The BDSM community is generally regarded as having strict consent practices, such as safewords and explicit negotiations. However, no research to date has examined the flexibility of norms around these consent practices. The present study was designed to investigate the nuances of consent communication norms among BDSM practitioners, specifically the degree to which relationship context impacts the depth and nature of consent negotiations. A total of 202 BDSM practitioners (89 women, 64 men, and 49 gender expansive individuals) between the ages of 18 and 83 years (M = 40.2, SD = 13.2) recruited from the Science of BDSM Research Team newsletter rated the acceptability of consent communication practices in the context of either pick-up play (BDSM activities conducted between people who have just met) or scenes in romantic relationships (BDSM activities conducted between romantic relationship partners). Participants generally endorsed stringent consent communication but showed greater flexibility in consent communication practices in longer-term relationships than short-term relationships. Additional results demonstrated that although intoxication was generally considered unacceptable during consent communication, intoxication during consent communication was considered more acceptable in existing relationships than new relationships and for non-BDSM sexual activities than for BDSM activities. Results demonstrate nuance based on context within strong consent norms in the BDSM community.

BDSM 社区通常被认为具有严格的同意做法，例如安全词和明确的谈判。然而，迄今为止，还没有研究检查过围绕这些同意做法的规范的灵活性。本研究旨在调查 BDSM 从业者之间同意沟通规范的细微差别，特别是关系环境在多大程度上影响同意谈判的深度和性质。共有 202 名年龄在 18 至 83 岁之间的 BDSM 从业者（89 名女性、64 名男性和 49 名性别扩展个体）（M = 40.2，SD = 13.2）从 BDSM 科学研究团队时事通讯中招募，对同意沟通做法在接机游戏（刚认识的人之间进行的 BDSM 活动）或浪漫关系场景（浪漫关系伴侣之间进行的 BDSM 活动）的可接受性进行了评级。 参与者普遍赞成严格的同意沟通，但在长期关系中表现出比短期关系更大的同意沟通实践的灵活性。其他结果表明，尽管在同意沟通期间通常认为醉酒是不可接受的，但在现有关系中，同意沟通期间的醉酒被认为比新关系和非 BDSM 性活动更容易接受。结果显示了 BDSM 社区中基于强烈同意规范中的上下文的细微差别。