Outline of BDSM

BDSM is a variety of erotic practices involving dominance and submission, roleplaying, restraint, and other interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged in by people who do not consider themselves as practicing BDSM, inclusion in the BDSM community or subculture is usually dependent on self-identification and shared experience. Interest in BDSM can range from one-time experimentation to a lifestyle.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to BDSM:

Etymology

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)

Sadomasochism (S & M or S/M)

Bondage

By material

Japanese bondage

Metal bondage

Handcuffs

Rope bondage

By body part

Self-bondage

Head bondage

Neck

Collar (BDSM)

Stocks

Arms

Wrists – Bondage cuffs

Arms – Armbinder

Stocks

Breast bondage

Crotch rope

Discipline

Dominance and Submission

Ageplay

Fear play

Body worship

Boot worship

Erotic humiliation

Erotic hypnosis

Erotic sexual denial

Facesitting

Female dominance

Female submission

Male dominance

Male submission

Bladder desperation

Feminization

Master/slave

Medical fetishism

Rape fantasy

Service-oriented submission

Sadomasochism

Enema play

Erotic spanking

Speculum play

Breast torture

Nipple clamp

Nipple piercing

Cock and ball torture

Pussy torture

Tickle torture

Types of play

Edgeplay

Knife play

Fear play

Body Modification

Play piercing

Suspension

Sexual roleplay

Age play

Animal roleplay

Gender Play

Rape play

Sensation play

Temperature play

Breath play

Impact play

Pain play

Sensory deprivation

BDSM equipment

Gag (BDSM)

Ball gag

Bit gag

Funnel gag

Jennings gag

Muzzle gag

OTM gag

Pecker gag

Penis gag

Stuff gag

Tape gag

Whitehead gag

Bondage harness

Cock harness

Dildo harness

Head harness

Sexual fetishism and Paraphilia

Paraphilia

Sexual sadism disorder

Sexual fetishism

Breast fetishism

Diaper fetishism

Foot fetishism

Fur fetishism

Leather fetishism

Latex and PVC fetishism

Spandex fetishism

Stocking fetishism

BDSM terminology

Bondage

Discipline (BDSM)

Glossary of BDSM

Roles

Bottom

Top

Dominant

Submissive

Master/slave

Maledom

Dominatrix

Sexual slavery (BDSM)

Sexual fetishism

Hard limit (BDSM)

Limits (BDSM)

Negotiation (BDSM)

Contract (BDSM)

Play (BDSM)

Scene (BDSM)

Session (BDSM)

Significant BDSM people

Peter Acworth

Jeff Gord

Laura Antoniou

Maria Beatty

Barbara Behr

Theresa Berkley

Gloria Brame

Böse Buben

Richard Francis Burton

Patrick Califia

Vanessa Duriès

Dossie Easton

Bob Flanagan

Maîtresse Françoise

Matthias T. J. Grimme

Janet Hardy

Alfred Kinsey

Irving Klaw

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing

John Norman

Bettie Page

Pauline Réage

Catherine Robbe-Grillet

Gayle Rubin

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Marquis de Sade

Dita von Teese

Jay Wiseman

Media

A Defence of Masochism

Belle de jour (novel)

Belle de jour (film)

Billions (TV series)

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Bonding (TV series)

The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

De Usu Flagrorum

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Ethical Slut

Fetishes (film)

Fifty Shades of Grey

The Image (film)

The Image (novel)

Imaginative Sex

Mano Destra

Maîtresse

Moonlight Whispers

The Piano Teacher (Jelinek novel)

Preaching to the Perverted (film)

Psychopathia Sexualis

Romance (1999 film)

Secretary (2002 film)

Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Shrimp (film)

Skin Two

Spanking Love

Story of O

Submission (TV series)

Tokyo Decadence

Venus in Furs

A Woman in Flames

Lists

Glossary of BDSM

BDSM artists

BDSM authors

BDSM equipment

BDSM in culture and media

BDSM literature

BDSM organizations

BDSM photographers

List of bondage positions

List of universities with BDSM clubs

Category:BDSM

See also

Outline of human sexuality

Sex position

References

External links

BDSM Glossary