BDSM

BDSM can be broken down into three categories: bondage/discipline, dominance/submission and sadism/masochism. These terms may sound intimidating, but you’ve most likely already engaged in or desired some aspect of it. Discover more.

What Makes a Good Submissive?

Colin Hanna and Dr. Laurie Mintz·September 14, 2016

It’s a question that many submissively-inclined kinksters will struggle with at one point or another in their sex* life: “Am...

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Six Myths about BDSM Debunked by Science

Dr. Zhana Vrangalova·June 23, 2016

50 Shades of Grey may have brought kinky sex into the mainstream, but that doesn’t mean it dismantled the many...

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Condoms & The Kink Community

Katy Thorn·April 19, 2016

Condoms have a bit of a reputation―one that LELO has charged itself with changing―as something necessary but decidedly unsexy. Ignoring the fact that there are some pretty sexy ways to go about using a condom, you might also be surprised...

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Get Tied Down - The Best Positions for Using Handcuffs

Get Tied Down: An Illustrated Guide to the Top 5 Handcuffed Sex Positions

Helena Lorimer and Dr. Laurie Mintz·March 3, 2016

Are you an adventurous soul that craves excitement? Or are you possibly feeling the full effects of boredom in the...

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Terms of Entanglement: A BDSM & Kink Glossary

A List of All the Most Common BDSM Terms

Katy Thorn·February 11, 2016

If you don’t know what BDSM is by now, it’s a type of erotic practice that involves bondage/disciple, dominance/submission, and...

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The Psychology of Submission: Equal But Different

Kayla Lords and Dr. Laurie Mintz·January 12, 2016

I imagine that anyone outside of the BDSM lifestyle, especially those who don’t practice Dominance and submission (D/s) look at those of us on the inside as strange creatures from an alien planet. Actually, I’d say they look at submissives...

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Role Call: What are the Different Kinds of Dominants & Submissives?

Katy Thorn·December 3, 2015

BDSM, for the uninitiated, tends to call to mind a Fifty Shades of Grey-type relationship, between an experienced authoritarian male...

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Temperature Play Ideas for Beginners

Katy Thorn·November 10, 2015

Whips, handcuffs, riding crops… All these BDSM accessories can turn off curious kink beginners, but BDSM doesn’t have to be...

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Fit to be Tied: 7 New Role Play Ideas that Incorporate Bondage

Katy Thorn and Dr. Laurie Mintz·November 5, 2015

Listen to this article: There’s no easier way to spice up sex than with a little game of ‘let’s pretend.’ By adopting a new persona in the bedroom, you’re able to let go of any self-consciousness because, well, you weren’t...

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