[ **up: [[Humans--Sexual behaviour]] | [[Kink]]** ] --- # Safewords > “Because BDSM activities can involve very intense physical sensations as well as scenarios where people are reacting in situation-specific ways, most people use a safeword to indicate when a boundary has been crossed or when play should stop. Accordingly, a safeword is usually a word that you would not ordinarily say during play, such as ‘red,’ ‘pineapple’ or even ‘safeword.‘”[^1] ==A.K.A. ***safeword*** itself is a valid safeword.== [^1]: Bianca Palmisano, *Safer Sex for Trans Bodies*, Whitman-Walker Health & the Humans Rights Campaign Foundation, October 2021, p. 23. https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/Trans_Safer_Sex_Guide_FINAL.pdf.