Erotic practices involving domination and sadomasochism
A dominatrix with two naked female submissives - image taken at Studio Biederer, Paris, 1930.
BDSM is a variety of erotic practices involving dominance and submission, roleplaying, restraint, and other interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged in by people who do not consider themselves as practicing BDSM, inclusion in the BDSM community or subculture is usually dependent on self-identification and shared experience. Interest in BDSM can range from one-time experimentation to a lifestyle.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to BDSM:
Interest in BDSM can range from one-time experimentation to a lifestyle. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to BDSM: The term...
This is a list ofBDSM equipment: Armbinder, Monoglove Anal hook Ball lock Bondage cuffs Bondage mittens[clarification needed] Bondage harness Bondage...
glossary ofBDSM (an initialism for bondage, discipline, domination, submission, sadism, and masochism) terms defines terms commonly used in the BDSM community...
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Bondage in BDSM is the activity of tying or restraining people using equipment such as chains, cuffs, or collars for mutual erotic pleasure. According...
In BDSM, a collar is a device of any material worn by a person to indicate their submissive or slave status in a BDSM relationship. A person wearing a...
within BDSM is when a participant gives their permission for certain acts or types of relationships. It bears much in common with the concept of informed...
set of behaviors, customs, and rituals involving the submission of one person to another in an erotic episode or lifestyle. It is a subset ofBDSM. This...
In BDSM, a safeword is a code word, series of code words or other signal used by a person to communicate their physical or emotional state, typically when...
movement of a submissive participant in a BDSM scene. It consists of a testicle cuff device, typically a ring, that clamps around the base of the scrotum...
Universities with BDSM clubs are a modern phenomenon, especially in the United States. Some of these student clubs dedicated to BDSM (along with sexual...
It may be part ofBDSM and other sexual roleplay, or accompanied by the sexual stimulation of the genitals (or other erotic region) of one or both parties...
the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a variety of periodicals were published on the subject ofBDSM. Small independent publishing companies and organized...
Criminalization of consensual BDSM practices is usually not with explicit reference to BDSM, but results from the fact that such behavior as spanking...
of physically revering a part of another person's body, and is usually done as a submissive act in the context ofBDSM. It is often an expression of erotic...
couples that would not consider themselves active in BDSM are familiar with sensual play: the use of silk scarves, feathers, blindfolding, tickling, erotic...
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