that’s not mentioned in NBC 4’s report. What is mentioned, however, is why the woman breaking her silence was upset.
She criticized the bizarre bloodletting demonstrations in part because she says one of the party organizers, known in the S&M community as “Santos,” is actually Dr. Edwin Perez, a licensed physician.
“I think there’s definitely more of a shocking aspect that [he is] a doctor who took a Hippocratic oath to help and heal,” she said. “It just seems so contrary to his profession.”
That’s probably not going to be a huge issue — wouldn’t you want a doctor to be doing all the splattering? — but what might be of concern is the fact that if someone files an official complaint, the party might be shut down for health and safety violations, including lack of protective gowns and masks. NBC 4 reports that in photos from the party, no one is wearing any protective gear. Somehow this is probably the most amusing part of the story. It’s also very possible that no one was wearing the masks or gowns because part of the excitement is getting blood splashed all over you. If I’m paying fifty bucks to get in, you’d better believe I’m leaving with a stranger’s blood all over me.
BroBible claims that the next party is this Saturday. It’s also BYOB, but some mixers will be available. There will also be an erotic sword play demonstration (aren’t they all, though? Aren’t they all?).
Source: NBC 4