RACE PLAY:
a form of role-play in which one person assumes the role of master and another assumes the role of submissive or slave, in a setting where the participant's race is relevant to the power exchange.  Any play that gives focus to the racial makeup of the participants.  Race play is also a term used by porn sites to describe sex with people of different races or nationalities.  Race play may also refer to role-play that involves the wearing of uniforms of a particular hate group.

See related UNIFORM PLAY.



R.A.C.K. or RACK:
an acronym for risk aware consensual kink. See spelled out RISK AWARE CONSENSUAL KINK.

See spelled out RISK AWARE CONSENSUAL KINK.



RACK:
any type of bondage furniture consisting of a platform to which a person is bound for flagellation.  The term originally referred to an implement used for torture during the Middle Ages, designed to stretch and pull a person bound to it.





RAPE PLAY:
any type of consensual role-play in which a person stages a mock rape for the purposes of sexual gratification of all people involved.

See FORCED SEX PLAY.



RAZOR STROP:
a flexible strap made of thick leather or canvas, used to sharpen, and polish the blade of a straight razor or knife.  Throughout its history, the razor strop has also been used for corporal punishment because of its thick leather and thudding strike.





REFLECTO PORN:
a form of exhibition where a person poses indirectly for a photograph naked or engaged in a sexual act, reflected in a reflective object, such as a window or tea kettle.





RELIGIOUS PLAY:
any role-play or BDSM activity involving religion.  Usually Catholic-themed, with declarations of repenting sins and accepting punishment.  Those who partake in such role-play have reported feelings of release and an actual cleansing of the spirit.  It is compared to the self-flagellation acts performed by many monks and priests throughout history.

See also related CILICE and see SPIRITUAL BDSM.





RESISTANCE PLAY:
any mutually consensual activity in which a person puts up a struggle while being overpowered by another.



RETIFISM:   see SHOE FETISHISM.



RIGGER:
a person who specializes and is very skilled in suspension bondage and other forms of rope bondage.



RIDING CROP:   see CROP.



RIMMING:
oral sex involving stimulating the anus, or around the rim of the anus, with the tongue.  Sometimes referred to as salad tossing.

See ANILINGUS.





RING GAG:
a specific type of gag, made of leather or silicone, consisting of a ring that is placed in the mouth, keeping the mouth open, and attached with straps around the head.





RISK AWARE CONSENSUAL KINK (R.A.C.K.):
a philosophy that certain risky BDSM activities that stretch beyond what is considered safe or some risky sexual behaviors are permissible, so long as the participants are fully aware of the risks involved.  There is some controversy over this philosophy, as some view it in contrast to the safe, sane, and consensual philosophy, where only activities that are considered safe, sane, and consensual are permitted.

See SAFE, SANE, & CONSENSUAL.



RITUALS:
any task or series of actions performed by a submissive consistently on a day-to-day basis within the confines of a D/s relationship, set forth by the dominant as a part of their relationship protocols.  A protocol that is repeated at set times.  Example: one of the submissive's protocols that she does ritualistically, is to kneel before her master each morning and recite her pledge to him.  The term protocol and ritual are sometimes used synonymously.

See related PROTOCOL.



ROD:   see CANE or BIRCH ROD.



ROISSY:
a code word for a dungeon, taken from a fictional place mentioned in the erotic novel Story of O by Pauline Reage.

See related O PLAY and see related DUNGEON .



ROLE-PLAY:
any activity in which people assume roles different from their own in a BDSM session, and then act out scenarios.  Some people use the term role-play in a general sense to describe all BDSM activities.



ROMAN SHOWERS:
refers to the act of vomiting on another person for sexual gratification.



ROPE BUNNY:
a person on the receiving end of rope bondage.  Usually refers to a person, often female, that participates in Shibari rope bondage and/or suspension as the person being bound and suspended.

See related SHIBARI.





ROPE CUFF:
any form of tie that binds the limbs of a person with rope.  Often refers to multiple passes of rope on a person’s limb to create a thick cushion-type cuff.

See related BONDAGE SAFETY TIE.





ROPE DRESS:     see KARADA.



ROPE FLOGGER:     see CAT O' NINE TAILS.



ROPE GAG:
a rope tied around a person's head and through the teeth, used as a gag to either silence or muffle a person.

See GAG and CLEAVE GAG.



ROPE SUSPENSION:
any form of bondage in which a person is suspended off the floor with rope.  Usually refers to elaborate rope work that suspends a person in the air.

See SHIBARI and SUSPENSION BONDAGE.



RUBBER:
a material used in many BDSM implements, said to be more painful than other materials.  For example, a rubber fall flogger produces a harsher and more painful strike than that of the standard leather flogger.  The term rubber also refers to a latex material used to make fetish clothing.

See related LATEX.



RUBBER FLOGGER / WHIP:
any of the many varieties of whips in which the falls are made of rubber.  The rubber flogger is said to produce a surface sting that feels like fire scraping across the skin and can be twice as painful as a rope flogger.  Rubber floggers that are made of thick pieces of rubber, can produce a harsh painful strike.  The dreaded Koosh flogger is made of thin rubber strings and is said to produce a distinct scratchy sting.

See KOOSH FLOGGER.





RUG BEATER:   see BEATER.








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