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And now, according to new reporting in the New York Times, Danielle Diettrich Hegseth, his former sister-in-law, “submitted a sworn statement to senators on Tuesday that accused Mr. Hegseth … of being so ‘abusive’ toward his second wife that she once hid in a closet from him and had a safe word to call for help if she needed to get away from him.”

But what’s intriguing about “Babygirl,” in which the notion of a safe word doesn’t emerge until the halfway mark, is its interest in depicting characters who are not experienced practitioners of such power dynamics.

Romy goes on to say: “It’s not about a safe word or a safe place or consent or the kink… there has to be danger. Things have to be at stake.”

Trust is an aphrodisiac in “Safe �������t¶��.”

Josiah Wise, who records as serpentwithfeet, promises that “The safe word is me” and “I’m your shelter,” while adding that he’s “insatiable,” in “Safe �������t¶��.”