Culture and BDSM

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Can anyone point me to an essay or something that discusses the cultural aspects of BDSM? As in, do different cultures (Americans, Germans, Indians, Japanese) experience/focus on different parts of BDSM?

 

[AlwaysFara]

Can anyone point me to an essay or something that discusses the cultural aspects of BDSM? As in, do different cultures (Americans, Germans, Indians, Japanese) experience/focus on different parts of BDSM?

School project?

 

[base10]

School project?

It is an interesting question. Do people from different countries and cultures look at and experience BDSM in different ways.

Which of course is a huge generalization since each person experiences it a little bit differently, but would be interesting if there are themes.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

It is an interesting question. Do people from different countries and cultures look at and experience BDSM in different ways.

Which of course is a huge generalization since each person experiences it a little bit differently, but would be interesting if there are themes.

That's what i thought but i hadn't seen anything ever written about it.

 

[Bramblethorn]

There certainly are national stereotypes about BDSM styles - German fetish videos, Japanese rope bondage, etc. etc. and some works like the Kama Sutra that are associated with specific countries. I expect somebody out there has written about these.

But I don't think that's quite what you're asking about. BDSM media is heavily influenced by local laws on what can and can't be shown, so it's not necessarily giving much insight into what the average German/Japanese/... kinkster is into.

I'm pessimistic that there will be good information on that, because these are such hard topics to research. Just finding a representative sample of kinksters is a tremendously difficult challenge. Most of the research I've seen on BDSM depends on recruiting participants via BDSM magazines, web fora, etc. etc. so it may not be representative of people who aren't on such fora. For every kinkster who's down at the local fetish club, easy to locate, there might be another who only plays with their partner and isn't connected to BDSM communities, largely invisible to researchers.

I hope I'm wrong, because I'd love to see such research if it exists.

 

[loneranger8921]

Culture

The Bdsm culture really has grown do to the fact we have more access to visual, video, and written materials. It is like every one has grown do to the growth in porn where once we used to read about . Sex toys and dildos we had to plan our vacations to places like new york city or my favorite place was Ptown to buy our kink for the year.

I guess I am saying what you are asking it was not a simple growth but an explosion of kink since the creation of beta max and when we had hbo after dark.

i mean Pop culture means if you hand cuff your girl to a bed in thigh hi stalkings from Walmart which is the best bang for the buck means you are a connoisseur of German cabaret porn.

Go to porn hub and see there is every kind a kink on there but scat and snuff. Where I am glad they draw the line

But if you are looking for some type of BDSM manifesto it is like reading the book spare the roses bring on the thorns or something like that go to amazon and put in BDSM in there search engine

mine was the story of O which brings you to the story of Justine.
and the marquis de sade.

This is my humble opinion.

 

[SilvieMemette]

Culture Search

There's an article here by
Things that Rhyme With Orange from 2015 - Some historical stuff mid article.

https://observationdeck.kinja.com/bdsm-culture-through-history-and-to-the-present-maybe-1685471371

The Kinkiest Cities in the World
Phoenix Phillip's 2014

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/02/the-kinkiest-cities-in-the-world/

Kind of scholarly article here with references throughout where you might find more of what
you're looking for.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3382736/#!po=0.438596

I searched ' the internet using the phrase BDSM across cultures and many things came up.* Not enough time today to go further down that rabbit hole but happy reading to you.

If you are working on an article would love to read it when you finish.