I posed a question in my profile.  I have to say it definitely reduced the number of emails I was receiving.

I am new to all of this, the internet allowed to a lot of research and there appears to me an unlimited spin on what it is all about.  Definitions for the same term, Top, Dominate, Master, Bottom, Submissive, and Slave vary widely among sources.

It does appear there are at least two factions that stand out, BDSM and Leather, two different philosophies.  To date, no one has expressed the difference as I understand.  To say the least, the leather lifestyle doesn’t mean dressing in leather or leather whips and cuffs.

I am really looking forward to someone who can discuss the leather lifestyle as I understand it.