Considering how much of this activity is misunderstood and considered to be ev0l, crazy, so baaaaaad by not only much of the population but also police forces in many jurisdictions, I could see the intent to make it more difficult to charge/prosecute consenting adults of causing bodily harm. Sorta, kinda like a 21st century version of removing homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association's definitions of illness.
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