Play (BDSM)

"Play" is the term given to taking part in a BDSM scene. It is a deliberate use of the word's ambiguous meaning - suggesting both a Play in the literary sense (taking in the roleplay aspect) and Play in the child-like sense (taking in the experimentation, gleefullness and wonder aspects). Often in BDSM clubs, "Shall we play?" is the equivalent to the vanilla "Shall we dance?".

Play can take many forms, from a light session where two people get to know each others likes and dislikes to a heavy or lengthy scene between two or more committed "players" who know each others limits and are willing to push or be pushed at their boundaries.

Many people engage in promiscuous play to learn about themselves until they have found the role they are comfortable in. Many BDSM couples also engage in play with either a third person or separately with another partner. It is almost always the case that these play encounters are of a non-sexual nature.

BDSM

Bondage and discipline B&D or B/D	Animal roleplay Breast bondage Collar Crotch rope Forced orgasm Hogtie bondage Interrogation scene Japanese bondage Metal bondage Mummification Predicament bondage Self-bondage Sensation play Spreadeagle position Suspension bondage Tie and tease Tease and denial

Dominance and submission D&S or D/s	Ageplay Ass worship Bladder desperation Body worship Boot worship Erotic humiliation Erotic sexual denial Facesitting Fear play Female dominance Female submission Feminization Male dominance Male submission Master/slave Medical scene Rape fantasy Servitude Sexual slavery Submissive

Sadomasochism S&M or S/M	Caning Cock and ball torture Erotic asphyxiation Erotic electrostimulation Erotic spanking Impact play Knife play Play piercing Temperature play Tit torture Urethral sounding Violet wand Wax play

Aftercare BDSM in culture and media Edgeplay Safeword Scene - Role-play Top - Switch - Bottom SSC Consent YKINOK Leather Pride flag International Fetish Day Fetish