BDSM is an often thrown around word where people have created their own opinions on it. This, one hand is fair enough, and it actually reinforces the idea of BDSM, however it runs the danger of being mislabelled and considered to be an abusive and weird world of sexual fantasies.
Firstly, let’s go back to that my initial comment where I mention that individual’s opinions regarding BDSM actually reinforce it. By this I mean that the BDSM is an encompassing term – the flexibility of term means that it can actually mean different things to different people. Whilst the finite definition of BDSM is standard across the board, it is how people engage with those definitions which ultimately demonstrate that BDSM is not a fixed term, but rather a fluid definition to which people apply to sexual play or activity in the way that it means the most to them.