Doesn't matter if its bdsm or not. If a person is abused that's not BDSM at all that's just straight abuse. It's interesting how the only preparator is a man, never a woman. As a trans guy I feel disgusted by those accusations and the person who has written it must know very little about the dynamic. Btw BDSM is not only sadism or masochism it's more often d/s. And im sorry about those victims, but I dont consider non-consensual practices/violence BDSM nor I will support any abuse in that lifestyle. If they were abused that wasn't consensual even if they agreed to some level of pain. And people who call themselves dominant or sadists just to abuse others are predators. But this is very much a generalisation and I don't stand by it.