Collection: Bondage & Fetish

What is Bondage & Fetish (BDSM)?

Bondage & Fetish or BDSM is a term used to describe aspects of sex that involve dominance, submission, and control. It is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The practice typically involves one partner taking on a more dominant role during sex, while the other is more submissive.

BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline (B&D or B/D), dominance and submission (D&S or D/s), and sadism and masochism (S&M or S/M). BDSM includes a wide spectrum of activities, forms of interpersonal relationships, and distinct subcultures.

Activities and relationships within a BDSM context are characterized by the participants usually taking on complementary, but unequal roles, thus the idea of consent of both the partners becomes essential. Typically participants who are active – applying the activity or exercising control over others – are known as tops or dominants. Those participants who are recipients of the activities, or who are controlled by their partners are typically known as bottoms or submissive. Individuals who alternate between top/dominant and bottom/submissive roles - whether from relationship to relationship or within a given relationship - are known as switches.