Education and community matter before intense dynamics.
Not because communities are perfect. They aren’t.
But because isolation makes people easier to manipulate.
Good communities teach people
👉🏻negotiation
👉🏻safeword culture
👉🏻vetting
👉🏻aftercare
👉🏻red flags
👉🏻pacing
👉🏻autonomy
And education gives people language for experiences they otherwise might dismiss, minimise or blame themselves for.
People are much harder to exploit when they know what healthy behaviour looks like.