A naked man with an erection lays on the floor and is bound in a simple rope harness.
Here’s an all too rare photograph suggested by psychoadept that I like for the obvious and simple fact that it shows a man enjoying being tied up (or so we might, but not necessarily, safely infer from his erection). The style of rope work in the picture is reminiscent of shibari, which essentially refers to Japanese-inspired rope bondage aesthetics. Shibari became increasingly popular in the Western BDSM scene during the 1990’s and quickly reached a level of fetishization arguably rivaled only by the even more popular fetish for Asian women.
Moreover, I observe an intense elitism within the ranks of shibari enthusiasts, just as I see similarly ridiculous elitism in many other areas of the BDSM community. Sadly, this and other BDSM elitist aristocracies unwittingly monopolized the very thing they claimed to want to make free: having sex, and how we do that. When reputation becomes more valuable than results, egos prevent progress.
