Hey all…
I saw an old Wire in the Blood last night (Robson Green), which is usually a good story and written with originality and thought. However, the episode I watched last night fell into some of the traps the media fall into all too often. They gave the impression that people who look at pornography are likely to commit violent crime and then of course the crimes themselves were committed featuring BDSM and a version of the Slaves of Gor. Now I am not a fan of Gorean slavery, but I am a fan of BDSM, and the story made it look evil personified. The tone taken by the police when they interviewed ANYONE with a pornography collection was one of disgust, and the character played by Robson Green took just as closed a view when he began his online research of the BDSM community.
Violent crime is not just associated to porn. It has been associated to most things in human life, including alcohol, cigarettes, drugs and of course the most popular of all; Money. Also, the proportion of people who watch porn and then go on to commit violent crime against women or men (particularly serial crime) is very low indeed. Finally, there is still no conclusive link to the viewing of ‘specialist’ material and violent sex crime. Porn and BDSM have their bad sides, just like most things created by the human mind, but neither deserves to be treated quite so poorly by the media.
In the case of BDSM, I wonder if the secrecy of our scene does not help. People are frightened of what they don’t know. For instance, the Freemasons can get bad press, despite their charity work, because they are a secret society shrouded in a degree of mystery. Maybe it is a vicious circle. The media vilify us so we go underground, giving off this air of secrecy, so we are further vilified. I am not sure; just a thought. Please do leave me yours if you have one…
I have been (rather foolishly) reading some forums on a break from doing some internet research and what I read riled me beyond belief. The discussion was on who is the best sub in London, which, before I even start on the real issue is a pointless argument as it is subjective!
Once more the contributors fell into the trap of the “True submissive” and possibly the “True Dominant” (I think the posters may not have read the highly informative Screw the roses, bring me the thorns, and some of the people I saw on the forum it became obvious their IQ was equal to some of the people I can sadly admit to knowing on the Scene who’s IQ is equivalent to that of a deceased squirrel…) It was stated that a true submissive could not possibly switch as it would be against her nature. I have an issue with this point as shown below:
What if the submissive is ORDERED by a Dominant to administer punishment upon another or themselves? If they refuse based on it being against their nature is that not being disobedient?
I enjoy Domination, but do not get the sexual kick out of it that I do when I submit, both in private and with the women who really enjoy the scenarios I do. Therefore am I no longer truly submissive because I enjoy Domination on an intellectual level? My Mistress would argue that I am all submissive believe me…
Do we really have to box people in, put labels on them? Why is there such a need to do this? Does it make you feel safer to allot a label not only to yourself but to others as well?
Since when was being the best submissive about how many strokes of an implement he/she can take and how hard? No one mentioned the psychological side to any depth, which is so important and a huge part of submission and domination and the exchange between the two.
There is no such thing as a “true submissive” as submission means different things to different submissives and the Dominants they interact with. ”True Master’s” I have met in the past and have found them up their rear end at best and dangerous at worst.
Rant over so anyone who has any opinions please share!
Another random thought of mine for this week, is while I was shopping for some lovely new clothing for Mistress, I came across this delightful shop…

Anyway, the clothing over there is seriously to die for. Showing Mistress I was rewarded with her drooling and immediately marking down several items that she immediately wants lol. Bondnage is offering exclusive, bespoke and prêt-a-porter latex couture. Any items from the Bondinage collection would be welcomed in any Mistresses wardrobe. The latex clothing range includes catsuits, corsetry, dresses, leg wear, skirts, tops, accessories and underwear. The Bondinage signature style combines the core elements of strength and femininity with a seriously sexy appeal… can’t wait to see Mistress in some of them…
From what I can see, this is designer latex at it’s very best… Full review of the shop to come once we’ve ordered some new clothing from them
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