Quote Originally Posted by Alex Bragi
Damn it, I can be such an idiot at times.

It's an interesting question, but you know what I find a whole lot more intriguing than the definition of bdsm? It's the reasons people have for being so titilated by it. But, then that's a whole new and conjecturable topic.

Yes it is. And not the topic of this article. Tjis article's intent is to help new people to BDSM understand what it is, in the most literal terms possible. It is also the intent of this article to show people the differences between BDSM, fetishes, and other malignant misconceptions and misinterpretations like rape and abuse.

This is supposed to be a piece that someone who has never heard of BDSM can read, see what it really means, what the rules really are and how the actual practice of BDSM may differ from what they've seen on TV or what many people [not involved in BDSM/kink] might try to tel them BDSM is.