by Dr. Susan Block<\/p>\n
Freedom is the greatest aphrodisiac, but restraint is a close second. It\u2019s one of the many ironies of sex that some of the freest people get off on giving up their freedom\u2014consensually, of course. They may be turned on by being \u201cforced\u201d to experience things that they really want but don\u2019t feel free to receive unless they\u2019re restrained. They may be aroused by struggling against the restraints or surrendering as they enter \u201csub space.\u201d This is one of the bedrock principles of BDSM.<\/p>\n
Another principle is theater. BDSM (Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, Sado-Masochism) is dramatic, and I don\u2019t mean Fifty Shades of Holy Crap drama; I mean the living theater of intimate power exchange, the potent poetry of mixing pleasure with pain as you play\u2014with an audience. This show\u2019s guests of honor are masters of BDSM play. So it\u2019s natural that they\u2019re now creating \u201cplays,\u201d i.e., theatrical entertainments spotlighting the drama of BDSM, engaging in themes of passion (the latin passio means \u201cto suffer\u201d), intimacy, discovery, healing, consensuality and control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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