Different Loving or Perversion? Questions about D&S, B&D and S&M

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My question to you has to do with what I saw on some of the other sites. There were a number of references to the word "dark" and the overtones were that D&S and S&M were about exploring the dark side of our natures or to embrace the taboo of evil and decadent behavior. I saw sites entitled dark heart, dark desire, etc. I viewed sites where women were pictured with devil's horns and tails, there were references to vampirism, and there were carton graphics of blood dripping down walls and dark dungeons and castles. I do not want to be associated with a lifestyle that promotes evil or the dark side of human nature. Like I said, your site and a few others were exactly what I was looking for but why the dark overtones and symbolism on some of the S&M sites? I find them freighting and disturbing.