Congratulations America, it looks like BDSM might just be about to become "acceptable". At least that was my feeling when I found out that the oh-so-respectable publishing house of Harper-Collins had brought out this book. We can now wear our leather pride pins to board meetings and no longer worry about what our vanilla neighbors might think. Right.
Although Sex Tips is not the first book on BDSM written by a woman, it is one of the nicest. How can a book on BDSM be nice? Well, it can be if the author has a positive attitude and a good writing style. As a matter of fact, I don't think the "F" word is used anywhere in this book.
The book is also nicely illustrated with cartoons and other drawings. These are not the "how to" diagrams anyone who's ever read the Alex Comfort books knows about but much more whimsical. Sweet Gwendolyn with a wink.
Mistress Payne also has made this book a pitch to people with culture and refinement. As she puts it on page 107:
"There is no denying that a knotted Hermes silk print cravat holding a rolled and very sheer Wolfold stocking between the pouty lips of a beautiful subette is tres chic."
The over-lying concept of this book is that BDSM is fun. No obsessions with technique. No final benedictions on the greater significance of the Master/slave relationship in the universe. And, to tell you the truth, this is welcomed after years of "how-to" manuals. It's about time someone pointed out that the big reason most people get involved in bondage scenes is because they enjoy doing it.
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