Female submission in the BDSM lifestyle include bondage, suspension, domestic discipline, sadism and masochism. Amateur slaves restrained and punished by spanking, caning, whipping and flogging. Also covered: Japanese bondage like Nawa Shibari, Kinbaku from ancient traditional Japanese martial arts. Bondage and bdsm can be both erotic, artistic, meditative and painful.

The female BDSM topic is Masochism, Sadism, and Sado Masochism. Common restraining methods are hemp rope bondage, or tight suspension from being tied to the bed, to mid-air hanging. Traditional bondage and Japanese bondage is very different, and often Japanese rope bondage like Shibari, Kinbaku, Hojojutso, or Hojo-Jutso is a painful, but erotic, artistic and expressionistic way of susoending the bondage model. BDSM is also related to punishing the submissive, or slave, with different tools like a cane, flogger, or a whip. Most D/s lifestyle people say that BDSM is an erotic combination of pleasure and pain and two-way worship. Needles, hot wax and electro punishment are also common topics in BDSM roleplay. A male Top is usually called a Master, or a Sadist, while the submissive part is named a bottom, a Masochist, or simply a proud slave serving her Master and being rewarded with His worship.