The roles below are those available to select on Fetlife. There may be other roles or more in-depth definitions of the roles. The definitions are the bare minimum for each of these as everyone’s relationships and statuses vary on a spectrum.
Ageplayer: a person who engages in role-play in which one or more of the participants takes on an age other than their chronological age.
Babyboy: a person who identifies as possessing childlike traits, usually masculine-presenting.
Babygirl: a person who identifies as possessing childlike traits, usually feminine-presenting.
Being mentored: a mentee who receives advice and suggestions from a trusted advisor or counselor.
Being served: a dominant who has negotiated a transfer of authority with a submissive can be said to be “being served”.
Big: a person who takes on a nurturing or parental role in a relationship dynamic.
Bootblack: a person who polishes and/or spit-shines a pair of boots, either as a gesture of submission, -style uniform play, boot worship, or to mark the beginning of a scene.
Bottom: a person who gives up control, or who receives physical sensation from a Top.
Boy: a usually masculine-presenting submissive person.
Brat: a submissive with a reputation for talking back, being disrespectful or mildly disobedient.
Brother: a usually male-presenting person under the control of the same dominant.
Bull: a male who assists a cuckoldress in cuckolding her partner.
Collared: a submissive or slave who is the consensual partner of a dominant of some sort.
Considering: a person receiving/having power is still considering or deciding whether to accept the lesser-power partner.
Cougar: an older woman seeking sexual activity or a sexual relationship with a younger man.
Cuckold: a man who enjoys a scenario such as being forced to sit and watch quietly while his partner has sex.
Cuckoldress: a woman who cuckolds her partner.
Cuckquean: a female who enjoys a scenario such as being forced to sit and watch quietly while her partner has sex.
Daddy: a male who takes on a caregiving role in a relationship; often, but not always, a dominant and frequently observed to be nurturing.
Disciplinarian: a person who trains another person to act or behave in a specified way, often by enforcing rigid codes of conduct or by inflicting punishment for failure to behave in a prescribed way.
Doll: a person who enjoys being or evolving into a doll-like state mentally and physically.
Dominant (m or f: Dom; f: Domme/Domina): a person who exercises control in a D/s relationship.
Drag King: a female performance artist who dresses in masculine drag and personifies male gender stereotypes.
Drag Queen: a male performance artist who dresses in feminine drag and personifies female gender stereotypes.
Evolving: a person undergoing a gradual change in the world of kink.
Exhibitionist: a person who delights in, or obtains some form of gratification from, behaving extravagantly in order to attract attention.
Exploring: a person on an open journey through the world of kink.
Fetishist: a person who gains sexual excitement through a fetish.
Fluctuating: a person having unpredictable ups and downs in the world of kink.
Furry: a person who identifies in an anthropomorphic role.
Girl: a usually feminine-presenting submissive.
All definitions are obtained from BDSM Glossary, a glossary of terminology related to BDSM/Kink/Fetish and sexuality.
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