BDSM in culture and media

On stage BDSM show during a performance from Umbra et Imago at Wave Gotik Treffen music and arts global festival in Germany, 2014
Sexual roleplayer in a kajira pose at Folsom Street Fair, a U.S. based BDSM fest. The woman is posing in an approximation to nadu, the typical position of a "pleasure slave" in Gorean subculture.

BDSM (i.e., bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism) is a frequent theme in culture and media, including in books, films, television, music, magazines, public performances and online media.