Originally posted by Jones, Nikka
If there was no need to "live out" our fantasies I think very few of us would be here. I am sure that even those who only read the stories in the bdsm library and have never acted out a scene feel a bit of excitement knowing that some of it could be real.
Nikka, I think that there are millions of people out there who, like myself, harbor violent fantasies, but who have not the slightest wish either to inflict them on others or to endure them themselves. Speaking just for myself, you've touched on the reason I write the stories I write. They are written, I hope, with enough flavor and enough realism that readers can venture into that dark world and experience it vicariously but vividly, without harming anyone or being harmed.

It seems clear that we non-participants in real life S & M are a minority as far as posters to the forum, but we might constitute a majority, perhaps even a large majority, of the overall readership at BDSMLIB. I would be interesting to find out, but alas, there is no way to survey those who prefer to remain silent.

Enjoy your fantasy, should you elect to experience it, but be safe, too.

Boccaccio