BDSM TV Exposure

[Warbaby1943]

I'm curious of your thoughts...much like PRO DOM's thread about the movie "Secretary"...

I saw a TV program yesterday (in the states) called Secret Lives of Women, and of the 4 stories in the show (married to a gay man, pill popper, open threesome marriage), one of the stories was about a woman who was a Dominatrix and vampire. Her sub/slave Sparky was also her husband and she went on calls to Domme other people.

The Program showed a couple of interesting things - they showed her in a photo shoot with her vampyric red eyes, fangs and Domme gear. They showed Sparky being whipped and flogged (lightly) and then coming down from sub space, which she explained well. They showed her collection of toys and collars And they showed a BDSM club with harder whipping, bondage, a St. Cross, and several people in various modes of fetish gear.

In my opinion, it portrayed BDSM fairly neutrally, and somewhat positively, but do you think that it is something that should be on national TV...or...not?

(And, btw, I was watching the show with 3 recent high school graduates that I mentor in a summer camp program, and I believe they used phrases like, "sick freaks" and "gross." It was torture not to explain more than I should have known...)

Was this program a documentary or was it fictional? In either case I believe exposure can only bring good things in the future.

[newslave]

Was this program a documentary or was it fictional? In either case I believe exposure can only bring good things in the future.

Very much a documentary! It was very interesting, actually. Also strange to see it paired with "Pill Addicted Woman," "Woman with Woman with Husband," and "Woman with Gay Man." All true stories, from the WE channel (Women's Entertainment I think).