Submissives

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The Black Rose
Website
Black Rose is "a non-profit organization which provides a forum for the many different expressions of power in love and play. This can include dominance and submission, bondage & discipline, fetishism...
On the Safe Edge: A Manual for SM Play
Jacques, Trevor; Dr. Dale; Hamilton, Michael; Sniffer
Book
1993
A handbook on safe practices in S&M play.
Samois
Rubin, Gayle
Article
2004
A history of Samois, the first public organization devoted to lesbian sadomasochism and a key player in the early phases of the feminist "sex wars".

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Greenery Press
Publishes books for the sexually adventurous. Greenery Press has built an international reputation for publishing the best in responsible, sexy information about all kinds of consensual non-mainstrea...
Sexsources.ca
A web portal featuring sexuality resources: articles, websites, books. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools ma...

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BDSM
A type of roleplay or lifestyle choice between two or more individuals who use their experiences of pain and power to create sexual tension, pleasure, and release.
Bottom (BDSM)
In BDSM, a bottom or submissive is the partner in a BDSM relationship or a BDSM scene who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant.
Cock and Ball Torture
Cock and ball torture (CBT) is a sexual activity involving torture of the male genitals.
Cuckold
Cuckold is a derogatory term for a man whose wife is unfaithful.
Female submission
Female submission describes a relationship in which a female voluntarily submits to the will of another.
Story of O
Story of O (French: Histoire d'O, is an erotic novel published in 1954 about dominance and submission by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage.

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Serial Publication (Periodical)
1996
A safe sex manual for SM Play. The authors, all experts in SM play, dispel the stereotypes and myths about sadomasochism with this introduction to a hitherto hidden world of human expression. Safe Edg...
QSM - Books, Magazines and Comics
Website
Books, DVDs, magazines, and comics on SM, dominance & submission, erotic pain, and related fetishes.