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It's hard being single and trying to find someone to share your life with, but when your life is centered around the kinky and perverted, it can seem well nigh impossible. Let's face it—there are many difficulties in store for those who take the road less traveled, and for those involved in lifestyles outside of the mainstream, dating is one of the stickier wickets one must work one's way through. At least those in the vanilla community, who have it relatively easy in comparison, have outlets and options available to them outside of bars and friends-of-friends. For example, many use matchmaking agencies to help them find that special someone.
Toward that end, she has launched Dark Side of the Moon, which she says is the UK's first kink-friendly introduction consultancy. Aimed at a niche market of educated, intelligent singles, DSOTM offers all the personalized services of a traditional matchmaking agency with a features-rich website and full online support. According to Mansfield, DSOTM targets those looking for a kinky life partner, or even an occasional play friend. "There are so many introduction agencies catering for the erotic rank-and-file," says Mansfield, "but none who specialize in bringing together consenting adults interested in BDSM and fetish. I'm a romantic, and that's my mission." Neither interested in nor impressed by the cheap "contact" services already available, Mansfield says she wanted to launch an agency that was upscale, classy, and accessible. "Our clients are responsible adults," she says. "They might be male, female or transgendered, gay, straight, or bisexual, dominant or submissive, married or single, but they're all imaginative, adventurous, kinky people. "We're pansexual, non-discriminatory, and can help anyone interested in finding a consensual BDSM or alternative lifestyle partner."  Sounds like a high order, but Mansfield appears to be up to the task. She has appeared in many magazines and on TV and radio shows as a BDSM spokeswoman, and is committed to dispelling the myths and misinformation that surround it, as well as bringing together those who practice it.DSOTM holds regular exclusive play parties and social events at which members can meet in comfortable, safe surroundings. Confidentiality and discretion are a given. "To safeguard the confidentiality of our clients, no cameras or video equipment are permitted at our events, and all our members have to sign a confidentiality agreement before joining," Mansfield says. The dominatrix says she is serious about tackling the more sensationalist portrayal of kink in the UK media, as well as how the vanilla community perceives it. "Although BDSM and fetish imagery is being used more than ever in the mainstream media, some still believe it involves coercion and non-consensual behavior," she says. "Nothing could be further from the truth, but we still have some way to go before we lay that one to rest. "Only the most benighted still consider homosexuality a perversion, and someone who's kinky comes by their sexuality as naturally as someone who's gay or straight. It's time there was a kink-friendly alternative to the matchmaking services already available." Indeed. For more information on Dark Side of the Moon, visit www.darksideintroductions.com, or email .
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