Sub, but haven't played for years.
There's been quite a few discussions on how BDSM is cruel and unusual and a disgrace to women everywhere.
Since you have experience in the lifestyle, would you agree that many of the people who make those judgements do so because of social conditioning? Particularly in the U.S., it seems that many/most Americans have been conditioned (by society, the media, etc.) to react in a certain way when they see or hear about certain things. If they hear that a man is a dom and even lightly spanks his girlfriend during a B&D session, they react with words like "woman hater", "misogyny", "violence against women", etc. But if a woman describes her role as a dominatrix and has a B&D or cuckhold lifestyle with her husband or partner, they either cheer her on or accept it without comment.
IMO, it's that social and legal hypocrisy that's led to many male dom sites being attacked and taken down, while femdom sites have exploded in number (Clips4Sale is based on them) and are almost never hassled... even when they engage in blood letting, forced sex or mock castrations.
Like I said, that's just an opinion based on observation of post-1990 porn and popular media in general. But I'd be curious to know if you or others here agree with that.
P.S. I've never been in a lifestyle arrangement or taken the time to develop the BDSM "rules" that some do, but yes, mainly because of my personality (I guess), I've almost always included aspects of my dominant side in sexual relationships - even in high school. For me it's just a way to spice things up or think of new & different things to do that are fun or exciting for both parties. There
is such a thing as
sensual domination that some just don't want to admit exists. So like trained parrots, they see something they've been taught not to like and then they use words like "misogyny" in true Pavlovian style. It's not just about the Marquis de Sade stuff. Some would be amazed at how excited a woman can get when you employ orgasm control on her... telling her when she may or may not cum - and then forcing an orgasm while she's trying
not to cum. But different strokes for different folks. And if some don't like it, as I've said many times on here: don't watch it! But to me, the vanilla stuff is just :zombie: now.