What is it about ropes? When we joke about bondage, we say whips and chains. However, when we consider bondage, do we not all think of rope? Rope transcends gender, sexuality, and polarity. Tops and bottoms love to be tied, or to tie. The act is complete in itself. Anything that happens after the knots are finished is up to the people involved. The experience is universal. Tying someone nicely takes a great deal of both time and concentration. I think, perhaps, it’s time for us to shed the polarities (dualities) of traditional D/s, and accept that sexuality (the experience of sex in the field of time) is much more fluid than simple Top/Bottom. It can be said that the effort of tying someone shibari style is a submissive act, as it is (in some way) done in service to the (desires of the) person being tied. What do you think?Â
 
