About the video: Dr. Lindsey Doe holds a PhD in human sexuality and until 2014 was a professor at the University of Montana. In 2013 she started a Sex-Ed YouTube channel called Sexplanations where she shares her knowledge.
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BDSM is a catch-all term for a variety of erotic and sexual practices that can involve bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, and/or sadomasochism. Experiences of BDSM, like with many sexual practices, are incredibly wide-ranging and inclusion in the BDSM community and subculture is dependent on self-identification.
The BDSM community is welcoming and not judgmental of any sexual practices that are in the mainstream considered non-normative, such as cross-dressers, animal role-players, or fetishists. Since the participants in BDSM relationships often take on complimentary, but unequal roles, informed consent is absolutely essential. As Kathy says, the rules are discussed before hand. |