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lally3 -> RE: Kink V Lifestyle (7/10/2008 5:04:40 AM)
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i think that lifestyle is relative - we all have lives to lead and the lifestyle, whether old guard or not is somewhat dependant on how much of your life can be realistically spent within the dynamic, for some it really is 24/7, for some that ideal is totally unrealistic.
i dipped my little toe briefly into some of the old guard ethos, and really there isnt much on lifestyle. back then titles and so forth werent so much, it was just S & M, sadist or masochist.
i think that back then, whenever then was, manners, respect, politeness etcetera were things one extended naturally enough to anyone anywhere at any time. manners, respect and politeness is now something regarded as having to be earned or go fly.
arguably a shame and a reflection on how society has changed over a period of time, but not specific to this choice of sexuality or mindset.
as for their being more kink than lifestyle now - i couldnt say. sexual freedom, as i understand, took off in the sixties (though i think if the romans could put their hands up right now they would, along with a whole other host of periods in history)
i think there is more awareness of kink and people not into D/s who enjoy kink for kink sake be they bdsmers or vanilla and so far as i know theres no manual outlining that this is a peversion of the old guard way of thinking.
from the little i know, old guard were a small community who enjoyed their proclivities in private and continued life outside of that as 'normally' as everyone else. what they did in private, as with us now, was their business and like us, entirely up to them how they perceived it to be.
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