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manalone · 04-11-2004, 07:35 PM

Ok, you see a woman in a leather corset, thigh high boots. Is she Dom or Sub?

You see a post on the Way Side mentioning boots in the title, do you assume you will see males or females?

What clothes does a Master wear? What about a mistess?

Is a collar all it takes to show a sub?

I'm thinking of the iconography of gender and role in bdsm pictures. I'm pretty sure that there is more to it than simple apparel, I mean that some models can show themselves very dominant in one picture, and breathtakingly helpless in another. Betty Page is a particularly fine example of this.

What do you think? Is it just a matter of getting a person and putting them in an outfit and posture for a stereotype?

Could you photograph a Dom(me) on their knees and make them look authoritative?

04-11-2004, 07:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
manalone Once upon a time...	Reading a BDSM picture. Ok, you see a woman in a leather corset, thigh high boots. Is she Dom or Sub? You see a post on the Way Side mentioning boots in the title, do you assume you will see males or females? What clothes does a Master wear? What about a mistess? Is a collar all it takes to show a sub? I'm thinking of the iconography of gender and role in bdsm pictures. I'm pretty sure that there is more to it than simple apparel, I mean that some models can show themselves very dominant in one picture, and breathtakingly helpless in another. Betty Page is a particularly fine example of this. What do you think? Is it just a matter of getting a person and putting them in an outfit and posture for a stereotype? Could you photograph a Dom(me) on their knees and make them look authoritative? __________________ -- Man Alone ======= Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.