Ring of O

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For the elastic seal or gasket, see O-ring.
The Ring of O in its current most common shape.

The Ring of O is a specially designed

sex slave
and wore an analogous ring.

Description in literature

Simplified depiction of the Triskelion ring as described in the original book

The ring mentioned in the BDSM novel

signet ring (with a seal disk on top which was relatively large for a woman's ring), made out of dull-gray polished iron, lined with gold on the inside, and with a golden Triskelion
on its top area.

The ring's symbolic meaning in the novel differs quite a bit from the one commonly used among BDSM practitioners today. In the book, such a ring is worn by a female "slave" after she has finished her training at Roissy. Those wearing the ring are obliged to be obedient to any man who belongs to the secret society of Roissy (whose emblem is the triskelion), and must allow him to do absolutely everything with them that he pleases. This stands in strong contrast to the ring's meaning today. People indicate by wearing such rings that they are interested in BDSM, and sometimes by the hand they wear it on whether they are a

Sub (Submissive)
; usually right for Submissive, left for Dominant.

Modern shapes

Female model posed as a submissive wearing a collar in the design of the Ring of O

The first film adaptation of the novel Story of O showed a design consisting of a cylindrical steel ring with an attached ball holding an even smaller toroidal ring (which could swivel in one direction). This alluded to the leather collar and bracelets, each with a metal ring, that had been locked onto O during her training.

The first image of this jewellery design was published in the September issue (No.4) of the German BDSM magazine Schlagzeilen in 1989.

As a collar

The term O Ring is sometimes used to refer to collars as well (contrasting with

submissives
to indicate that they are in a steady relationship.

Literature

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