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Power Exchange: BDSM Authority, Dominance, and Submission

Power exchange is a BDSM dynamic in which one person voluntarily gives another a defined degree of authority or control.

A safe word is a prearranged verbal signal used to slow, pause, check, or immediately stop a BDSM, role-play, kink, or sexual activity.

Dom and Sub describes a BDSM dynamic in which one partner takes an agreed authority role and the other voluntarily takes a submissive role.

Sub is an informal term for a BDSM submissive who voluntarily takes a following, receptive, service-oriented, or authority-yielding role.

Dom is an informal term for a BDSM dominant who takes an agreed authority or leadership role with a submissive partner.

A switch is a person who enjoys taking more than one BDSM or sexual role, especially alternating between dominance and submission.

Sexual voyeurism is sexual interest, fantasy, or arousal involving the observation of another person during private, nude, or intimate activity.

A voyeur is a person who watches another person during private or sexual activity, either consensually or without permission.

Voyeurism is sexual interest in watching another person during private or intimate activity and may be consensual or nonconsensual.

Traditional sex means sexual activity shaped by established cultural, religious, social, or relationship customs, though its meaning varies widely.