Domination & submission _ the BDSM relationship handbook ( PDFDrive )

That is why you should fully understand what you’re getting into, why you’re
doing it, and whether you are suited for it. It is only after those key questions
have been answered, that you should be at all concerned with whether or not you
might be any good at it.
A final caveat, which I feel compelled to make before you read much further,
would be to explain my conscious decision to dispense with the practice of
footnoting all factoids and their sources. I am a firm believer in the words of
financial wizard Bernard Baruch, who once quipped, "Every man has a right to
his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." I have gone to
great lengths to be as meticulous as possible in researching and validating the
facts, statistics and data that I’ve cited in this book. I’ve also shared many of my
personal opinions and anecdotes, which I always attempt to identify as such.
The controversial topic and treatment of my first book, published in 2012 under
a pseudonym, taught me an extremely valuable lesson. That book was
painstakingly researched, heavily footnoted, and meticulously researched from
the most credible and authoritative sources available. In the end, that simply
didn’t matter.
Readers who were predisposed to agree with my world-view ignored the thirtyplus
pages of footnotes. Conversely, readers who held differing views from
mine seemed all too willing and eager to automatically dismiss any source of
data that supported an opposing point of view as being non-credible.
Consequently, the notes which were provided as an expression of my earnest
desire to be scrupulously accurate and transparent in my research became,
instead, nothing more than a distraction and liability.
The lesson I learned from that experience was this: The measure of a book’s
success isn’t found in its footnotes, it can only be found in its utility. If you find
the information contained in the pages of this book to be useful to you, then that
is a very good thing. In that case, I would recommend that you put that
information to work at making your relationships more fulfilling, and your life
better. I would also ask you to recommend or give the book to your friends and
relatives who might derive some benefit from it.
If, on the other hand, you don’t much like the facts and statistics that I’ve
presented in this book, or if you strongly disagree with my admittedly unique
lifestyle perspective, that’s perfectly okay too. You are certainly entitled to your
own opinions, if not your own set of facts. I would encourage you, if you’re any