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“As a Dominant, it’s my role to nurture. I can only control you if you love yourself totally how you are, in all the glory of your submission. That obviously has nothing to do with size.”
~ Jeannie

The other day my hairdresser commented that she thought I’d lost a few pounds. She expected me to be thrilled with the “compliment” of course. Instead, I explained that I’m uncomfortable with our culture’s obsession with weight, and that I’d prefer if she focused instead on my other gifts. It’s not like she’d ever said “you look great, you’ve gained weight!” Her comment was under-standable though, because being a thin person, she doesn’t see many plus-sized role models; in fact, I might be the only one she knows.

The BDSM scene is quite different in its approach to diversity. Master Alan says, “Our relation-ships are generally about psychological matters rather than physical ones. If you’re interested in medical play, you’re looking for a person who understands the chemistry of medical play. When your dream comes true in the form of someone who meets your needs, you are much less interested in his or her body and much more tolerant of physical differences.”

Are There More Large People in the Scene than in the General Pop-ulation?

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Read the rest of Story Title in Consent Magazine Issue #21 Spring 2004