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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"BDSM"”.
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Kiwi Kinksters: BDSM in Auckland, New Zealand
… used throughout this thesis with the acronym BDSM) – the first of its kind in New Zealand – constitutes the bulk of this dissertation. Alongside direct observations made by the researcher-participant, 21 self-identified BDSM practitioners were interviewed about their life experiences in …
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Socialization, Role Attainment and Stigma Management in BDSM
… focuses on the methods of introduction into BDSM, role identification, and the management of private information as it relates to BDSM. The method utilized for this study was in-depth interviews of fifteen current participants in the BDSM subculture. It is primarily through peer association, …
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Kink in Flux: BDSM theory and sexual praxis
… of bondage, discipline and sadomasochism (BDSM) and kink practices in mainstream media and American culture. Along with this, empirical researchers working in sexuality studies continue to show, contrary to the history of stigmatizing accounts in the history of clinical psychology, no …
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Beating the Boundaries: An Exploration of BDSM as Religioning
The focus of this research is an exploration of BDSM experience as it emerges from the complex interactions of kink activities and relationships. It argues that practices which are ostensibly not religious can be understood as contributing to personal processes of religioning. Enriching debates …
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Queering Submission: (Re)Framing Evangelical Wifely Submission through BDSM
… are submissive within the framework of S/M among BDSM communities. This dissertation weaves together a transdisciplinary textual analysis and application of feminist and queer theories and theologies to (re)examine and (re)frame submission more broadly as well as evangelical wifely submission …
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The dichotomy of ‘them and us’ thinking in Counselling Psychology incorporating an empirical study on BDSM
… and Submission; and Sadism and Masochism (BDSM). Given the wide range of activities that fall under the umbrella of BDSM (Weinberg, 2006), along with the associated stigma of BDSM (Wright, 2006), the exact prevalence of people engaging in it is unknown. However, the huge popularity of the …
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BDSM. A search for the container-contained experience: An object-relations approach to the problem of masochism
… Bondage Domination and Sado-Masochism (BDSM) suggests that an object relating model offers a viable alternative for explaining pleasure in pain. From a preliminary investigation into the views and impressions of ‘the Leather Family’- two female dominants and their shared submissive wife, …
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“To know thyself”: A qualitative exploration of motivating factors for dominants that participate in or hold BDSM and kink identities
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Kinky Reading: Power, Pleasure, and Performance in Middle English Texts
… sexual power play via theory on contemporary BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism and masochism). It begins with a chapter outlining the history and theory of BDSM. The remaining chapters explore concepts of fantasy, performance, consent, and eroticized violence …
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THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF REVERSED HYSTERESIS DELTA SIGMA MODULATOR DESIGN
… to design the binary delta sigma modulator (BDSM) with a delay is developed and then parameters delta<sub>OFF</sub> and delta<sub>ON</sub> ; are calculated for the system. In addition, analysis of the BDSM with a delay is achieved and the theoretical and simulated values compared. The …
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(Dis)connected
… and wrote about my own experiences with sex and BDSM for writing workshops. Due to these interests, I thought what I wanted to write about was BDSM and how practitioners of this lifestyle use power in extraordinary and transparent ways within their relationships. I realized as I wrote that I was …
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DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF AN OPTICAL PROTERETIC DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR
… all-optical binary delta sigma modulator (BDSM) [27] by changing its bistability to proteretic bistability in order to increase the modulator bandwidth frequency. An innovative delta sigma modulator called proteretic binary delta sigma modulator (PBDSM), which is optically compatible, is …
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Tour of my bedside cabinet
… with religion, queer identities, and sex/BDSM. The collection is split into sections, each of which begin with a retelling or reimagining of the creation story found in the book of Genesis. These retellings aim to illustrate the inconsistencies in the conception of the Christian god as all …
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THE EMPRESS OF ROME & OTHER STORIES THAT MAKE ME POSSIBLE
… or is created through electrolysis treatments, BDSM performances, hormone injections, the body physically altering during HRT, piercings, and other transformative experiences. With flourishes of lyricism, pessimism, comedy, and mournfulness, this tight-knit multi-genre patchwork ultimately …
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Transmisogyny and the Abjection of Girlcock
… a documentary pornographic film the portrays a BDSM Dominant/submissive relationship as an example of media that sublimes a trans woman's body and sexuality. Importantly, and in opposition to the first two examples, this documentary creates a place for the trans sub(ject) to exist in both the …
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The Erotic Work of Asian American Activism: Harnessing Kink, Queer, and Sex Worker Praxis
… and racial representation in the history of the BDSM (Bondage/Dominance, Dominance/Submission, and Sadomasochism) subculture from the 1950s to 2020s, tracking the emergence of groups like the Asian American Feminist Collective (AAFC) and the Asian Leather and Kink Alliance (ALKA). The …
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SUFIMINISM: THE SEXUAL, THE SPIRITUAL, THE SELF
… on unconventional sexual practices such as kink/BDSM, and reframe a conversation about sex work beyond the binary of licit versus illicit sex. I conclude by discussing the possibilities of future research on the contemporary resurgence of feminism and Sufism in South Asian popular culture, as …
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Fetishizing Southern Brutality: An Intersectional Analysis of Animalistic Dehumanization in Interracial Pornography
<p>Pornography has been a widely debated issue within the feminist movement since the sex wars of the 1970’s. The conversation has shifted to a sex radical position within the third movement, seeking to be “sex positive” in representations of pornography as a potential site of empowerment. This …