A physical, psychological and usually sexual power-role-
play with consensual participants.
American Acronym: Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Submission, Sadism & Masochism.
Etyminology:
American websites in the 1990's.
- Being tied to your
bed during
intercourse is a BDSM activity.
- The participant used the codeword and the BDSM practitioners stopped immediately.
- Fetishism, Sadomasochism and BDSM is no longer considered a
mental illness by the health-departments in Scandinavia.