Aster Breo
What would you think about a chain - for "connection" or hanging in together, linking up, that sort of thing.....that could even represent a repetitive nature.
Maybe. It might depend on the art. A chain could be depicted in a way that creates the same kinds of overtones as the dominatrix. It could be read easily as bondage (sexual or otherwise).
But maybe there's a way to draw it that avoids that implication. I'm not an artist, so I don't know.