Anyway it’s unclear to me what sort of scenario has actually played out for you. How much of this is based on your experiences, and how much on extrapolation?
I’ve gone to a video store on all fours, and I’ve gone out leashed, but not at the same time. I’ve been openly affectionate to multiple people (all of us the same gender). I’ve done all sorts of gender bending. The price sign is also a personal example—I went to an electronics store, they had a triangular price sign that worked perfectly as a hat, and it was clear the employee that asked me to stop was seriously alarmed by the situation. I go barefoot routinely during the summer, and occasionally in the winter (0C / 32F hurts to walk in, but I’ll sometimes do it to the coffee shop 2 blocks from me just for fun :))
I don’t consider going around on all fours, leashed, to automatically be BDSM. BDSM suggests I’m getting something sexual out of it, that it’s a relationship activity rather than improv theatre, a sociology experiment, or just good fun weirding out the the normals with friends :) (In case it’s not clear from me kissing other girls in public, I’m fine being weird for it’s own sake AND weird ’cause girls are hot :))
Wearing a price sign on one’s head… clearly rude
I was taking an object which belonged to someone else, and using it in a way that they didn’t like, even though it was technically harmful. Sort of like if I borrowed your pencil without asking, or even introducing myself. My experience is people react to it as “rude”, rather than “theft”, since it’s obvious I don’t plan to keep the object, and I’m not harming it. I’m just touching something without permission.
I’ve gone to a video store on all fours, and I’ve gone out leashed, but not at the same time. I’ve been openly affectionate to multiple people (all of us the same gender). I’ve done all sorts of gender bending. The price sign is also a personal example—I went to an electronics store, they had a triangular price sign that worked perfectly as a hat, and it was clear the employee that asked me to stop was seriously alarmed by the situation. I go barefoot routinely during the summer, and occasionally in the winter (0C / 32F hurts to walk in, but I’ll sometimes do it to the coffee shop 2 blocks from me just for fun :))
I don’t consider going around on all fours, leashed, to automatically be BDSM. BDSM suggests I’m getting something sexual out of it, that it’s a relationship activity rather than improv theatre, a sociology experiment, or just good fun weirding out the the normals with friends :) (In case it’s not clear from me kissing other girls in public, I’m fine being weird for it’s own sake AND weird ’cause girls are hot :))
I was taking an object which belonged to someone else, and using it in a way that they didn’t like, even though it was technically harmful. Sort of like if I borrowed your pencil without asking, or even introducing myself. My experience is people react to it as “rude”, rather than “theft”, since it’s obvious I don’t plan to keep the object, and I’m not harming it. I’m just touching something without permission.