For some it kind of is, the leather subculture is a thing, and needless to say leather is a pretty important part of it.
I am not at all qualified to really go into it too much beyond just pointing out that it exists.
I do have a little anecdote about it though. I know someone who is an all-around very kinky person, into all kinds of fairly extreme bondage stuff. She entered and won some sort of “Ms Leather [city we live in]” competition/pageant thing a few years back but there was a bit of controversy about it because she wasn’t part of the leather subculture, even though there was a pretty decent amount of overlap between her own kinky interests and the leather community, and so she decided to resign her title and apologize over it.
Because it’s not about the leather.
Edit: Yo, a user from a kbin (mbin?) server! I don’t see those around too often.
Yeah I kinda know, it was a generic term to make the joke work. This word just popped up in my mind so I had to share.
P.S. Yes I migrated here after the main kbin instance collapsed, it’s a fork and at the moment works fairly well.
There are dozens of us. DOZENS!
For some it kind of is, the leather subculture is a thing, and needless to say leather is a pretty important part of it.
I am not at all qualified to really go into it too much beyond just pointing out that it exists.
I do have a little anecdote about it though. I know someone who is an all-around very kinky person, into all kinds of fairly extreme bondage stuff. She entered and won some sort of “Ms Leather [city we live in]” competition/pageant thing a few years back but there was a bit of controversy about it because she wasn’t part of the leather subculture, even though there was a pretty decent amount of overlap between her own kinky interests and the leather community, and so she decided to resign her title and apologize over it.
Oh, leather is absolutely a thing.
But it’s a subculture of a subculture.
It’s like saying, “Why don’t we call all car drivers Tesla Enthusiasts? Because they seem to like them very much.”