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{{quote|"''My thoughts ran to Rousseau and Swinburne, both masochists, both geniuses, suffering their mistresses' cruel lashes even as they cried out for perfect enlightenment. Perhaps the body is not our being's basest part after all. Perhaps it is the royal road to knowledge.''"|'''Presley Abbott''', ''The Oxford Girl''}}

In fiction, people who enjoy [[BDSM]] have a tendency to be intellectuals. (This correlation may have some truth, [http://gloria-brame.com/therapy/bdsmsurveyresults.html one survey] found 20% of practitioners have post-graduate education.) Thus, an interest in BDSM can be used to underscore the character's intellectual side - making [[Brains and Bondage]] a mostly "positive stereotype" likely to be used on protagonists and other sympathetic characters.

In fiction, people who enjoy [[BDSM]] have a tendency to be intellectuals. (This correlation may have some truth, [http://gloria-brame.com/therapy/bdsmsurveyresults.html one survey] found 20% of practitioners have post-graduate education.) Thus, an interest in BDSM can be used to underscore the character's intellectual side - making '''Brains and Bondage''' a mostly "positive stereotype" likely to be used on protagonists and other sympathetic characters.

However, it can also be used as a way to establish a villain as [[Wicked Cultured]]. This easily drifts into the [[Bondage Is Bad]] kind of [[Unfortunate Implications]], unless counterexamples are provided or the [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]] trope comes into play.

In some works, [[Brains and Bondage]] will take the form of waxing poetic about pain or submission. In some [[Anti Intellectualism|Anti Intellectual]] works, it will instead be used as a blunt tool to make intellectuals look bad by invoking prejudice [[Abomination Accusation Attack|to make them seem "abnormal"]].

In some works, '''Brains and Bondage''' will take the form of waxing poetic about pain or submission. In some [[Anti Intellectualism|Anti Intellectual]] works, it will instead be used as a blunt tool to make intellectuals look bad by invoking prejudice [[Abomination Accusation Attack|to make them seem "abnormal"]].

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 {{quote|"''My thoughts ran to Rousseau and Swinburne, both masochists, both geniuses, suffering their mistresses' cruel lashes even as they cried out for perfect enlightenment. Perhaps the body is not our being's basest part after all. Perhaps it is the royal road to knowledge.''"|'''Presley Abbott''', ''The Oxford Girl''}}
-In fiction, people who enjoy [[BDSM]] have a tendency to be intellectuals. (This correlation may have some truth, [http://gloria-brame.com/therapy/bdsmsurveyresults.html one survey] found 20% of practitioners have post-graduate education.) Thus, an interest in BDSM can be used to underscore the character's intellectual side - making [[Brains and Bondage]] a mostly "positive stereotype" likely to be used on protagonists and other sympathetic characters.
+In fiction, people who enjoy [[BDSM]] have a tendency to be intellectuals. (This correlation may have some truth, [http://gloria-brame.com/therapy/bdsmsurveyresults.html one survey] found 20% of practitioners have post-graduate education.) Thus, an interest in BDSM can be used to underscore the character's intellectual side - making '''Brains and Bondage''' a mostly "positive stereotype" likely to be used on protagonists and other sympathetic characters.
 However, it can also be used as a way to establish a villain as [[Wicked Cultured]]. This easily drifts into the [[Bondage Is Bad]] kind of [[Unfortunate Implications]], unless counterexamples are provided or the [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]] trope comes into play.
-In some works, [[Brains and Bondage]] will take the form of waxing poetic about pain or submission. In some [[Anti Intellectualism|Anti Intellectual]] works, it will instead be used as a blunt tool to make intellectuals look bad by invoking prejudice [[Abomination Accusation Attack|to make them seem "abnormal"]].
+In some works, '''Brains and Bondage''' will take the form of waxing poetic about pain or submission. In some [[Anti Intellectualism|Anti Intellectual]] works, it will instead be used as a blunt tool to make intellectuals look bad by invoking prejudice [[Abomination Accusation Attack|to make them seem "abnormal"]].
 See also [[Casual Kink]].
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 == Anime & Manga ==
-* Nana of ''[[Nana to Kaoru]]'' is basically a female [[The Ace|ace]] - on the student council, athletic, beautiful and a top student. When [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Kaoru's]] mother confiscates his bondage stuff and hands it to her for safekeeping -- well, we won't spoil it. Suffice to say she finds that bondage clears her head like nothing else because she can step outside what everyone ''thinks'' she should be, and as a result her grades go up. Brains + bondage = More brains?
+* Nana of ''[[Nana to Kaoru]]'' is basically a female [[The Ace|ace]] - on the student council, athletic, beautiful and a top student. When [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Kaoru's]] mother confiscates his bondage stuff and hands it to her for safekeeping—well, we won't spoil it. Suffice to say she finds that bondage clears her head like nothing else because she can step outside what everyone ''thinks'' she should be, and as a result her grades go up. Brains + bondage = More brains?
 ** And Tachibana, the sex shop owner and {{spoiler|personal slave to Kaoru's favorite author}}, went to graduate school at Todai, the most prestigious university in Japan.
 * [[Hot Witch|Ruby]] from ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' is [[The Smart Guy]] of the [[True Companions|Newspaper Club]], has extensive knowledge of various monsters and forms of magic, is a capable strategist, works as the direct assistant to the school's board chairman, and is a blatant masochist.