So I found a picture on Tumblr. I’d post it here, but there’s a temptation to mock, and I try really hard not to mock “our people” — we take plenty of fire from vanillas as it is.
But this is funny and instructive, dammit — a “how not to dress” if nothing else.
The picture is here. It features two dominant guido types standing tall — all leather and bandanas but shirtless to show off their forests of chest hair — with three little slave women crouched submissively at their feet on leashes. The guys look smug and happy to be there; the women I’d say are split. One is gazing up at a leash-holder with her best submissive but-my-knees-won’t-take-this-forever look, the other’s face is not clearly visible, and the third is looking at the camera with an ambiguous look that you could take a variety of ways. I take it to mean, she’s done with this party in her head, but she plans to continue being a good sport about it. As long as it doesn’t go on forever.
The Tumblr commentary is less restrained than I have been. Tumblher writes:
These guys are what give tops the reputations as odd, freakish and socially awkward. I don’t own a single piece of leather clothing that isn’t a winter coat. I wish there was a “thumbs down” option on Tumblr, this would certainly deserve it. Seriously, ladies, would you want to submit to either of these slobs?
To which LittleGirlyOne replied:
Eew! No, I wouldn’t. And, this picture is also a perfect illustration of why I’m afraid of bdsm people…
