The irony is that this student club will be seen by most as less controversial than a campus club for conservative students.

Pardes Seleh of Campus Reform reports.

Kinky sex club rises at USC

Students at the University of Southern California (USC) could soon be tied up, but not in their studies.

USC students have started a club to raise awareness about a methods of alternative sex, particularly BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism). Support for the Trojans Munch Club, or the Kinky Trojans as they are called on Facebook, picked up soon after the BDSM-inspired film Fifty Shades of Grey broke the international record for the highest-gross R-rated release.

“Our club offers a safe space for students at USC to come together in a welcoming environment to discuss and learn about BDSM topics. We hold munches (discussions about kink held over food) twice a month and also hold various types of programming related to BDSM. For example[,] we’ve had a BDSM 101 panel and a rope tying class in the past,” the Kinky Trojans told Campus Reform

The Daily Trojan reports that the Kinky Trojans first developed in association with the Queer and Ally Student Assembly at USC, otherwise known as QuASA, because of a shared interest in “alternative sexuality.” QuASA is a branch of USC’s Undergraduate Student Government consisting of several “queer” student groups of students exploring their sexuality. As an organization under QuASA, the group hosted a BDSM 101 panel attended by about 80 students. Events discussing polyamory, dungeons, and bondage equipment were hosted as well.