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Bottom and submissive are the labels used to describe a partner who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role within a BDSM scene, or within a BDSM relationship context. The behaviors of bottoms and submissives are similar, and in many cases overlap. For this reason, the terms are used interchangeably in some discussions, although there are differences between the two. In BDSM, a scene is a complete encounter. ... Collars are a commonly used symbol of BDSM and can be ornamental or functional. ...

The term bottom originates from a more general use of the word, especially among the gay male community, to mean receptive partner (See bottom (sex)). GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... In the context of human sexual behavior, especially anal sex among gay men, a bottom is a receptive partner (i. ...

In BDSM, bottom typically refers to the individual who is the recipient of the actions of the top or dominant within a BDSM context such as flogging, bondage, servitude, or humiliation. This article is about the erotic activity. ... Whipping on a post Flagellation is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum, whip) the human body. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ... In BDSM, servitude is performing tasks and following orders as an aspect of being submissive. ... In BDSM, humiliation is one psychological technique a top may use on a bottom. ...

The term submissive typically refers to the individual who accepts the control of, and is obedient to the authority of, a dominant partner within a BDSM context/relationship. Individuals who submit control of a large percentage of their day-to-day life to a dominant partner, or who submit within a formal set of rules and rituals are sometimes referred to using the term slave, which is distinctly different from the historical use of the term, and the practice of this type of consensual sexual slavery is different than the historical practice of slavery. Slave is a term often used in BDSM to connote a specific form of submissive. ... Slave redirects here. ...

Behaviors of submissives and bottoms often overlap, with the bottom also being submissive, but this is not always the case. Someone who is "topping" may be doing so at the request, or even the direction, of the bottom partner(s). In such a case, the dominant's function would reside with the bottom(s). Tops who act within this kind of relationship dynamic are sometimes called a service tops. A bottom who has dominance over the activities or the relationship is said to be topping from the bottom, even though they are really expressing dominance from the bottom. In a BDSM context a service top is a dominant who is dominant because the bottom desires or even requests it. ... Topping from the bottom is a BDSM term, meaning a person who wants to be dominated but simultaneously direct the top to do it according to their wishes. ...

Within communities of lifestyle BDSM devotees, there exists a widespread prejudice against both service tops and bottoms that top from the bottom. Both are considered by many to be failing to achieve a "proper" BDSM relationship dynamic – especially if the partners are purported to be trying to achieve dominant-top/submissive-bottom relationship.

The acceptance of a bottom role, or the submission of a partner, is seldom absolute, often operating within a set of defined limits. A common means that bottoms or submissives use to signal a top or dominant partner that their limits are being approached, pushed, or even crossed is the use of safewords. Extreme forms of submission or the practice of edgeplay can remove the safeword option from the bottom or submissive, although this somewhat risky situation is entered into with the consent of the bottom or submissive. A safeword is a codeword or series of codewords that are sometimes used in BDSM to mean that a bottom or submissive is reaching a limit or for the Top/Dom to stop the sceneplay. ... In BDSM, edgeplay is a subjective term for types of sexual play that are on the edge of the traditional safe, sane and consensual creed. ...

Bottoms or submissives who are also comfortable assuming a top or dominant role are referred to as switches. In the field of sexuality, a switch is someone who can change from one sexual role to another. ...

See also

This article is about the erotic activity. ... In the field of sexuality, a switch is someone who can change from one sexual role to another. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Domination and submission (also known as Dominance and submission, D&s, Ds or D/s) is a set of psychosexual behaviors, customs and rituals relating to the dominance of one individual over another. ... Wikinews has related news: BDSM as business: Interviews with Dominatrixes Femdom, or female dominance, refers to BDSM activities where the dominant partner is female; the submissive partner may be of either sex. ... Maledom, or male dominance, generally refers to heterosexual BDSM activities where the dominant partner is male, and the submissive partner is female. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Collars are a commonly used symbol of BDSM and can be ornamental or functional. ... A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader In the context of BDSM, bondage involves people being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ... Discipline is the use of rules and punishment to control overt behaviour in BDSM. Punishment can be pain caused physically (such as caning), humiliation caused psychologically (such as a public flagellation) or loss of freedom caused physically (such as chaining the controlee to the foot of a bed, for snoring). ... Abrasion as a human sexual practice involves sexual arousal from contact with abrasive substances. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Ass worship (or booty worship) generally describes a sexual obsession with the buttocks and/or anus; or any type of sexual game in which a submissive is motivated by a real or pretend attraction to their partners ass. Ass worship may also describe a BDSM practice in which a... Breast bondage is a technique in BDSM play. ... A BDSM-style collar that buckles in the back. ... In BDSM, edgeplay is a subjective term for types of sexual play that are on the edge of the traditional safe, sane and consensual creed. ... Human animal roleplay (also called petplay, ponyplay, ponyism or pup-play) is a form of erotic sexual role-play where one or more of the participants takes on the role of a real or imaginary animal in character, including appropriate mannerisms and behavior, and sometimes a partner will act as... An interrogation scene is a form of BDSM roleplay in which the participants act out the parts of torturer and victim. ... Cover of Shibari, the Art of Japanese Bondage Shibari ) is a Japanese word that literally means to tie or to bind. It is used in Japan to describe the artful use of twine to tie objects or packages. ... Old metal handcuffs Metal bondage (or device bondage) is bondage involving the use of metal apparatuses to restrain a submissive as part of BDSM activities. ... Mummification as a BDSM bondage practice involves restraining a living persons body in a non-damaging way by wrapping it head to toe, or neck to toe, in materials like saran wrap, clingfilm, cloth, bandages, rubber strips, plaster bandages, bodybags, or straitjackets. ... Predicament bondage is the art of restraining a person in such a way that there a limited number of positions in which they can move (usually two). ... Rope bondage is bondage involving the use to rope to tie and wrap the body as part of BDSM activities. ... Self-bondage is the practice of sexual bondage without a partner; that is to say, tying or otherwise restraining oneself for the purpose of sexual pleasure. ... On a physical level, BDSM sensation play involves applying carefully controlled stimulus to the human body so that it reacts as if it were actually hurt. ... Suspension bondage is a form of sexual bondage where a bound person is hung from one or more overhead suspension points. ... Tie and tease refers to the BDSM practice of tying up a partner for sexual pleasure and then denying him or her an orgasm (see orgasm denial). ... Consensual spanking is for adults wishing to indulge in a spanking relationship either for pleasure or as lifestyle choice. ... Body worship is a very general term for the BDSM practice of one person physically reverencing a part of another persons body. ... Boot worship is a term for the practice of extreme adulation of boots in BDSM, especially in female domination. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Erotic sexual denial, also known as orgasm denial, is a sexual practice where a person is kept in the plateau phase of the human sexual response cycle for an extended length of time without satisfying climax. ... Drawing by Francesco Hayez Facesitting, also known as kinging or queening, is a sexual practice in which one partner sits on or over the others face, typically to allow oral-genital or oral-anal contact, or to further ass worship or body worship. ... Fear play or terror play is sexual activity involving the use of fear to create sexual arousal. ... Wikinews has related news: BDSM as business: Interviews with Dominatrixes Femdom, or female dominance, refers to BDSM activities where the dominant partner is female; the submissive partner may be of either sex. ... Female submission describes BDSM activities in which the submissive partner is female. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Maledom, or male dominance, generally refers to heterosexual BDSM activities where the dominant partner is male, and the submissive partner is female. ... Master/slave or M/s relationships are a special case of dominance/submission, in which the dominant has ultimate authority over the submissive. ... Medical fetishism is a paraphilia where the activities and paraphernalia of medicine are eroticised. ... A rape fantasy is a sexual fantasy about participating in a rape, a fictional story about a rape, or an acted-out scene of pretend rape between consenting adults. ... In BDSM, servitude is performing tasks and following orders as an aspect of being submissive. ... The BDSM form of sexual slavery is a type of sexual roleplay where one partner, generally referred to as the submissive, agrees to perform sex acts as directed by their Dominant. ... Submissiveness is the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... Bloodplay is the BDSM practice of cutting or inflicting injury onto a consensual partner in order to cause the person to bleed (e. ... In BDSM, breathplay refers to the practice of restricting or controlling the flow of air and thus oxygen into the body of one or more participants also known as asphyxiation. ... This article is about the physical punishment. ... This article is about the German band. ... Erotic electro stimulation (also known as electrophilia or electrosex), is a human sexual practice involving the application of low frequency electrical stimulation to the nerves of the body putting particular emphasis on the genitals using a power source (such as a TENS , EMS, or Made-for-play units) for purposes... Spanking with a paddle in a BDSM dungeon in New York City. ... Fire play is a type of BDSM play that involves applying fire near to human skin. ... Fire cupping is a method of applying acupressure by creating a vacuum next to the patients skin. ... In BDSM, gunplay is used to refer to the practice of including actual or sometimes simulated firearms into a scene. ... Human toilet is the practice of defecating and/or urinating on someone as a BDSM practice, often on that persons face or in that persons mouth to simulate a toilet. ... Ice play is a form of temperature play that usually involves running pieces of ice across a persons naked skin. ... In this flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004 the top is using an advanced double flogger technique. ... Knife Play is form of consensual BDSM edgeplay involving knives, daggers, and swords as a source of physical and mental stimulation. ... Play piercing, needle play, or recreational acupuncture is body piercing done for the purpose of enjoying the experience rather than producing a permanent body decoration. ... Urethral Play (UP) is any play or activity, usually sexual in nature, that involves the insertion of toys or items into the urethra. ... A violet ray or violet wand is a device used for the application of low current,high voltage (min 10kv to max 50kv typacally), high frequency electricity to the body using a Tesla coil, originally sold as a quack medical device claimed to be useful in electrotherapy, though, since the... Wax play can create colorful and beautiful patterns on the subject Wax play is a form of sensual play involving warm or hot wax usually dripped from candles or ladled onto a persons naked skin. ... Temperature play is a form of sensual play where objects and substances are used to stimulate the bodys neuroreceptors for heat and cold for sensual effect. ... Tit torture refers to any of several erotic BDSM activities focusing solely on inflicting pain on the breast, nipples, and areola for sexual gratification. ... Aftercare is the process of attending to a submissive after a play scene. ... In BDSM, a scene is a complete encounter. ... Sexual roleplaying is a sexual behavior between two or more people in which they take on erotic roles to carry out a sexual fantasy. ... This article is about the erotic activity. ... In the field of sexuality, a switch is someone who can change from one sexual role to another. ... Safe, sane and consensual (SSC) is one of several phrases used by a large section of the BDSM and sexual bondage communities to describe themselves and their philosophies who regard SSC to be a watchword for safety. ... Consent within BDSM is an issue that attracts much attention in the field. ... YKINOK is an acronym for Your Kink Is Not OK (current on Usenet since at least 1993), and is generally used in the BDSM sub-culture to deprecate those who condemn any sexual preferences other than those actual practices (not mere fantasies) which violate the principles of Safe, Sane and... The Leather Pride flag, a symbol for the BDSM and fetish subculture. ... The BDSM Emblem is a proposed symbol of the BDSM community, based on a triskelion design similar to a three-fold Yin Yang symbol (see Sam taeguk). ... Two women in handcuffs and latex miniskirts and tops - Latex and PVC fetishism Wikinews has related news: Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy Sexual fetishism is the sexual attraction for material and terrestrial objects while in reality the essence of the object is inanimate and sexless. ...

References and further reading

• Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy. The New Bottoming Book. Greenery Press, 2003. ISBN 1-890159-36-0.
• Jay Wiseman: SM 101: A Realistic Introduction. Greenery Press (CA) 1998, ISBN 0-9639763-8-9
• Phillip Miller, Molly Devon, William A. Granzig (Vorwort): Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism. Mystic Rose Books 1995, ISBN 0-9645960-0-8
• William A. Henkin, Sybil Holiday, Consensual Sadomasochism : How to Talk About It and How to Do It Safely, Daedalus Publishing, 1996. ISBN 1881943127.
• Different Loving: The World of Sexual Dominance and Submission ISBN 978-0-67-976956-9
• Breslow, Norman: SM Research Report, v1.1, 1999
• Janus, Samuel S. / Janus, Cynthia L., 1993 The Janus Report on Sexual Behavior, Wiley, New York
• Thomas S. Weinberg: S&M – Studies in Dominance and Submission (Ed.), Prometheus Books, New York, 1995 ISBN 0-8797-5-978-X
• Robert Bienvenu, The Development of Sadomasochism as a Cultural Style in the Twentieth-Century United States, 2003, Online PDF under Sadomasochism as a Cultural Style
• Charles Moser, in Journal of Social Work and Human Sexuality 1988, (7;1, P.43-56)
• Gloria G. Brame, BDSM/Fetish Sex:Overview and Study, online gloria-brame.com