I propose a third option--acquired. Innate is our drive to seek pleasure; learned is our ability to process information culling bits until, through our humanistic free will, we form processes and patterns that establish that behavior we most enjoy with cause and effect satisfing that which we desire.
Pensively,
Boxer

Originally posted by AgentDesire
Greetings all. This my first post *pops her posting cherry* Damn, might have needed that . . . Moving on, I have been puzzling over this for a while and after reading the thoughtful responses, thought I would post this to the forum.

Do you feel that the BDSM lifestyle is innate or learned behavior? If it learned behavior, that means that much like Pavlov’s dog, we can be reconditioned. If it is innate, then it would come to follow that the behavior is fixed. Input please.