Diemut Bubeck in her 1995 book Care, Gender and Justice holds that “care does not require any emotional attachment.”

How negative can you handle it? Sure we can put on a show which allows us to inhabit some dark places, Bad Detective style. We can listen to Claire Bishop and make art that uses ‘negative’ social relations - authoritarianism, exploitation etc. As long as we have a safe word and we consent I suppose.