Najakcharmer
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ORIGINAL: DSwriter It seems the general public and even Domme's themselves have a stereotype in the back of their minds as to what a "real" Domme is supposed to be. Well, yes and no. Most people grow out of the silly stereotypes after coming into contact with the real life BDSM community. The folks who cling to them are either the ones who have not yet left the online chatrooms to live in the real world, or they have serious mental or emotional issues that make them unsuited for relationships with real human beings. Some of those folks make the mistake of assuming that the trappings of kink, if grandiose enough, can completely replace the basic foundations of human relationships, such as trust, honesty, communication and negotiation skills. Unfortunately that isn't a good assumption. This is not to say that dominance and submission is only an illusion or a game. It is not, or more accurately there is the real capacity for more than that in a functional long term D/s relationship. But it's much harder work for both partners than the fantasies and stereotypes suggest. Shit happens in the real world that never happens in fantasies. Experienced lifestylers understand that we are living in the real world and we need to intelligently deal with issues of trust, communication, physical and emotional safety, balancing the D/s relationship with the needs of dependent family, jobs, finances and other facts of life in the real world that don't exist in a fantasy. Snapping out commands and cracking a whip does not make serious relationship issues of trust, communication and honesty go away. It is a sign of immaturity, unrealistic thinking and unpreparedness if your partner attempts to deal with real life issues in this manner.
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