BDSM

BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. The major subgroupings are described in the abbreviation "BDSM" itself:

Other points

• BDSM may or may not involve sex of any kind.
• BDSM may or may not involve sexual roleplaying.
• How dominant or submissive a person may be in their regular life does not always determine their preferred role in BDSM play though many people do manifest these tendencies. Often people who express one role in their regular life, such as at work, strongly desire to express the opposite role within their sexual life, as a kind of release.
• BDSM play often includes the psychological pleasure of fetishes.
• Some BDSM players are polyamorous or are sexually monogamous but engage in non-sexual play with others.
• A couple may engage in BDSM sexuality within an otherwise non-D/S relationship dynamic.
• When there is abuse in the relationship, the submissive is as likely to be abusive as the dominant.