Quote Originally Posted by his_girl_l View Post
Sexual abuse histories do seem to be disproportionally present among submissives.
Actually, people who have done controlled statistical studies have not found this. But one could easily get that impression from fora like this one. I believe that this is a case of reporting bias.

BDSMers as a group are more self-aware and articulate than average (this is borne out by quantitative studies!), and clearly feel safe revealing their feelings in places like this. Therefore, you will find more people reporting a history of abuse than you would in vanilla circles, even if the actual number of abuse survivors is no greater than average.