ABSTRACT

BDSM as a full-time lifestyle is stigmatised and underexamined as a phenomenon. Previous studies have investigated 24/7 sadomasochism (SM), 24/7 dominance and submission (D/s), or total power exchange (TPE), yet 24/7 BDSM remains under researched. Using a social constructionist and sexual diversity framework, we used insider knowledge to recruit four participants: a female slave/masochist, a male sadist, a female submissive, and a male dominant/protector. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed four superordinate and 10 subordinate themes: routes towards the fundamentals (sexually explicit resources, kink-related experiences), full-on lifestyle (self-in-role, flexible rules, shades of play, polyamory), dynamic consent (honesty, contextual communication), and practicalities (challenges, benefits). Our findings suggested that 24/7 BDSM is a socially constructed, consensual, full-time adherence to kink-related roles and behaviours untethered to time-limited scenes, woven into other life domains, and operating as an umbrella term to encompass other perpetual power dynamics. The themes contribute to the debate of kink as a sexual identity or serious leisure. We concluded that the centrality of self-in-role coupled with leisure features support 24/7 BDSM as an erotic lifestyle. Implications for sexual diversity, sex education, clinical guidelines, and social justice are discussed.

摘要

BDSM 作为一种全职生活方式被污名化和被低估为一种现象。以前的研究已经调查了 24/7 施虐受虐 (SM)、24/7 支配和服从 (D/s) 或总能量交换 (TPE)，但 24/7 BDSM 仍在研究中。使用社会建构主义和性多样性框架，我们利用内部知识招募了四名参与者：一名女性奴隶/受虐狂、一名男性虐待狂、一名女性顺从和一名男性主导/保护者。解释性现象学分析揭示了四个上位和 10 个下位主题：通向基本原理的路线（性暴露资源、与扭结相关的经历）、全面的生活方式（角色自我、灵活的规则、游戏的色调、多角恋）、动态同意（诚​​实，上下文沟通）和实用性（挑战，好处）。我们的研究结果表明，24/7 BDSM 是一种社会建构的、自愿的、全时坚持与扭结相关的角色和行为，不受时间限制的场景的束缚，融入其他生活领域，并作为一个涵盖其他永久权力的总称运作动力学。这些主题有助于将扭结作为性身份或严肃休闲的辩论。我们得出结论，自我角色的中心性加上休闲功能支持 24/7 BDSM 作为一种色情生活方式。讨论了对性多样性、性教育、临床指南和社会正义的影响。