Safeword

The mutually agreed-upon word used by the submissive in a BDSMBondage, Discipline, Sadism, Masochism. Sexual activities and relationships characterized by complimentary but unequal roles among participants. Typically, participants who exercise control over others are known as dominants, and participants who are recipients of the activities, or who are controlled by others, are known as submissives. Individuals who move between those roles are known as switches. BDSM is not a form of sexual abuse, despite practices that may appear to be violent or coercive. Mutual consent is key, and widely takes practice of either “safe, sane and consensual,” or “risk-aware consensual kink.” scenario to unambiguously communicate to the dominant a desire to stop the scene outright when approaching or crossing a physical, emotional, or moral boundary.

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