


While it is easy to dismiss these dominant submissive relationships as “slavery” and “anti feminist”, this seems as though we are allowing a much-too-easy reading of the relationship.

However, these contracts are far more explicit and painfully detailed than the one we see in Fifty Shades of Grey. Many real life Dominants and Submissives have been writing long agreements or at least verbally discussing them long before Fifty Shades of Grey came out. A binding covenant, that in its 51 pages enumerates, iterates and codifies the rights and responsibilities of Sheldon Lee Cooper, here and after known as ‘the Boyfriend’ and Amy Farrah Fowler, here and after known as ‘the Girlfriend’ ”Ĭhristian Grey drafted a BDSM contract for Anastasia Steele, but the contract was not exclusive to their relationship. “I present to you, a Relationship agreement.
