Recent studies have suggested that, in contrast to traditional psychopathologic explanations, bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism BDSM could be understood as recreational leisure.
However, the theoretical framing of BDSM as potential leisure has not been empirically explored. To conduct an initial empirical exploration to determine whether BDSM experience fits established characteristics of recreational leisure. Responses also were assessed and statistically compared as being primarily casual or serious leisure according to general BDSM identities ie, dominants vs submissives vs switches.
Most BDSM experiences met leisure criteria. Participants reported that "most of the time or nearly always" BDSM was associated with a sense of personal freedom BDSM seemed to function as primarily serious, rather than casual, leisure, but important statistical differences were observed based on specific BDSM identities.
A leisure science perspective could be valuable to researchers and clinicians in reinterpreting the wide range of diverse BDSM motivations and practices. Published by Elsevier Inc. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Didn't get the message? Add to My Bibliography. Generate a file for use with external citation management software.
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