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BDSM is safer (and more everyday) than Fifty Shades would have you believe and the scene is alive and well in Sydney
We're standing inside a rundown warehouse in Enmore late on a Saturday night watching a young woman dressed in Batman lingerie being spanked by a man in leather.
There are thirty of us, gathered around a small stage at the back of the room. We watch for five minutes as Batman wriggles and squeals with pleasure, her semi-naked arse growing redder and redder. After it's all over, the man in leather turns to the crowd and asks for a 'volunteer'.
Someone at the back giggles.
"You think this is funny?" Leather shouts.
The giggles get louder.
"Come here."
A young woman makes her way to the front. She looks in her mid-twenties, and is smartly dressed: pencil skirt, white satin blouse, black blazer. As Giggles approaches Leather, it's clear she's no more a volunteer than he is. A woman dressed in a pink tutu comes forward and handcuffs Giggles to a large wooden beam. She unbuttons the girl’s blouse, removes her bra, and gently drips hot candle wax over her nipples. Giggles yelps happily.
"Any more volunteers?" Leather asks.
After the show, Pink Tutu informs us she's a human resources manager. It’s a stressful job, she says, but she's found her release: after a hard day at the office, Pink Tutu likes to wind down by donning a collar and being flogged by her husband, Leather, in the comfort of their own home. Warehouses are for the weekend.
One of the largest BDSM events in Australia is the Gathering, an annual three-day conference that attracts international speakers and guests to a hotel in the Sydney CBD for workshops, seminars and panel discussions on kink culture. Co-founder Miss Dee says Sydney's BDSM community is welcoming more newcomers each year, who are exposed to kink through things like fashion, media and pop culture.
"People are starting to explore BDSM because they're curious, rather than because they know it is what they want," she says.
Sydney's Hellfire Club, in Darlinghurst NSW, is run by Master Tom and his partner Ultra, prides itself on being the public face of fetish in Australia. Referred to as the "McDonald's of kink" – a moniker the club has embraced – Hellfire hosts monthly events at Q-Bar on Oxford Street that are open to anyone from beginners to connoisseurs, where participants can have hands-on time with different bondage and BDSM toys.
Source: http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/adult/features/11813/bdsm-in-sydney
We're standing inside a rundown warehouse in Enmore late on a Saturday night watching a young woman dressed in Batman lingerie being spanked by a man in leather.
There are thirty of us, gathered around a small stage at the back of the room. We watch for five minutes as Batman wriggles and squeals with pleasure, her semi-naked arse growing redder and redder. After it's all over, the man in leather turns to the crowd and asks for a 'volunteer'.
Someone at the back giggles.
"You think this is funny?" Leather shouts.
The giggles get louder.
"Come here."
A young woman makes her way to the front. She looks in her mid-twenties, and is smartly dressed: pencil skirt, white satin blouse, black blazer. As Giggles approaches Leather, it's clear she's no more a volunteer than he is. A woman dressed in a pink tutu comes forward and handcuffs Giggles to a large wooden beam. She unbuttons the girl’s blouse, removes her bra, and gently drips hot candle wax over her nipples. Giggles yelps happily.
"Any more volunteers?" Leather asks.
After the show, Pink Tutu informs us she's a human resources manager. It’s a stressful job, she says, but she's found her release: after a hard day at the office, Pink Tutu likes to wind down by donning a collar and being flogged by her husband, Leather, in the comfort of their own home. Warehouses are for the weekend.
One of the largest BDSM events in Australia is the Gathering, an annual three-day conference that attracts international speakers and guests to a hotel in the Sydney CBD for workshops, seminars and panel discussions on kink culture. Co-founder Miss Dee says Sydney's BDSM community is welcoming more newcomers each year, who are exposed to kink through things like fashion, media and pop culture.
"People are starting to explore BDSM because they're curious, rather than because they know it is what they want," she says.
Sydney's Hellfire Club, in Darlinghurst NSW, is run by Master Tom and his partner Ultra, prides itself on being the public face of fetish in Australia. Referred to as the "McDonald's of kink" – a moniker the club has embraced – Hellfire hosts monthly events at Q-Bar on Oxford Street that are open to anyone from beginners to connoisseurs, where participants can have hands-on time with different bondage and BDSM toys.
Source: http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/adult/features/11813/bdsm-in-sydney