BDSM and how 50 Shades of Grey made it mainstream

Ten years ago, would you have known the meaning of the letters BDSM? Likely not, but thanks to the release of the popular best-selling novel 50 Shades of Grey, by E.L. James, and it’s subsequent sequels, Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism, are now a large part of mainstream pornography (you’ve heard about bondage porn and BDSM porn, right?). This content is available in masses and designed to appeal to those who may live otherwise vanilla lives.

This intense style of pornography attracts both the expected intense personalities and the less expected type, middle-aged stay-at-home mothers. Researchers speculate that the intensity of BDSM porn may attract these women because it serves as some much-needed excitement in contrast to their standard, humdrum lives. So, would you be willing to spice up your sex life in this creative way?