What do the letters BDSM actually mean?

[KillerMuffin]

I always thought they meant Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, and Masochism. I thought about Bondage, Domination, Submission, and then the M defeated me because Masochism just doesn't have its partner. You can't have masochism without sadism. Can you?

 

[Pokerman]

KillerMuffin:

According to the soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm FAQ page BDSM FAQs:

"The easy part first: B&D = 'bondage & dominance' or 'bondage & discipline.'

S&M = 'sadism & masochism.'

D&S = 'dominance & submission.'"

 

[*bratcat*]

wow..you learn something new every day...

 

[Pokerman]

Or

Big
Diamonds
Say
Much

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Pokerman]

Bratcat's
Delightfully
Sweet
Muffin

 

[cymbidia]

BDSM stands for the following list of things:

• Bondage • Discipline
• Sadism • Masochism
• Dominance • Submission


Brief definitions of these terms are:

• Bondage: Restraining someone. Could be tying them down to something. Could be just binding their wrists together with silk scarves.

• Discipline: Often refers to spanking and/or corporal punishment.

• Dominance: Someone being "in control".

• Submission: Someone relinquishing "control".

• Sadism: Enjoying causing another person pain.

• Masochism: Enjoying being caused pain.

• Top: The person who is doing things to someone else (usually, the bottom). "Top" is often associated with a pain giver, but not always.

• Bottom: The person who is having things done to them (usually by the Top). Bottom is often associated with a pain receiver, but not always.

• There are also "switches". A switch is a person who is not always dominant or submissive, but is one sometimes and the other at other times. Switches are fairly common and often have partners they are dominant with and partners they are submissive with.

For all of this, for all these people, in all these situations, the motto Safe, Sane, Consensual is always emphasized.

BDSM is not about abuse.
It's about people doing things to other people, and everyone involved wanting to be involved, and everyone enjoying themselves.

 

[Always]

behavior/disclipline, sado/mashochisim - or bondage and domination sadomasochism

 

[sexy-girl]

Blondes
Don't
Scream
Much

thats not true

 

[Barb Dwyer]

Big
Dicks
Screw
Magnificently!

or

Breasts Don't Sag Much

Barbie Dolls Stay Motionless

Brunettes Do Sex Marvelously

 

[sexy-girl]

Brunettes Do Sex Marvelously [/B][/QUOTE]


very true

 

[bluntforcemama]

I've had a breakthrough!

D&S = 'dominance & submission.'


I want to try this.

 

[Barb Dwyer]

I must be S-L-O-W tonight! LOL

sexy-girl, lemme guess...is Lisa a brunette?

And, how could I pass up this opportunity before???


Barb
Dwyer
Sex
Machine!

 

[Laurel]

Brunettes Do Sex Marvelously

Hey, hey! Could it not be
BLONDES Do Sex Marvelously


!

 

[*bratcat*]

NOPE!!!

 

[WriterDom]

according to Playgirl it's

Bigger Dicks Sell Magazines

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Mensa]

A well-equipped game room

b elts
d ildos
s traps
m anacles

 

[beckbabe]

Bed & Dreckfast; Sardine Mayonaise.

 

[cymbidia]

... so achingly frustrated at this point ...

b arb
d eserves
s panking
m agic

 

[Angel]

Re: I've had a breakthrough!

D&S = 'dominance & submission.'


I want to try this.

The Sub or The Domme?

 

[sexy-girl]

Re: I must be S-L-O-W tonight! LOL

sexy-girl, lemme guess...is Lisa a brunette?

yep and im blonde and she makes me scream hehe on that note i better leave for work

 

[Siren]

I know I know