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The definitions key to this document are given in the following Cornerstones section. In this section I give some background definitions that might help a little with my use of terminology.
BDSM is a clever little acronym that stands for:
- Bondage & Discipline
- Dominance & Submission
- Sadism & Masochism
Bondage involves being restrained physically, for example in chains, rope or in stocks.
Dominance and submission are the subjects of this document and will be defined below.
Sadism and Masochism refer to the giving and receiving of pain, respectively, often for erotic purposes.
BDSM, collectively, is a consensual activity practiced amongst adults.
The world of BDSM: the people involved in it (the players), the activities and the parties at which it can occur are called "the scene".
A particular BDSM event between two, or so, partners is called "a scene". Like a scene in a play or movie, a BDSM scene has a clearly defined start and end. It could be something like a flogging scene, where one partner is flogged, a bondage scene, where one partner is tied up or restrained in some way, and so on.
A particular activity is often called play. Thus you can have bondage-play (eg. tying someone up), pain-play inflicting pain or exploring pain, etc.
There are very many people involved in BDSM if only for kinky sex. Kinky sex is ordinary(?) sexual intercourse with elements of BDSM included to fuel fantasy and/or add spice and variety. |