BDSM

Sex, nudity and acts of painful torture performed at public BDSM events, like the Folsom Street Fair in the United States, have been labeled as being against the law, even though the events are accepted by the local administration and police, and all acts are done with consent.^[1] Top: Demonstration of cock and ball torture on a nude man at the Folsom Street Fair. Bottom: Breast torture done on asphixya noir at the fair.

BDSM is an initialism for bondage/discipline (BD) and sadism/masochism (SM). It means some kinds of sex play. People have seen that they can get sexual stimulation by taking certain roles. Some of these roles are being dominant, and telling the other person what to do, or of being submissive, and being told what to do. Before they start, people agree that is what they want to do, so the activity is called consensual. Usually, they also agree on a safe word, or some behavior, which will make the other person stop. This is completely different from a sadist, who only gets pleasure from being sadistic or cruel to others. or from people only getting sexually aroused if they are hurt or humiliated. People involved in BDSM agree that's what they want to do.

BDSM is very varied, it includes tying or restraining one person, animal roleplay, and using tools to get arousal (for example: a dildo), which is called fetishism.

BDSM is about getting sexual pleasure out of things that are often painful or upsetting. People try to do this in a safe way by agreeing on a "safe word". If someone says this word the whole play stops. This is to stop the play from going too far and causing real physical or emotional hurt.^[2]

1. ↑ "San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair Featured Public Whippings". CNS News. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. ↑ Bondage: what is it in BDSM culture