The abbreviation covers these: "B = bondage: tying, or restricting movement in some way, shibari, vacuum bed, handcuffs, and so on. = dominance, the dominant side of D / s: someone conducts you, tells you what to do, or even physically puts you in. Cum controll, for example, is a typical thing to tell me what to do, but eg licking shoes, humiliation and / or praise, tasks These include role-playing games such as Master / Dog, **** / Slave, Daddy Dom, Brat tamer / brat, etc. S = sadism, the sub side of D / s dynamics: not all sub masochists and not all maczo submissives. because of the feeling they are used to spanking, slapping, candle wax, ice, painful rough sex, forced mouth ... Some people are submissive but not masochistic, but as part of the game they tolerate pain M = masochism: someone who loves when it hurts It may be minimal also, eg slapping, clothespin, but there are people who like ginger and plugging, or like electric shock, needles, pumpkin kick. " So it also answers what bdsm sex itself is like.