BDSM Everywhere
By Katrina Fox2/05/2007 7:40:22 PM
Keeping Abreast ...BDSM EVERYWHERE
Bondage, Domination, Sado-Masochism, or its acronym BDSM, is popping up all over the place. As my alter-ego, Kitty Minge, says, "You can't even pay your bills online without being forced to press a button telling you to 'Submit'." Even the Sydney Morning Herald published a sensitive article about a study which found that 2 per cent of Australian men and 1.4 per cent of women enjoyed dominance, submission and sado-masochistic sex practices in the past year. Not only that, but lead researcher Dr Juliet Richters of the University of NSW, said that such practices are good for you. "Men into BDSM scored significantly better on a scale of psychological wellbeing than other men. This seems to imply that these men are actually happier as a result of their behaviour."Interestingly, Richters and her team found that out of the survey of 20,000 people, these fetishes were most common among gay, lesbian and bisexual people and heterosexuals who are "bi-interested"; and in women, BDSM was most popular among under 20-year-olds. (Well, who didn't play tie-up and spanking games with their best friends as kids? Or did I just live in a kinky neighbourhood?).The whole women doing the submissive thing has, of course, been an issue over the years for some lesbians and feminists. SM dykes were accused of engaging in the patriarchal oppression of their 'sisters', although this didn't stop a group of supposedly anti-violence champions smashing up a lesbian fetish club with crowbars and injuring the women who got in their way (Chain Reaction, London, 1980s). The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival in the US, notorious for its policy on not allowing transwomen into its hallowed grounds, begrudgingly sets aside a spot in the woods each year for women-loving-women who want to thrash the hell out of each other, much to the consternation of certain lesbian 'feminists' who obviously don't believe in a woman's right to choose how she gets off.Women being dominant has been perceived by feminists as somewhat less controversial, and now, even China - whose reputation for being anti-women (footbinding, killing girl children) is legendary - has recognised the benefits of dominant women as a tourist attraction, bless it. Reuters reported this week that Chinese tourist authorities are seeking investment to build the world's first 'women's town', where men get punished for disobedience. The 2.3sqm Longshuihu village is based on the local traditional concept of "women rule and men obey". The motto of the new town would be "women never make mistakes, and men can never refuse women's requests", Chinese media have reported. When tour groups enter the town, female tourists would play the dominant role when shopping or choosing a place to stay, and a disobedient man would be punished by "kneeling on an uneven board" or washing dishes in a restaurant.See, it's bloody everywhere. How much is the airfare to China?Katrina FoxEmail me at katrinaf@sxnews.com.au http://www.evolutionpublishing.com.au/sxnews/opinion/bdsm-everywherearticleid101581.aspx
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