RCdc -> RE: BDSM a subset of D/s or vice versa? (2/10/2010 1:22:33 AM)
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ORIGINAL: VaguelyCurious This, innit. [image]local://upfiles/913882/C1A651708FC0426D99BB487B37639CEC.jpg[/image] As far as I'm concerned this demonstrates not knowing what the 'acronym' BDSM stands for. That may be the case for you, learning from online, but for some who participate offline, it aptly demonstrates the correct use of BDSM. That's not meant as a poke, but as a example of that you can only learn so much off the web and vicariously through media. My experience has been akin to Domin8ating - that the Ds element was added from the early to mid 90s(I'd say 91/92) as a more common 'addon'. I was certainly not aware of the Ds element in the late 80's. It was always represented as something seperate and different. I believe it a correct assumption that with the invention of the net, things got a bit mixed up and sure things evolve, and that includes words and acronyms, but there is still a strong contingent that stick to idea that BDSM is an expression of verbs, not nouns. Some people include Ds in BDSM. I find it a bit of a misconception as BDSM is ultimately a description of acts and not of orientation. Even when you describe sadism and masochism within that term, it's an action. Discipline, an action. Bondage, an action. Being dominant or submissive, sadist or masochist, master or slave - these are all orientations and therefore don't fit the criteria of the acronym. Top or bottom merely describe a person who facilitates a sensation/act and doesn't reveal a persons orientation, so for the poster who suggested that all BDSM includes some sort of Ds is pretty much incorrect - particularly when it you consider that self bondage is a pretty common activity, using that as an example alone. I can use others, if you wish. There a lots of Ds/Ms relationships where BDSM doesn't even factor and visa versa. I was going to just going to respond to the thread by saying neither, until I cam across your above dismissal of the diagram. But as rude as you were to Vaguely Curious(intentionally or not), does not change the fact that not everyone agrees and it's really not a question that be answered 'settled' - because you are not necessarily 'right'. the.dark.
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