Flatbinding the breasts – entirely wrapping them rope or tape and flattening them – is a pure act of mental domination, even though it seems a physical act. It serves very little or no physical purpose. It does nothing for physical stimulation for example and actually causes hardly any physical discomfort or stimulants. But it creates a HUGE mental effect. It says: “I am your dominant and I am taking one of your primary sex identifiers away and disform them so your ability to be attractive to me is dramatically reduced by me”.

Flatbinding As such it is pure mental sadism and as a result should be taken into account as such. If there is any seemingly physical act that has purely mental impact. it is flatbinding the breasts and it is these mental effects that most doms tend to overlook, simply because the pictures you see usually do not tell the story behind it (which – if it appeals to you – is partially your (dom’s) story.

You are deliberately temporarily disforming her breasts and that is an act of humiliation – not a problem of course, as long as both partners are fully aware of what is really happening. To some extend this is the mild -erotic – version of the medieval habit of cutting the breasts off of women, accused of adultery, where the message was clear “You’ll never use your breasts again to lure any man into your bed”. And – like it or not – that is very likely to be the message your bringing accross. Her breasts are flattened so you temporarily taking away her ability to use them.

Evolution

There is a long evolutionary story behind that, that is important to tell here, since it has a direct impact on both the dominant behavior and desires as well as the submissive emotions. The problem started when humans started to walk upright. Almost all other mammals have sexual intercourse from behind, hence the buttocks work as an evolutionary and sexual identifier. Basically, for most mammals the buttocks are a road sign that says “fertilize here!”. When men started to walk on two legs, that didn’t work anymore since the buttocks no longer pointed out the exact place where to put the dick: i.e. at the bottom of the partition between the bottom cheeks.

In the evolutionary sense the female breasts have taken over this “road sign function”, basically saying something like “This side up!” (sorry, ladies, for bringing down breasts to roadisgns and introducing the basics of “Sex for Dummies” but basically – and evolutionary speaking – that IS an important function for the female breasts). They don’t need to be big for their main purpose – which is to breastfeed – since evolution has come up with better solutions for that: longer nipples. You need a mildly curved shape to be able to breastfeed comfortably, but other than that, the female does not physically need breasts. At least not for basic life functions. Or does she? Yes: sexuality – the ability to reproduce – is a basic life function, in fact the only one from an evolutionary point of view. So breasts are important and we all have – albeit probably rudimentary – some genetic encoding left in that area and these are the very basic emotions, you are playing with when the breasts are being flattened.

Okay, so much for this sidestep. You cannot do much physical harm when flatbinding the breasts. The ropes or tape can be as tight as you like and – other than creating some mild discomfort and in some caes some pain since one woman may have more sensitive boobs than another, or she may be having (or is close to) her period, but that is about it. It can be left on for a long time, there is no risk of blocked arteries or veins and breathing will be slightly uncomfortable – mainly because the sub cannot fully fill her lungs – but that is all.

However: every breath she takes will bring the basic mental point across!!!!

Rope or Tape?

There are choices to make (and consequences) when it comes to flatbinding. If you want a perfectly smooth surface, use duct tape. But duct tape has a disadvantage to the sub. Peeling it off again (especially if it has been on for quite a while) may be a challenge and can be quite painful. Which is what you may be after, but make sure you think about it.

The other disadvantage of duct tape is that it may be difficult to remove the glue residue. A good idea is to use lighter fluid to deal with that problem. Alternatively you can use sports tape, although is of course is a lot more expensive, especially since you will need quite a lot of it.

Rope deforms the breasts and that too may be a deliberate objective. Be cruel and use slightly thinner rope (3 to 5 mm, around one seventh of an inch) so the rope cuts in a little deeper and the “cuts” are more steep to increase the effect of “roped meat”.

The above article is a reprint from our information/educational site Kink Culture.
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