BDSM Consent: What It Means, How It Works and When It Fails

When the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom surveyed more than 4,000 kink practitioners, 95.9% agreed that consent can be revoked at any moment. Roughly one in eleven still believed a submissive’s contract could cancel that right, which is simply false.

Sadism vs Masochism: Meaning, Differences and Safe BDSM Pain Play

On June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization announced that sadomasochism would leave its international list of mental disorders. Under ICD-11, consensual pain play between willing adults finally became officially treated as simply private behavior rather than a psychiatric illness.

BDSM Dominance: What It Means and How to Be a Good Dom

When Spanish researchers compared 1,884 adults in 2025, dominants showed the most secure attachment and the highest well-being of any group, kinky or not. The cartoon villain image of the cold, controlling, damaged dom simply failed to match their data.

BDSM Roleplay Chat: How to Play Online Safely

A lady engaging in BDSM Roleplay Chat

Many people assume an anonymous chat window is the safest place to try kink, because nobody can see your face. Yet by the end of July 2021, the FBI had already logged more than 16,000 sextortion complaints for that year.