> B/D stands for bondage/discipline or bondage/domination; it is a particular
> kind of sexual power play that is common among sexually unorthodox people.
unorthodox? doesn't orthodox mean following carefully a set of rules to which you ascribe. i could go look it up to be certain, but i'm fairly sure that's right. which makes b/d pretty fucking orthodox (huh and i love every dimension of that pun)
> It is no more inconsistent with love than more vanilla (meaning conventional)
> forms of sex are.
Certainly
> 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.
Also certainly, but it is definitely still real "power"
> It's simply another form of consensual sexual
> variation.
even its most difficult form of consensual non-consensual sexual variation
Catherine