Stands for Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, Sadism & Masochism. Groups together groups whose sexual preferences consist of dominance, submission, pleasure or punishment.
BDSM is the international abbreviation for: Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism
In English: bondage & education, domination & submission, sadism & masochism.
The collective term BDSM covers the whole spectrum of sadomasochistic sex practices. In the German-speaking countries the short form SM is generally used, which strictly speaking contains only a part of the BDSM elements: Sadomaso / sadism / masochism. | | 
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