You're right. *wince* I think that Helen's story isn't about D/s, but some people are talking about D/s.

That's actually one of the things I found especially realistic and creepy about the story--the way D/s and BDSM was warped into a means of institutionalized oppression and bigotry, and just all around same old same old vile human behavior. It hits a little too close to home, you know?