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And you don’t like doing that? K. Well I need someone to teach me basically, ‘cos I’m a bit frightened. S. Is there anyone ...? K. Don’t know, ask around. Bind yourself, you know – like domination, bondage, stuff like that. I mean, you don’t know what’s going to happen – are they going to turn round and beat you up, or tie you up and not let you go or something? Whereas if you’re with another girl, at least you hope she’s going to let you go or nothing’s going to happen to you. Karen was trying to assess the risks of infection against possible violence and potential help from colleagues.
A clearly unequal distribution of risk in the here and now, shown, for example, through patterns of longevity, can be downplayed in favour of a potential chemical or other hazard that would affect us all. In some accounts, risks cease to have any reality in the world ‘out there’ and are merely perceived or constructed through various forms of discourse. ’ (Douglas, 1986, p. 3). This form of risk is closely associated with medical expertise, as discussed in detail below with reference to ideas about the medicalisation of life (Illich, 1976).
