BDSM Is Increasingly Mainstream, and It Boosts Intimacy
“Couple therapists have voiced mixed feelings about BDSM. A survey published in 2013—two years after Fifty Shades—showed that one-third of therapists considered it bad for relationships. But a 2018 report showed that BDSM and non-BDSM (“vanilla”) couples expressed the same level of relationship satisfaction. Other reports have shown that among the top reasons for engaging in BDSM were partners’ deep trust in one another and the closeness BDSM engenders, both key indicators of good relationships.” https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/202301/bdsm-is-increasingly-mainstream-and-it-boosts-intimacy
