A volunteer from the Syrian Civil Defence searches the rubble of a building following a reported airstrike in the rebel-controlled town of Hamouria on the outskirts of Damascus on November 28th, 2017.
Responsible BDSM practitioners realize, perhaps more acutely than anyone else, that "yes" is not enough. We could all learn something from this stigmatized community, if only we'd talk more openly.
Amid a rush of political scandals and missteps, we figure that some citizens are more embarrassed for their state than others. We look at the shameful headlines and determine where these states would rank on the citizen embarrassment level.