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Bound and Determined 

Dominance and submission are latest Charlotte growth industry

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Some people play the moral trump card and believe it's an abomination against nature to participate in D/s relationships, or any relationship that's not 100 percent monogamous. But what truly defines a relationship? These people that I've crossed paths with are happier than most married couples I know. The unions are unique, as well as uniquely sane.

Sexual diversity is more common than ever in our society, and Charlotte is no exception. It used to only refer to people who are either gay or straight, but the connotation has shifted to incorporating all non-traditional relationships.

Are we, as sexually active adults, meant to be monogamous? Society promotes the courtship and marriage of two people in love, and yet 50 percent of all marriages are landing in divorce court, with money and infidelity at the core of most failures.

I've come to believe that definitions of socially acceptable relationships are starting to change, and couples, more and more, will have to make their own rules. What's right for one couple to engage in could be the death knell for another couple's relationship. Each of us must make choices we can live with and thrive on. No matter what you think of the D/s lifestylers' way of living, they do prove that trust, respect and loyalty in a relationship, regardless of the arrangement, can go a long way. Without it, you have nothing. *

Look for Elizabeth Chapel's new column, Sex and the Queen City, coming soon.

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