When is Consent not Consent?

Friday, January 29th, 2010

The idea of informed consent is one of the core principles of BDSM. It’s in the two most common acronyms, SSC (Safe, Sane, and Consensual) and RACK (Risk-Aware Consensual Kink). Without consent, what we do is immoral and illegal — well in many places, what we do is illegal even with consent, but I digress. […]

Service Tops

Monday, January 25th, 2010

I made a post discussing whether giving oral sex is a dominant or submissive activity.  A concept somewhat related to this, which I’ve been mulling over lately, is that of “service tops.”   This is a term that means a top that is in service to their bottom, doing exactly what the bottom wants, and nothing […]

G-Spot May Not Exist?

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Okay, so this one isn’t exactly BDSM-related, and it’s from a while ago (I just now saw this post laying around in my drafts folder) but I still find it noteworthy.  Researchers in London claim conclusive proof that the idea of a G-spot is subjective (which is basically saying that it doesn’t actually exist). I’ll […]

Giving Oral Sex: Dominant or Submissive Activity?

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

At first blush, it seems like giving oral sex is a submissive activity. You’re giving pleasure to another, and it’s as simple as that. Or is it? When I first started thinking about this, I had heard people in the past talk about how giving oral sex is a sign of dominance. The first time […]