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If your site is chiefly devoted to the distribution of erotic images or writings, please submit to the appropriate Adult/Arts/ or Adult/Image_Galleries/ category instead.

Adult/Society/BDSM provides links to sites providing information about or addressing issues related to BDSM. (Bondage/Discipline, Domination/Submission, Sadism/Masochism)

Bondage

This category does not list sites primarily containing erotic photo galleries or stories. Please submit such sites to the appropriate sub-categories in Adult/Image_Galleries/ or Adult/Arts/.

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Chats and Forums

Important note: If your forum or chat requires membership please supply a guest log in and password to enable the editors to review your site for inclusion in the directory. Passwords will be used only for the purposes of review and will not be shared with third parties.

This catagory is for sites where the primary focus is bdsm and related activities.

This category is for chatrooms and forums which primarily provide either real time chat or message boards dealing with topics and activities related to the subject of BDSM.

If your site is primarily based around IRC Chat it should be listed in the Adult: Computers: Internet: Chats and Forums: Activities and Practices: BDSM: IRC subdirectory.

Consensual Slavery

Consensual slavery is a clearly identifiable subculture within BDSM (and sometimes goes under alternative names, such as "Master/slave" or "Total Power Exchange.")

For the purposes of this category, "slave" is not meant as a fantasy role in roleplay scenes (even within a committed BDSM relationship.) It is for sites dealing with consensual relationships in which authority has been transferred from the slave to their Owner, and is retained constantly.

Since the Description calls for sites about Owners who retain authority over the slaves constantly (even when they are physically out of their Owner's power), 24/7 Master / slave, "lifestyle", and Total/Absolute Power Exchange relationships are all appropriate, whereas casual BDSM relationships aren't.

Sites dealing with Gorean / kajira relationships should be submitted to Adult/Society/Lifestyles/Gorean

Both commercial and private sites may be submitted here, but picture galleries should be submitted to an appropriate subcategory of Adult/Image_Galleries, and sites primarily selling merchandise to an appropriate subcategory of Adult/Shopping.

Due to ODP rules, you must use vanilla capitalisation for entries in this category: eg "master" rather than "Master". No offence should be taken from this requirement or the capitalisation of entries appearing within the category.

Consensual slavery is a clearly identifiable subculture within BDSM (and sometimes goes under alternative names, such as "Master/slave" or "Total Power Exchange.")

For the purposes of this category, "slave" is not meant as a fantasy role in roleplay scenes (even within a committed BDSM relationship.) It is for sites dealing with consensual relationships in which authority has been transferred from the slave to their Owner, and is retained constantly.

Due to ODP rules, we must use vanilla capitalisation for entries in this category: eg "master" rather than "Master". No offence should be taken from this requirement or the capitalisation of entries appearing within the category.

Events

Periodic or one-time events featuring BDSM activities or education, of more than strictly local interest. Local munches or one-day play parties should be listed in the appropriate areas of Adult/Regional/ .

Femdom

Please be sure your site provides practical information about participating in femdom activities. Do not include sites that are primarily devoted to professional dominatrix services, erotic images, or fictional stories; instead, submit these sites to the appropriate category that applies to their subject matter. This category includes female led relationships (FLR), male submission, female domination/ supremacy and domestic discipline (where the female is dominant).

If your site has a membership section, you will be asked by email to provide a user name and password. The user name and password will be used for review purposes only. You can help to expedite the review process by sending your site’s membership information to the category editor located on the category page.

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Femdom, or female dominance, refers to the BDSM practice of a male submitting to a dominant female. Femdom relationships may be referred to as D&S relationships, or domination and submission relationships. The dominant female is commonly called a dominatrix or mistress. This category includes female led relationships (FLR) and domestic discipline where the female is dominant.

Magazines and E-zines

Online articles and features with print media companions about any aspect of BDSM.

Mailing Lists

Please submit email lists that focus on some aspect of the BDSM lifestyle. Because DMZO requires regular spelling and capitalization, words such as dominant or master should not be capatalized.
This category is intended to house links to mailing list that focus on some facet of the BDSM lifestyle. This includes information and resources, advice, support, and personal perspectives.

Sites that are primarily focused on erotica--such as image galleries or story archives--will not be accepted. See Adult/Image_Galleries/ or Adult/Arts/ for details.

Maledom

Purely erotica-oriented sites are not accepted in Adult/Society/Lifestyles/BDSM. If your site is chiefly devoted to the distribution of erotic images or writings, please submit to the appropriate Adult/Arts/ or Adult/Image_Galleries/ category instead.
MaleDom = Male Dominance, in other words lifestyles or relationships where a man exercises erotic domination of his partner.

For the personal homepages of male dominants, see Adult/Society/BDSM/Personal_Pages/Male/Dominant/.

To find BDSM-flavored porn such as spanking or bondage pictures, please visit Adult/Image_Galleries.

Organizations

Contains links to major BDSM organizations world-wide. Local organizations and individual chapters of larger groups can be found in Adult/Regional/Society/BDSM/.

Personal Pages

Please do no submit sites dedicated to professional dominants to any of the categories beneath Personal Homepages/. Such sites should be submitted to an appropriate sub-category in Adult/Regional/.
Adults-only BDSM Personal home pages. These sites often contain images and information of a graphic nature.

This category contains sub-categories based on gender (male, female, transgendered, and couples). Gender sub-categories are further categorized into BDSM roles (dominant, submissive).

Homepages that do not clearly fall within these BDSM roles (i.e., "switch") are listed in gender sub-categories only.

Resources

Please submit sites that deal with the following: general or comprehensive sites on BDSM (Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, and Sadism & Masochism).

Examples of sites that belong in this category:

Directories of BDSM or BDSM-related sites Articles, How-To's, and Information on BDSM Community or individual services

If your site is primarily articles and/or essays, please submit it to Adult/Society/BDSM/Essays/ .

If it is primarily FAQs, submit it to Adult/Society/BDSM/FAQs_and_Tutorials/ .

If it is primarily Images, please submit it to the appropriate Image_Galleries category.

If you are in question about the nature of your site, please email an editor.

This section deals with general resource sites or sites that are a comprehensive overview for the BDSM (Bondage & Discipline, Dominance & Submission, and Sadism & Masochism) Lifestyles.

Services

This category lists sites which provide miscellaneous services to the BDSM community. This does not include professional domination or services specific to a particular region.

For professional dominance, see Adult/Regional/BDSM/Dominatrix/.

For regional services, see Adult/Regional/.

A listing of sites that provide commercial services *other than professional dominance* to the BDSM community. For professional dominance, see Adult:Business:Sex Services:Dominatrix.

Spanking

A collection of sites dealing with issues of adult spanking and sexuality.

This does not include erotic photo galleries, which should be submitted to Adult: Image Galleries: Spanking or spanking story sites, which should be submitted to Adult/Arts/Online Writing/Fiction/BDSM/Spanking.

Membership sites must include a password with submission request.

A collection of sites dealing with issues of adult spanking practices and communities not listed extensively elsewhere in the directory.

Whipping

This cat is for sites having to do with different kinds of whipping, and whip care, including floggers, cats, and singletails.

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