Bodies and BDSM: Redefining Sex Through Kinky Erotics

Kinky clients, kinky counselling? The challenges and potentials of BDSM

One of the most demonised forms of consensual sexuality is BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadomasochism). Many counsellors still consider it appropriate to make negative comments about BDSM in a way that is perceived unacceptable in relation to other aspects of sexuality (Hudson-Allez, 2005). Kolmes, Stock and Moser (2006, p.315) found 118 reports of ‘biased or ina...

BDSM Disclosure and Stigma Management: Identifying Opportunities for Sex Education

While participation in the activities like bondage, domination, submission/sadism, masochism that fall under the umbrella term BDSM is widespread, stigma surrounding BDSM poses risks to practitioners who wish to disclose their interest. We examined risk factors involved with disclosure to posit how sex education might diffuse stigma and warn of risks. Semi-structured interviews asked 20 adults ...

Sex-Interface-Aesthetics: The Docile Avatars and Embodied Pixels of Second Life BDSM

Anyone paying the slightest attention to virtual worlds knows that sex is a major part of them, in particular, more fetishized forms of sex, including cyberstripping and escorts, furry sex (sex between humanoid-animal avatars), and BDSM. Virtual world sex is ubiquitous, appearing in fantasy-themed commercially created worlds such as World of Warcraft [9; 15]. But sex, especially fetish sex, com...

Psychological characteristics of BDSM practitioners.

INTRODUCTION It has been generally thought that the practice of bondage-discipline, dominance-submission, sadism-masochism (BDSM) is in some form associated with psychopathology. However, several more recent studies suggest a relative good psychological health of BDSM practitioners. AIM The aim of this study was to compare scores of BDSM practitioners and a control group on various fundamenta...

Redefining Workplace Safety and Health