Are there Shibari enemies? Not quite. There are neither anti-bondage groups of any sort nor public figures immersed in a crusade against rope games. There are, however, people who are quite unsupportive of bondage and all things BDSM. Additionally, to make things more complicated, they might be your friends or relatives. Hence, in this article,…
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Let’s make a social experiment, shall we? We’re going to explore the similarities and differences between Shibari and Olympic gymnastics, and this will help us illustrate an important point. The standard by which society accepts and encourages certain practices, while it criticizes and obstructs others is not clear. First, the similarities. Olympic gymnastics requires strength…
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Many people, especially those with a mainstream mindset, are quite suspicious about the whole business of BDSM practices. It doesn’t matter that psychologists have already agreed that alternative lifestyles and sexual practices are not symptomatic of mental illness by themselves, they still have their doubts. And when it comes to the morality of Shibari, they…
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Just as it has happened and is currently happening in other countries, Shibari is making its way in Mexico. As is the case in countries with more traditional values, it has been a slow process. For the most part, Shibari is still a curiosity, a spicy underground practice. However, each day it gains new terrain.…
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Twenty years ago, the answer would have been yes, without a doubt. However, in the last couple of decades, there have been huge cultural and social changes. Many of these have been related to sexual diversity and alternative lifestyles. That’s why we have to ask ourselves: Is Shibari still a scandal? And the answer is…
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BDSM is becoming popular; that’s a fact. However, it is still a niche market. Mass audiences are not ready for Shibari; not yet. I know because I work at a local TV station, and I tried to bring bondage to our viewers. It was a disaster. I’m a kinky person. I’ve always been. And I…
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Normalization has become sort of a buzzword these days. Essentially, it means that something that used to be strange, unusual, or plain wrong, has now become widely accepted. Actually, people are seeing it as something ordinary. For example, videoconferences were a dream thirty years ago; now we all take classes via Zoom. Barely fifty years…
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The building of an identity is one of the main concerns in today’s society. Most people believe that everyone has the right to develop their own personality the way they want. How does Shibari come into the picture? Well, there’s a stronger relationship between Shibari and identity than you think. First of all, Shibari can…
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Everybody’s going crazy about Artificial Intelligence (AI). From grotesque hamburger commercials to recreations of SpongeBob as an 80s dark fantasy film, people seem to be finding a new use for AI every hour. So, we asked ourselves if there was something to say about Shibari and artificial intelligence. And the answer is “yes”. We had…
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Social media has become a part of our lives, whether we like it or not. Some people spend up to six hours a day browsing their profiles. And, having no social media is like living on a desert island. So, what about Shibari on social media? How does it perform? Here’s what we found out.…
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