mercredi 22 avril 2009

Objectification

Objectify
From Wipipedia

Sexual objectification is, in some circumstances, the fetishistic act of regarding a person as an object for erotic purposes. Allen Jones' sculptures Hat Stand and Table Sculpture, made in 1969, which show semi-naked women in the roles of furniture, are clear examples of the depiction of the fantasy of sexual objectification. (This particular interest, a form of sexual bondage that involves making furniture designed to incorporate a bound person, is also known as "forniphilia".) In wider society, objectification, particularly of women, is considered to be a very negative trait as it reinforces gender sterotypes and the inequality of the sexes; in certain cases objectification could be considered abusive. This is not generally the case in consensual BDSM play, where the objectification is being done with the appoval of all parties.

A desire to be objectified occurs in many men's and women's masochistic sexual fantasies. Objectification for fetishistic purposes may provide erotic humiliation for the person so regarded, whether male or female.

A common way to objectify someone is to put a hood or head harness over their head so that their face becomes hidden or obscured. In a club environment the sub can submit to objectification by allowing themselves to be led around the club on a lead (as if they were an animal). Another simple method is to talk about the sub with another person (with the sub present) but only referring to them in the third person; while the sub is the topic of the conversation they are not part of it.

vendredi 17 avril 2009

Breath Play Safety, Play Safe

A Very Interesting Link

Making it hard to Breath for the Fun of it




Queening or Kinging
Okay, so I don't know if Kinging is the proper term but it is the one I'm going to use because I like it. Queening is basically when a woman smothers a person by pressing her sex into their face so that they can't breath. Kinging is basically when a man uses his sex to keep a woman from breathing as he pinches her nose closed somehow. I think it is fun to wear a harness with a dildo and use that method of domination myself. Obviously you could smother people with other body parts too, but I won't go into every part you could use. The risks are all about the same. If anything is in a person's mouth that could spark a gag reflex I think it is important not to insert it too deep or someone could throw up and inhale their own vomit. Many of us have faced that fear even when we weren't doing breath control..haha. If you are sitting on someone's face it is really important to have some nonverbal signals since you may not notice if they faint.

Gasmasks or Hoods
I love these. They are some of my personal favorites but they are a tad riskier than the options I mentioned earlier. You can put the bottom in a gasmask (my favorite is the Israeli style) and cover the air inlet. If you are really creative you can attach a tube to the air inlet and cut the air off by placing the tube opening against the body of the Top or bottom. It is hard to describe how delicious it is to be gasping from lack of air and have the tube placed against one of my nipples so that I am literally sucking on it with each gasp. Be very familiar with the gasmask and how to get it off quick if the bottom vomits from lack of oxygen. In the case of hoods, the first thing I would mention is that you need some way to monitor the bottom's state while they are in it. Depending on what style hood you are using you will need to adjust your play style accordingly. I recommend a hood with a mouth opening that you can cover so that it could be open if the person gets sick. If you choose to use some kind of discipline hood that uses tubes in the nose and mouth of your bottom you may want to be especially careful that if your bottom passes out the tubes won't get jammed into them too far if they fall. It is also important that you can remove the hood fast if the need arises. As much as I love inflatable hoods they are slow to remove and I think them poorly suited for breath control play. When you restore breathing to your bottom it is important that you make sure there is nothing in the air that may hinder their breathing or harm them to inhale through the tubes. I've inhaled latex polish and baby powder and I can tell you it isn't fun.

Bags/Plastic wrap
The main things to keep in mind are all pretty obvious. Remove the bag or plastic if the person faints. I would recommend that the material be held in place by hand. If you opt for another way of holding it in place try to avoid any pressure to the larynx.

Rebreathing bladders
These are usually attached to gasmasks or hoods. If you use them that way see my comments above. If you use these with tubes or something just remember to make sure the tubes don't go too far down the bottom's throat or up their nose.

Pressure on the Trachea and/or Hanging
This form of play requires a lot of caution. If you are somehow compressing the trachea it is important to do so by slowly applying pressure and making sure not to apply pressure to the larynx. One method is to take a curved finger and place it at the part of the throat where it meets the chin and pushing up and back slowly. Another method is to apply pressure below the larynx (sometimes with a scarf). A lot of injuries can occur to the trachea this way if you press too hard. If you are going to use a ligature or noose it is safer if you use one that doesn't constrict. If it does, make sure it is wide and padded. If it is too narrow it will cut or twist the skin causing bruising and damage to things such as blood vessels, nerves, the cervical spine, and the windpipe. It may also be a good idea to use a dry lubricant such as baby powder and a soft type of rope or ligature. If you are hanging someone it is important never to drop them into place. That could break their spine. I think a really nice form of rigging for hanging is when a person is raised into place with their feet still on the ground. If you decide to try airwalking there is a significant possibility of damage to the spine.

Compression of the chest
I like to simply have a lover lay on me and make it impossible for me to breathe. I'm rather teeny so if I have a big partner they can accomplish this pretty easy. Another form of chest compression is corseting. I can personally attest to how wonderfully hot it is to barely be able to breath in when wearing one. If you pursue corseting you should do some research on that particular topic. However you compress the chest you need to go slowly and carefully. It would be easy to break a person's ribs. It is my understanding that when you ease up on someone you should do it slowly or they may faint.

lundi 6 avril 2009

To Be Whipped to Orgasm

Q> I love to get whipped. Maybe I love to get whipped too much, because when my Mistress starts running Her fingers through a cat's braids I get excited, and when She orders me into position for a flogging I get hard. Sometimes during a flogging I can't maintain control so I have been known to come from being whipped. When She wants that kind of result my Mistress is very pleased by my response. But since She expects to dictate when I may and when I may not have an orgasm, my occasional lack of control has sometimes inspired a degree of irritation in Her that was neither pretty to see nor healthy for Her slave. I'd like to be able to train my excitement better than I have, both for her pleasure and for mine, but faced with a flogger I'm clueless. And you?

A> Me? Faced with a flogger I am not clueless, but I don't suppose that's really the question you want answered. Although they usually refer to situations other than the one you describe, what the textbooks call "premature ejaculation" – meaning that a man comes sooner than he or his partner would like, not meaning that he comes sooner than God in Her infinite wisdom dictates that he "should" – is one of the most common concerns men bring to sex therapists and, if it is not complicated by other factors, often one of the easiest to resolve. The basis for resolution frequently involves teaching the man how to recognize when he is getting close to coming so that he can pause somehow in whatever activity is stimulating his arousal. Usually the client practices with and/or without a partner, reports his progress to the therapist, and they make adjustments in the work to facilitate the process.

In ordinary sexual situations teaching a man to recognize when he is approaching what is known as the point of "ejaculatory inevitability" – the moment when he can no longer help but come – involves either of two techniques. One is called the Stop-Start technique, the other is called the Squeeze technique. In the Squeeze technique, when the man approaches ejaculatory inevitability his partner gently pinches the head of his penis between her or his thumb and forefinger. This pinch tends to relieve his urge to release and, generally, makes the erect penis partially soft again. By practicing the Squeeze technique over and over, the man becomes better able than he was to gauge how close he is to coming, and to back off from further stimulation for a few minutes. Although there is no pinching involved, the Stop-Start technique is similar as a means of teaching a man how to anticipate that he is close to coming: it involves repeating the cycle of stimulation to the same point just before ejaculatory inevitability and stopping all stimulation until the man's erection subsides, then resuming stimulation until he is near to coming and stopping again, and so forth. Obviously, a man can practice these techniques alone in his masturbation whether or not he has a partner, with the same learning results. Usually it is a good idea to practice alone first in any case, to get a sense of your own physical process, before introducing a partner or other outside stimulation.

There are differences in your situation, of course: they are, first, that your stimulation is fetish- rather than tactile-based, and, second, that you do not have permission to control your own arousal – or, at least, your own release. Consequently, your Mistress may have to be involved in your training, which neither of you may find objectionable. As a fetish-based stimulant the flogging is, to a significant extent, in your mind before it's in your body. If your Mistress wants to delay your ejaculation she may want to contain your exposure to her whips by limiting your ability to see, smell, and hear them before she begins to use them on you, and to modulate the way and the extent to which you feel them when she whips you. She may also want to train you to alert her when you approach the point of ejaculatory inevitability so that she can back off from the flogging while you regroup. With some practice she may learn to teach you to control yourself so she can give you the beating you may both wish her to administer.

Incidentally, I have heard of someone taking one or another of the serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (such as Paxcel, Prozac, Zoloft) for the purpose of controlling sexual release. I am not a physician and I'd have to guess this is probably not medically sound, even though a number of studies suggest that these and certain other anti-depressant medications can delay ejaculation as a side-effect. But if this order of anti-depressant is in your life already, or if you believe it might profitably be, you might discuss the option with your psychiatrist or other prescribing physician.

The Appeal of Darkness

One of the frequent appeals of BDSM is the close approach it makes to the dark aspects of life. While mature adults distinguish between fantasy and reality, people are nevertheless drawn to contemplating what they also would fear and despise in reality.

The success of films, novels, and news reports that depict -- often graphically -- rapes, abductions, beatings, and violence is only the tip of the iceberg. It is hard to find an adult who has not at some point in his or her fantasy or reading life been intrigued by some aspect of the extreme, however guiltily those thoughts or prurient observing may have been entertained. Tortures, dungeons, pain,
innocent people being pushed to emotional and physical extremes by evil or injustice, the challenge of survival, rage, capture, rape, pillage, blood, weapons, and murder have a fascinating appeal to people. It's a fact.

BDSM offers a consensual, controllably safe framework in which tops and bottoms alike can and often do gradually talk about, explore,and experience an approach to these dark fantasies. While carrying out such heavier play is not for everyone, much actual BDSM draws some of its elements from fascination with such darkness. The range of exploration is very wide. It is always highly tailored between individuals who, ideally, constantly re-evaluate consent and caring between each other.

The extent of communication and prior negotiation that typically goes on before people play in the ways I will describe in this section cannot be overemphasized. The people I know who play in these ways do so with awe-inspiring awareness of the extremity of the risks they are taking with regard to their emotional lives and physical well-being. Most important of all, they know that they might not understand all the ways it can go wrong. Responsibility for oneself and for one's partner is the essence of this kind of play.

Sensible people do not play this way without discussing the possible negative outcomes. This includes allocating responsibility for dealing with long-term repercussions and re-cuperations in extreme situations. Failure to discuss in advance expectations about aftercare can lead to the top's feeling trapped into supplying endless emotional support or the bottom's feeling emotionally abandoned.

If you are a novice, the ideas in this section are not kinds of play that are recommended. I'm not going to whitewash the risks; but neither am I going to whitewash all of BDSM by pretending that such dark kinds of play do not exist. It's out there, and if it appeals to you, you might be able to find a way to work these things out with your partner. Better that you should know what problems -- and what joys! -- others have encountered and what concerns they have considered than that you should have to re-invent the wheel for yourself.


Emotional Degradation and Emotional Subjection

Emotional degradation is a form of emotional SM that goes beyond embarrassment or humiliation into the realm of stripping the bottom of self-esteem or inner resources. For many people being embarrassed, humiliated, or even degraded can be very hot. Where to draw the line, and how to be sure that the loss of self-esteem stays under control and does not pervade aspects of life where it is unwanted can be very difficult to assess.

The heavier and riskier forms of this kind of play bring up questions about potentially damaging someone's self-respect both in and out of scene. While many males find it very hot to be told their cocks are small and unsatisfying in scene, and many females and males alike find it very hot to be told they are dirty, disgusting, or too ugly to desire, it would potentially be damaging to reinforce someone's negative self-image. To tell someone that he is stupid, useless, or undesirable may be hot for the person at the time, but it carries a lot of risk if it is repeated daily. It is the responsibility of the partners to consider the long-term self-esteem issues involved and to be sure that this kind of play does not lead into nonconsensual areas that sneak up on the partners over time.

More than most kinds of risky play, emotional degradation seems to risk a relationship's crossing the line into abuse. If the submissive or bottom is constantly told he or she is useless or subject to the top/dom's every whim, told to stay home doing the only lowly tasks he or she is good for, devoid of an outside job, school, or independent friends, and otherwise made dependent financially and emotionally on the top/dom for any kind of support or approval, how do the partners know if consent is still being given of free will? Even though such a model of abject subjection and extreme dependency on one's dom or top is appealing to many people, top and bottom alike, there is a substantial long-run risk of entrapment involved. Such relationships can start off with freely given and informed consent, but risk long-run emotional damage as well as the loss of opportunities in life.

Not all such relationships go down such a sad road! But to not think about the risks in advance and periodically reevaluate the situation is foolish.

jeudi 2 avril 2009

The Hankie Code

Hankie Codes originated in the Gay Community, but are sometimes used by BDSMers as well. The different colors indicate preferred activities, while the placement of the hankie(s) in the right or left pocket signifies a Dominant/Top (left pocket placement) or a submissive/bottom (right pocket)

*Note: The above pocket placements are for the US only - European flaggers (those who use the hankie code) use the opposite pockets to signify Dominant/Top and submissive/bottom. Be aware when traveling across the pond!


Worn on Left COLOR Worn on Right


Heavy SM top BLACK heavy SM bottom
Bondage top GREY fit to be tied!
Wants head LT BLUE cocksucker
69er ROBIN'S EGG BLUE anything but 69ing
Cop MEDIUM BLUE cop sucker
Fucker NAVY BLUE fuckee
Pilot/flight attendant AIR FORCE BLUE likes flyboys
Sailor LT BLUE / WHITE STRIPE lookin' for salty seamen
Cock & ball torturer TEAL BLUE cock & ball torturee
fist fucker RED fist fuckee
Cuts MAROON bleeds
2-handed fister MARK RED 2-handed fistee
Dildo fucker LIGHT PINK dildo fuckee
Tit torturer DARK PINK tit torturee
Into navel worshippers MAUVE has a navel fetish
Suck my pits MAGENTA armpit freak
Piercer PURPLE piercee
Likes drag queens LAVENDER drag queen
Pisser / water sports YELLOW piss freak
Spits PALE YELLOW drool crazy
Hung 8" or more MUSTARD wants a big one
Two looking for one GOLD one looking for two
Anything anytime ORANGE nothing now (cruising)
Two tons o' fun APRICOT chubby chaser
Suck my toes CORAL shrimper
A cowboy RUST his horse
Spanker FUSCHIA spankee
Hustler (for rent) KELLY GREEN john (looking to buy)
Daddy HUNTER GREEN orphan boy looking for daddy
Military top OLIVE DRAB military bottom
Dines off tricks (food) LIME GREEN dinner plate
Rimmer BEIGE rimmee
Scat top BROWN scat bottom
Uncut BROWN LACE likes uncut
Cut BROWN SATIN likes cut
Latex fetish top CHARCOAL latex fetish bottom
Actually owns a suit GREY FLANNEL likes men in suits
Beat my meat WHITE I'll do us both
Milker HOLSTEIN milkee
Comes in scumbags CREAM sucks it out
Safe sex top BLACK / WHITE CHECK safe sex bottom
Shaver RED / WHITE STRIPE shavee
Furry bear RED / BLACK STRIPE likes bears
Likes white bottoms WHITE LACE likes white tops
Likes black bottoms BLACK / WHITE STRIPE likes black tops
Likes Latino bottoms BROWN / WHITE STRIPE likes latino tops
Likes Asian bottoms YELLOW / WHITE STRIPE likes asian tops
Enjoys ravishment/'rape' play ORANGE / BLACK STRIPES looking to be ravished or 'raped'
Likes white suckers LT BLUE / WHITE DOTS likes to suck whites
Likes black suckers LT BLUE / BLACK DOTS likes to suck blacks
Likes Latino suckers LT BLUE / BROWN DOTS likes to suck latinos
Likes Asian suckers LT BLUE / YELLOW DOTS likes to suck asians
Park sex top RED / WHITE GINGHAM park sex bottom
Headmaster BROWN CORDUROY student
Wears boxer shorts PAISLEY likes boxer shorts
Bestialist top FUR bestialist bottom
lLkes muscleboy bottoms GOLD LAME likes muscleboy tops
Starfucker SILVER LAME celebrity
Has / takes videos BLACK VELVET will perform for the camera
Voyeur (likes to watch) WHITE VELVET will put on a show
Has tattoos LEOPARD likes tattoos
Smokes cigars TAN likes cigars
Cuddler TEDDY BEAR cuddlee
Chicken KEWPIE DOLL chicken hawk
Wears a dirty jock DIRTY JOCKSTRAP sucks it clean
Tearoom top (pours) DOILY tearoom bottom (drinks)
Outdoor sex top MOSQUITO NETTING outdoor sex bottom
Bartender COCKTAIL NAPKIN bar groupie
Has a home KEYS IN FRONT has a car
Needs a place to stay KEYS IN BACK looking for a ride
Likes to nibble HOUNDSTOOTH will be bitten
Skinhead top UNION JACK skinhead bottom
New in town CALICO tourists welcome
Bathhouse top TERRYCLOTH bathhouse bottom
Hosting an orgy WHITE/MULTICOLOR DOTS looking for an orgy



A Guide to the New Gay Hankie Code for Personality Traits
http://www.i-out.com/feature/rants/07.07.hankies.html

The Christian Hankie Code
http://www.postfun.com/pfp/features/97/august/hankies.html