Language

The Lexicon

The Lexicon preserves the language of the Lifestyle — its words, concepts and traditions. It records meaning; it never prescribes practice. Where usage varies between Houses or lineages, each is set down with equal respect.

Psychology

Objectification

Play in which one participant is treated as an object rather than as a person.

Definition

Objectification is a psychological practice in which the bottom is treated, addressed or used as an object — furniture, décor, tool. It draws its charge from the deliberate suspension of ordinary social recognition within a consented frame.

Discussion

Objectification is practised across many traditions and often overlaps with service and protocol.

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