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Slave auction

A slave auction is a playful, consensual role-playing game within the BDSM world in which a sub (male or female) is symbolically ‘auctioned’ to a Dominant. It is a theatrical scene, not an actual transfer of ownership.

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• Role play
• Boundaries
• Sub
• Surrender

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