What is BDSM?
{{multiple image | perrow = 2 | total_width = 400 | image1 = Kink Demo at Folsom Street Fair 2012.jpg | image2 = BDSM slave.jpg | footer = Sex, nudity and acts of painful torture performed at public BDSM events, like the [[Folsom Street Fair]] in the United States, have been labeled as being against the law, even though the events are accepted by the local administration and police, and all acts are done with consent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/san-francisco-s-folsom-street-fair-featured-public-whippings|title=San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair Featured Public Whippings|date=29 September 2008|website=CNS News|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803180718/http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/san-francisco-s-folsom-street-fair-featured-public-whippings|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Top:'' Demonstration of [[cock and ball torture]] on a nude man at the Folsom Street Fair. ''Bottom:'' [[Breast torture]] done on asphixya noir at the fair. }}[[File:Marquis de Sade portrait.jpg|thumb|''Portrait of Marquis de Sade'' by [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]] (1761)]] '''BDSM''' is an [[initialism]] for bondage/discipline (''BD'') and [[sadism]]/[[masochism]] (''SM''). It means some kinds of [[Sexual arousal|sex play]]. People have seen that they can get [[sexual stimulation]] by taking certain roles. Some of these roles are being dominant, and telling the other person what to do. Others are being submissive, and being told what to do. BDSM is about getting sexual pleasure out of things that are often painful or upsetting. Other than this, ways of doing BDSM activities can be very different from one another. Some kinds of it can involve tying or restraining one person, [[animal roleplay]], or using tools to get arousal (for example: a [[dildo]]), which is called [[fetishism]]. They can also use more than one of these aspects. People try to make sure they do these activities in a safe way. Before they start, people agree that is what they wan