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The term BDSM is a portmanteau of initialisms intended to encompass all of the following activities: Bondage and discipline (B & D or B/D) Dominance and submission (D & S or D/s) (including "master and slave" role-playing scenarios and ongoing relationship structures) Sadism and masochism (S & M or S/M)
The terms top, bottom, and switch are also used in BDSM, with slightly different meanings. In BDSM, a top is the person doing something to someone else, and a bottom is the person receiving that act. [2][3] In both contexts, the terms top and bottom refer to active and passive roles, not to who is physically on top in a particular sexual act. [1]
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be ...
Counter-hegemony is an attempt to critique or dismantle hegemonic power. [1] In other words, it is a confrontation or opposition to existing status quo and its legitimacy in politics, but can also be observed in various other spheres of life, such as history, media, music, etc. Neo-Gramscian theorist Nicola Pratt (2004) has described counter ...
In BDSM, Master/slave, M/s or sexual slavery is a relationship in which one individual serves another in a consensual authority-exchange structured relationship. Unlike Dominant / submissive structures found in BDSM in which love is often the core value, service and obedience are often the core values in Master/slave structures. [1]
Dominatrix is the feminine form of the Latin dominator, a ruler or lord, and was originally used in a non-sexual sense. Its use in English dates back to at least 1561. Its earliest recorded use in the prevalent modern sense, as a female dominant in sadomasochism, dates to 1961. [ 1 ] It was initially coined to describe a woman who provides ...
Sadomasochism is a subset of BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, and Masochism), a variety of erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism. The abbreviation S&M is commonly used for Sadomasochism (or Sadism & Masochism), although the initialisms S-M, SM, or S/M are also used ...
Look up maledom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Male dominance may refer to: Male dominance (BDSM) Male privilege, a system of advantages available to men on the basis of sex. Patriarchy, a system of social organization characterized by male dominance.