BDSM before and after the Internet

[Rhabbi]

Two words.

It sucked.

Very accurate description. I honestly believe that if the internet was not around I would still be a frustrated vanilla more than anything.

I better let older people than me answer this but my guess would be that it wasnt very easy to get in touch with other people with your interests and likes.

And it could be dangerous. Here in the US it was, and still is, illegal in a lot of places, unlike the UK. One of the biggest concerns we had in making new contacts was screening out police and FBI moles. My FBI files contained enough interesting information that I was denied a security clearance that I needed, apparently they thought I would be blackmailed by some foreign government to reveal stuff that you could find with some diligent research even then. And one party I went to was actually raided shortly after I decided to leave, and a friend of mine was arrested.

My advice to you youngsters is to be glad that you have the internet to explore things.