BDSM: Un-natural behavior?
    I think NOT!

Is it natural? You cannot go against nature. If you do, that's part of nature too.

When we look at the natural world around us, we see the strongest drives are the sexual drives, the need to reproduce.

Nature is DNA making more DNA, and creating some pretty weird and complex rituals to facilitate the process.

We are the most complex beings on our planet. Doesn't it seem strange that our sexuality would not be as complex as we are?

If we look to the animal world, we see that everywhere D&S is the rule.
   Geese, wolves, elephants, and Us!
   The expression `pecking order' came from chickens, right?

Every attempt by humans to create an egalitarian society, has resulted in another class system.
   Hierarchies are a part of our nature.
    We try to pretend we have an equal society, but there has never really been any such thing.
    Look closely at any culture, you will see lovingly ritualized class systems.

So if we argue that humans are the most complex of nature's creations, I think it's a little bit naive to suggest that humans do not have a powerful, complex D&S drive as well, that is intimately tied in with our sex drives.

So why is it that all of nature is involved in D&S.? When we look a little closer, we find out the reason is harmony.
    It is good to know who is making the decisions, and who is following the orders. Otherwise, we end up with chaos. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.

Wolves need leadership for effective hunting strategies.
    Without a hierarchy of command, they cannot be organized enough to capture dinner and survive.
    In a wolf pack, only the alpha pair will breed, thus limiting the size of the pack, while ensuring the strongest cubs.
    Nature insists on D&S strategies.

The idea of trying to repress your sexuality and bend it and fold it and try to fit it into some little Friday night slot is very naive and entirely unrealistic.
    A closet is no place for a life, and sexuality is not something we can stuff into a closet and pretend isn't there if we want to have a full life.

That's my belief, and I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Ask Dr. Freud.

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