The mainstream adoption of BDSM pictures

The New York Times featured an report on BDSM nowadays. It wasn’t anything also surprising. Just the obligatory mention of 50 Shades of Grey and commentary on how BDSM is moving more into the mainstream. It’s good to determine a good non-judgmental write-up in a key newspaper, but that’s practically nothing also uncommon in recent times. What did surprise me was the photograph they featured with it (viewable here). Cock Rings are a kind of sex toys which give you harder and firmer erections that will last longer during the sex.

The 50 shades phenomenon has triggered a great deal of BDSM articles and the majority of them either function stock pictures of gear (handcuffs, gag, and so on.) or possibly a cliched dominatrix trope (leather boots, a coiled whip on a hip, etc). The dominatrix photograph does not make a lot sense given that 50 shades was a maledom story, but applying an attractive girls in a attractive outfit to sell a story isn’t specifically uncommon. What surprised me about the NY Times pictures was that it really featured a femdom image with both a man in addition to a woman in it. That’s uncommon in my practical experience. Most mainstream articles are content to describe BDSM play but seldom function an image of it.

This isn’t to say D/s pairs can’t be noticed in mainstream media. Fashion photographers look to really like that dynamic. I regularly stumble across arty fashion shots which have models portraying concepts of dominance and energy. So it would appear mainstream publications are content to use D/s pairings to sell completely unrelated products, but are reluctant to work with them in factual stories about real D/s. That must make sense to a person, but that a person is not me.

Night Porter Shoot by Harvey Miedreich