Psychology, Sociology, and Demographics of BDSM

BDSM Psychology

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BDSM Sociology

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BDSM Demographics

It is common to see people mention a big imbalance in the number of dominant women and submissive men. There aren’t many datasets or studies on the actual numbers and the few that exist have some issues. However, even if we can’t point a precise number (honestly, it’s not really important) they seem consistent with the idea that the existence of a huge demographic gap is nothing but a myth.

• Joyal et al. 2014. What Exactly is an Unusual Sexual Fantasy
• Joyal & Carpentier. 2016. The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests and Behaviors in the General Population: A Provincial Survey
• Holvoet et al. 2017. Fifty Shades of Belgian Gray: The Prevalence of BDSM-Related Fantasies and Activities in the General Population
• De Neef et al. 2019. Bondage-Discipline, Dominance-Submission and Sadomasochism (BDSM) From an Integrative Biopsychosocial Perspective: A Systematic Review.
• Data harvested from Fetlife profiles - 2014
• Results from Julie Fennell’s Survey - 2017

If you’d like to read some interesting opinion pieces on the ratio and our perceptions of it, these very smart wonderful people have you covered:

• Gender, orgasms, and control: a femme dom rant by IPCookieMonster
• Femdom Nouvelle and Beyond BDSM by u/MissPearl

Citations

Original: Psychology, Sociology and Demographics of BDSM. (2023, September 23). In [r/FemdomCommunity/wiki]. https://www.reddit.com/r/FemdomCommunity/wiki/index/z-resources/socpsychdemographics/