BDSM#Symbols

As BDSM Emblem is a distinctive mark in the field of BDSM is called.

The tripartite design was created by an anonymous designer with the pseudonym Quagmyr as discreet insider icon for fans of BDSM. It is based on the description of a ring, which the protagonist "O" in the classic BDSM novel Story of O by Pauline wears Réage. The symbol is used mainly in the United Kingdom and the United States in numerous variants use and is there since the 1990s, a widespread recognition characters for fans of BDSM.

Based Upon

The template serves as a ring is similar to a signet ring and is described in the literary text as follows:.

" ... The man held her now a small wooden chain with a loud same rings back and asked them to choose from a ring that fit on her left ring finger. It was weird iron rings, inside edged with gold; the broad, heavy frost, similar to the version of a signet ring, but highly curved, carried in Nielloarbeit a golden wheel with three spokes that were spirally curved, like the sun of the Celts. "

This wheel is also Triskele, " tripod " called.

Formation and controversy

The Emblem Project is a non-commercial claims to U.S. project, which manufactures called BDSM distinctive mark the generally simple, " emblem " and sells. The idea was born in 1994 in an AOL discussion forum was sought as a recognition sign, which should be subtle, decorative and known only within the SM subculture. The first prototypes were sold in 1995. Since about 1997 the emblem is known especially on the Internet.

The project, initiated and operated by an individual project was repeatedly strongly criticized for his license and cost conditions. The legal situation regarding the use of the symbol has long been discussed Quagmyr is accused of multiple pages Copy Fraud. Due to the controversy the emblem served as a model for several similar symbols that are based on him and diversify its basic design. These are internationally used in many countries as a recognition symbol of the BDSM scene.

Dissemination

The association SMart Rhine -Ruhr eV also carries a modified form of the symbol in its logo.

In German-speaking countries, the emblem has been offered since 2000 at the latest specialized dealers in the form of various pieces of jewelry, but it has not been generally accepted, here usually takes the Ring of O use.

The basic shape of the emblem, the Triskele is used in some right-wing circles as a substitute for the banned in Germany swastika. Some German sadomasochist fear, therefore, that they could be moved by the use of the symbol in the proximity of the radical right.

The BDSM Flag is another variation of the geometric motif originally used in the novel.