For some folks, pain equals pleasure

Mistress Kitten has a shopping problem.

When she hits Home Depot, it's not to buy yet another house plant or the latest trendy paint swatch colours. She combs the aisles, like a cat on the prowl, for items such as rope, clamps, rods and switches, which she'll later use to deliver a bittersweet sting like a backslap on a sunburn to her esteemed clients.

In fact, you might hear her purring with anticipation at the checkout as she unloads her cart of goodies. This is her job, but it is also her feline fancy.

She and her husband, who goes by the name Master British, are in the BDSM business - bondage & discipline, domination & submission and sadism & masochism.

A day at the office - a dungeon located in the basement of their Edmonton home - involves inflicting pain and humiliation on others who derive sexual pleasure from being helpless in the hands of an authority figure, also called a "dom" or "domme." (Read full article here)