RACK is the abbriviation for Risk-Aware, Consensual Kink. It was first introduced by Gary Switch as an improvement over [[health:ssc|SSC (Safe Sane Consensual)]]. His statement can be found [[http://www.albanypowerexchange.com/BDSMinfo/rack_vs_ssc.htm|here]]. The argument is that no [[fetish:bdsm|BDSM]] activity is ever safe. Any [[sm:torture]] always bears a risk. Sane is also an issue because it is very difficult to define.\\
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Critics of the term RACK counter that risk-aware is as hard to do and define as sane. Are you aware of the risk of your partner having a heart condition? In addition to that, many people feel that it is just another label for the same idea and Gary Switch is simply being overly critical of a few simple words.