power

[Gordon Fitch]

Anthony Kennerson wrote:
> >It is no more inconsistent with love than more vanilla (meaning 
> >conventional) forms of sex are.  Power in sex play is not necessarily a 
> >function of power in the outer world; people in B/D play are capable of 
> >respect and equality outside the bedroom.

Kelley:
> and in the bedroom as well.

Probably more so, because the power plays are explicit,
conscious, voluntary, and usually framed (that is, set off
from life in general).