page_title: Outline of BDSM
section_title: BDSM terminology
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of BDSM / BDSM terminology
caption_attribution_description: English: Folsom Street Fair 2013, San Francisco
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to BDSM:
  BDSM – a variety of erotic practices involving dominance and submission, roleplaying, restraint, and other interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged in by people who do not consider themselves as practicing BDSM, inclusion in the BDSM community or subculture is usually dependent on self-identification and shared experience. Interest in BDSM can range from one-time experimentation to a lifestyle.
context_section_description: Bondage –
  Discipline (BDSM) –
  Dominance & submission –
  Sadomasochism –
  Roles
  Bottom –
  Top –
  Dominant –
  Submissive –
  Master/slave –
  Dominatrix
  Serving top
  Sexual slavery (BDSM) –
  Sexual fetishism –
  Hard limit (BDSM) –
  Limits (BDSM) –
  Negotiation (BDSM) –
  Contract (BDSM) –
  Play (BDSM) –
  Scene (BDSM) –
  Session (BDSM) –
caption: A woman at Folsom Street Fair in a typical submissive posture with hands folded at the back and a forward bending posture
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