All in all I'd say it's pretty balanced, subconcious bias from the author or no. He seems to have a bit of trouble getting into the idea of just how consent works in a 24/7 relationship and what there is in it that could possibly make it appealing to a submissive like "Surri", but it also looks like he's genuinely trying to get his head around the concept and trying to give a fair look at things from the perspective of the couple.

And let's face it, it looks like this guy's done his research fairly well. He's gone out and talked to a lot of people in the lifestyle, he's gone for reputable psychological data, and he's generally done the legwork to make sure that he could get it right despite being an outsider. I mean can you imagine what a horrible piece this would've been if he'd just punched "bdsm" into Yahoo, taken some information from some bdsm lobby groups and balanced it out with some information from religious anti-bdsm groups, and called that a balanced article? We'd come out looking like a bunch of abusive borderline psychotics in denial.




rallan
- thank god for journalists who still do things the long way