In the BDSM world, we commonly talk about several elements that are important to having a successful encounter.  Here at TheDuchy, we like to put those elements together into a General Encounter Framework.  We believe that every encounter — whether BDSM or vanilla — will have a better chance of being successful if they follow this framework, if they explicitly and consciously decide on each of these things instead of letting whim guide them.

Some argue that something like this kills spontaneity, but we disagree.  You can absolutely be spontaneous, but doing so within this framework allows you to do so in context of greater personal safety and empowerment, within the guide rails of things that you have explicitly discussed, understand the risks of and have agreed to.

The foundation of everything we do is Consent.  If you have not already read that post, it is important that you go do so.

Each item below is a discussion in its own right, so we split up the content onto several more bite-sized pages.  You can use this page as the jumping off point, or just follow the path by finding the next topic at the bottom of the current page.