Interestingly, I’ve read some things from people active in their local BDSM scene who are totally against the “mainstreaming” of BDSM, via advertising depicting leather-clad Dommes, or crime dramas featuring Lady So&so, etc. They maintain that for many BDSMers, the big draw is that it is taboo – it’s the forbidden pleasure aspect that makes it attractive; as it becomes more acceptable (or at least, not as freaky) in the public eye, then it lessens that factor for them.

Actually, I doubt many of your readers will disagree on the point you make here. Whether it is a matter of tolerance, or of living in glass houses, or of being intelligent enough to see our own potential hypocrisy, your loyalists will all respect the fetishes of others. What amazes us is your ability to give those fantasies so much life!

When are you stopping by SK?