NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Female submission

Female submission describes BDSM activities in which the submissive partner is female. Usually the woman is dominated by a dominant man, but sometimes by another woman. It is a popular female fantasy that often appears in erotic literature. A large number of these books are written exclusively by women for a mainly female readership. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Collars are a commonly used symbol of BDSM and can be ornamental or functional. ... In human sexual behavior, a submissive is one who enjoys having any of a variety of BDSM practices performed upon them by a Dominant; or one who holds a submissive position within a relationship based upon Dominance and submission (Ds or D/s). ... In human sexual behavior, a dominant is one who enjoys performing any of a variety of BDSM practices upon a submissive; or one who holds a dominant position within a relationship based upon dominance and submission (DS). ...

Female submission may include elements of Bondage, Erotic spanking, and Servitude, but submission originates from the desire to relinquish sexual control and also to be pleasing to one’s partner. The level of submission can vary from person to person. Some women choose to include occasional submission in an otherwise vanilla sex life by submitting only during sexual activity. Some women choose to submit full time, becoming a slave 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. This 24/7 status is often signified by wearing their master's collar. 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. ... Erotic spanking can sometimes go hand in hand with other paraphilia, such as for erotic clothes or erotic humiliation. ... In BDSM, servitude is performing tasks and following orders as an aspect of being submissive. ... Vanilla sex or conventional sex is used to describe what a culture regards as standard or conventional sexual behaviour. ... Slave is a term often used in BDSM to connote a specific form of submissive. ... A BDSM-style collar that buckles in the neck. ...

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Archives of Sexual Behavior is an academic sexology journal and the official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research. ... Archives of Sexual Behavior is an academic sexology journal and the official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research. ...

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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. ... In BDSM, malesub, or male submission, generally refers to heterosexual BDSM activities where the submissive partner is male, and the dominant partner is female. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Penny Birch is an pseudonymous erotic writer from England published by Nexus Books. ... Wendy Swanscombe is an erotic writer from England published by Nexus Books. ...

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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. ... 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 service refers to the attention a submissive gives to their Dominants personal hygiene, ie. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... Anal torture is any torture applied to the anus, using such devices as a pear of anguish or a hot poker (widely rumoured to have been used to murder the allegedly homosexual English king Edward II without obvious external marks on the body). ... This article is about the physical punishment. ... This article is about the German band. ... Erotic electrostimulation (also known as E-stim or electrosex), is a human sexual practice involving the application of low current electricity to the body using a special apparatus (such as a TENS unit or Violet wand) for purposes of sexual stimulation. ... Erotic spanking can sometimes go hand in hand with other paraphilia, such as for erotic clothes or erotic humiliation. ... 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. ... 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. ... This article is about the erotic activity. ... 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... Leather Pride flag The Leather Pride Flag is a symbol for the BDSM 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. ...

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