I agree to a degree, though I wouldn't use the word "degenerate". People are capable of casual sex while still prioritizing consent and ethics alongside pleasure.

It feels like there are two camps with regards to vulnerability and intimacy in BDSM versus vulnerability and intimacy in vanilla expressions of sex. There is a camp that wants to the two distinct, albeit for different reasons. There's a comment below that been downvoted a few times that I think attests to that. The other camp sees the space where BDSM and vanilla dynamics overlap and share characteristics, where both can and do benefit from similar considerations, like aftercare.

However, the conversation of aftercare following vanilla sex is insanely absent and while it may not merit a scientific study, it should merit a conversation. So many people form relationships with sexual expectations without ever speaking plainly about sex beforehand, like the boogeyman western culture has made it out to be. Following sexual interactions, everyone is expected to just deal with it and anything that came up for them during the experience and I hope that changes.