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PA (see Prince Albert, a male gental piercin)

PE (see Power Exchange)

Paddles

are characterized by a broad, flat striking surface attached to a short handle and are designed to be used at short range on the buttocks. They are normally made of leather or wood, sometimes of rubber, in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Padlock

Common type of lock used in BDSM play. May be used to secure bondage restraints, securely fasten chain links together, as labia weights, etc.

Pain

• Pain causes the release of endorphins that is thought causes the submissive to go into subspace.
• Pain Games - BDSM play involving pain.
• Pain Slut - Popular expression for a submissive who loves pain. (Also known as a masochist) A person who enjoys receiving a heavy degree of pain but may or may not necessarily enjoy submitting.
• Pain Threshold - The point at which stimulation becomes pain.

Pansexuality

All encompassing sexuality, disregarding gender differences and, sometimes, preferences for particular activities. Could be used of a person, in which case it suggests a wide interest in all forms of sex with partners of any gender. Much more commonly used of a community: some people have argued for the pan sexuality of the BDSM community. Alternatively pansexual can mean simply pertaining to all sexes and sexual orientations.

Parachute

A toy shaped like a parachute or shallow cone, usually of leather or neoprene, with a hole in the center and chains or cords hanging from around the rim and joined together belief, slightly resembling a parachute, and use for weighting the balls by resting the parachute on them with the scrotum passing up through the hole and hanging weights from the chains.

Paraphilia

any action or object that interferes with "normal sexual activities"

Pedophilia

Being sexually aroused by children. Illegal in every state in the United States.

Penis - (see 'Sex organs')

The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. The penis is the male reproductive organ and for mammals additionally serves as the external male organ of urination.

Percussion Play (or Percussive Play)

Term used by some SMers to group together all activities involving repeated striking, with the hands or with any heavy or light, blunt, cutting or stinging implements.

Perversion

A term and concept describing those types of human behavior that are perceived to be a deviation from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. It was originally defined as a "deviation from the original meaning or doctrine", literally a "turning aside" from the norm. The term pervert is a person in a state of perversion, though this term, referring to a person instead of a behavior, is generally used in a derogatory sense. Perversion, or perverse behavior, differs from deviant behavior, which describes a recognized violation of social rules or norms (though the two terms can apply to the same behavior).

Petticoat discipline

Making a boy dress up as a girl to punish him by humiliation, as was apparently carried out in Scotland by making boys wear a kilt without a sporran.

Petticoat domination

Forced feminization or Pinafore eroticism

Phallophilia

Fetish for large penises. Something most women have.

Physical Activity

covers anything that involves interpersonal physical touch. Examples are bondage, a backrub, sex, tickling, and the causing of pain by, say, spanking or whipping.

Physical Domination

This style of domination includes a wide range of activities, including spanking, whips, flails, floggers, and electrical stimulating devices. This style is often included along with restriction.

Piercing

Piercing is a way of ornamenting the body in other places than the ear with jewelry. Pierced areas can include the nose, eyebrow, lip, and nipples. In females, piercing can include the clitoris, clitoral hood, inner and outer labia. In males, piercing can include the penis shaft, the glands, and the scrotum. Any activity that involves piercing the body with a thin, sharp object such as a needle. There are two basic types: permanent piercing, sometimes called ringing, and play or temporary piercing. Play piercing is carried out for the experience of the piercing itself, the sensation of which can vary between barely noticeable and excruciating depending on where and how it is done. Thinner needles are used and are removed before the end of the session.

Play

BDSM activities between consenting partners.

Play party

A BDSM event involving many people engaging in Scenes.

Player

A person who participates in a scene, scenes, or fetish activities.

Podophilia

Fetish for large penises. Something most women have.

Politically Correct (PC)

A form of language or behavior meant not to offend people of another race, creed, gender or religion

Polyamory

The practice or lifestyle of being open to having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time, with the full knowledge and consent of all partners involved. The word is often used more broadly to refer to relationships that are not sexually exclusive, but there is disagreement on how broadly it applies (for example, many people contend that swinging is not polyamory). Persons who consider themselves open to or emotionally suited for such relationships may define themselves as polyamorous, often abbreviated to poly. (Also see Monogamy)

Ponygirl or Ponyboy

Sub is dressed in a pony outfit, with mouth bit and anal plug with a tail. They are told to prance or behave like a pony.

Pony Play

Training where the Dominant has his submissive play the part of an animal, such as a pony or horse. Can be quite elaborate with roles of Groom, Trainer, Jockey, owner, etc.

Power Exchange or TPE

Total Power Exchange has, in the last 20 years, become an increasingly popular term and an activity of interest in the popular press. Formally, the term emphasizes a pervasive subgroup of the psychological components of BDSM, most notably what is called power exchange. DS is widely experienced by tops as feeling high or aroused from exerting control, and by bottoms as a high or arousal from being controlled. That is, the partners agree to an exchange of power, ownership, command, or property rights. Total power exchange (or TPE) is a term that is sometimes used to describe a certain class of 24/7 (full-time) DS relationships wherein the submissive gives up to the dominant a very comprehensive range of rights to control the submissives daily existence.

Predicament bondage

A form of bondage in which a person is bound in such a way that they are forced to decide between two equally painful positions

Prepuce - (see 'Sex organs')

The prepuce is a retractable piece of skin which covers part of the genitals of primates and other mammals - also known as foreskin

Press Style Nipple Clamps

Nipple clamps that press the nipple between two pieces of metal usually forced together by a thumb screw. The thumb screw allows them to be squeezed tight or jut enough to stay in place.

Prince Albert

Also known as a PA. A male piercing between the urethra and the underside of the penis. Not named after the Prince of Monaco.

ProDom

a professional Dominant or Dominatrix

ProSub

a professional Submissive

Prostate - (see 'Sex organs')

A gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen.

Psychological Activity

covers the psychological effects of punishment, praise, love, obedience, control, orders, humiliation, etc., as well as the moods engendered by ritual, symbolic, or religious activity, catharsis, rage, and a variety of what are sometimes called "altered" states.

Punishment

Another common, though by no means universal, component of DS is punishment or discipline. This also falls under the less-used category of B&D, but these days it seems to mostly be discussed under the heading of d/s. Punishments:

for example, spankings, canings, standing in the corner, or whatever the partners agree on, can be quite desirable by the bottom.

Puppy Play

Perhaps the most popular of animal Role Playing Games. (RPG) Here, the submissive actually mimics a puppy. Sometimes it can evolve into a lifestyle where the "puppy" even sleeps in a cage.

Sub is made to act like a puppy. Sub barks, whines, eats from a bowl, etc. Such play is almost never sexual, but rather focuses on the altered mind-space of bottom/pup.

Pushy Bottom

Old school phrase for a very demanding bottom. Associated with Topping from the Bottom.

Pussy Torture

The use of BDSM devices - such as clamps - on the female gential area to produce pain.

Pygmalianism

Sex with statues or inanimate objects

Pygophilemania

Sexual arousal from kissing butt cheeks

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