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  • I can cite New York law for the proposition that painplay is illegal, but I can also tell you that activists have done awareness programs for law enforcement here.

    Bondage and Patriarchy 2006

  • When I was in my teens and early twenties, I wasn’t willing to deal with those issues, and preferred bondage and painplay — the more macho, the better.

    Bondage and Patriarchy 2006

  • Laura, I’m actually not surprised that there has not been much discussion of painplay, and it’s not because we don’t do it.

    Bondage and Patriarchy 2006

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