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ORIGINAL: Winterapple

That's true.[;)] I guess my thinking is it is mainstream but it's
still niche mainstream.
And I think a lot of the spanky/blindfold stuff is sold and
processed in a jokey sort of way. Beyond that many
people are less knowledgable and sometimes
less tolerant or that's been my personal experience
anyway.

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ORIGINAL: Winterapple

That's true.[;)] I guess my thinking is it is mainstream but it's
still niche mainstream.
And I think a lot of the spanky/blindfold stuff is sold and
processed in a jokey sort of way. Beyond that many
people are less knowledgable and sometimes
less tolerant or that's been my personal experience
anyway.

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ORIGINAL: Moonhead
Yep. I'd be bloody surprised if most (or even any) of the "Master" passwords to be found have anything to do with power exchange pervery.

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

Mainstream BDSM? You bet. But do NOT get carried away until DSM-V comes out in May, 2013. The current DSM (Diagnostic and Statisical Manual) still lists BDSM under the paraphilias (paraphilea ?)

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In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The American Psychological Association Council of Representatives followed in 1975.[3] Thereafter other major mental health organizations followed and it was finally declassified by the World Health Organization in 1990

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

I dunno. I see it on commercials, goths and emos, hear it in music, and just about every person I know has some kind of kinky sex of some kind or another. Then there's the books and movies that have running themes throughout them.