For those fascinated by intimate power and pain games, yet unmoved by the trappings of traditional BDSM, medical play provides a whole new set of toys and scenarios. Medical play clicks with those whose terror and excitement at being examined and poked intimately by a total stranger connects with the reason “playing doctor” is the first sex game most children ever explore: the combination of total helplessness, anticipation of pain, bodily penetration, and the knowledge “it’s for your own good,” while the doctor is “just taking care of you” and “has to” provides a whole spectrum of emotional and physical triggers for erotic excitement.
- Neck braces
- Mouth spreaders
- Eye patches
- Traction
- Orthodontia
Details
| Terminology: |
Bandage play, traction |
| Core Kink: | Latex, PVC |
| Major Theme: | Peril, Hurt and Comfort |
KatharineGates
Katharine Gates has been collecting niche erotica since 1992. Her publishing company Gates of Heck was known for offbeat collaborations with artists like Annie Sprinkle (Post-Porn Modernist Playing Cards, 7 Men Inside Katharine), Joe Coleman (The Book of Joe), Gary Panter (Facetasm) and Art Spiegelman (The Narrative Corpse.) The first edition of Deviant Desires was published in 2000 by Juno Books. In 2006, Gates curated the year-long exhibition KINK:Geography of the Erotic Imagination at Museum of Sex in New York City. She has appeared on countless TV documentary shows such as HBO's Real Sex, BBC, and Discovery Channel. Her kinkmap has been published in College Sexuality textbooks.
People Interviewed
Romain Slocombe
Medical Bondage Photographer
Bandages and braces, traction, and other forms of medical bondage fill Slocombe's celebrated and intense photographs.
