Whether we care to admit it or not, we've all seen at least one of the late night Emmanuelle movies, read a book that contained a little (or alot) of smut or mustered up all your courage and went into an Adult Toy store. All of which are activities that could totally get you grounded, hot under the collar or kicked out of your monthly church bake sale up until as recently as the 2000's.
Those "forbidden" activities ended up having certain effects on you...for starters it made you giggle, then it made you clear your throat and finally it made you day dream about something just a little bit better. Thanks to the internet you looked into it and then totally regretted it because you had more questions than answers. Like where did it all start? This whole leather scene, like the fashion industry, who exactly decided what "It" was and what "It" wasn't? What was Kink and what wasn't?
Reading hundreds of different articles written by different authors you can come to one conclusion that no one agrees on when and where the leather scene started. Like most things in life there does seem to be an ebb and flow. The leather scene was a hushed underground scene of gay bars and back alley hook ups. Popularity in the leather scene rose in the 70's and 80's and with the decriminalisation of male nudity, Touko Valio Laaksonen better known as Tom of Finland made inroads with erotic comic books, art and postcards depicting hyper masculine leather clad men that are still popular today.Just like the hanky code, different leather communities popped up.
From BDSM dungeons to the ever popular Dykes on Bikes, from Pony Play to Puppy Play, harnesses and biker jackets can be a consensually kinky! Which begs the question...What is kink? A blog worthy topic all on its own, safe to say anything that made a bit of a rumble in your 70's bush jungle could be termed a kink. Kink is defined as a form of "playing". It's everything that falls outside of the confines of just having sex to orgasm. So try categorising that!
Whether you are into hardcore leather BDSM or enjoy something a little more battery operated, do yourself a favour and get a little kinky...it's definitely the spicier side of life!