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AquaticSub -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 2:17:51 PM)

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ORIGINAL: yourGuardian

Aquaticsub... this is psychology, its all comes under learnt behaviour, experience, conditioning or "it just is" until someone proves a particular element is innate!! thats how psychology works and one of THE hardest elements to prove, and the easiest to declare, is "its innate"!!


Actually I find it's easiest to declare "it's because of outside influences" because it's a convient excuse for anything "wrong" with someone, ranging from BDSM to homosexuality to be sexually aroused by peanut butter.

Until you tell us what experiences you think, or in your experience, are common enough to people interested in BDSM that would cause someone to view BDSM as something caused by outside factors, you are simply stating an opinion with nothing to back it up.




MasterMike04103 -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 2:30:08 PM)

from what I can see, the OP came on here to fight about nothing. Everyone here has their own opinions, which are all similar yet uniquely different. All I can say is, In my expereince, Being In the lifestyle is both a natural accurance and a choice... I could have taken my natural Dom tendincies into the corperate world and not the kinky corner of the globe like I have. That would be a choiice... But either way, I would have been some what of a Dominant by nature. I think the OP might be confused on his terms and lingo when he posted but... Seeing AquaticSub reminds me of her tag line... "Without my dominance you cannot submit. Without your submission I cannot dominate. You are my equal in this, though our roles are different."... Which in this case means, unless a person kneels to another the other person can't really Dominate and thus cannot cause harm because they have not been allowed to do so by the first person

Mike




litleone8620 -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 2:40:19 PM)

~Fast Reply~

This seems to be the age old argument of Nature vs Nurtrue.

All I can say is from personal experience. I was not 'conditioned' to be submissive, if anything, I should have wanted to be the dominant one in the relationship, since my mother was the dominant one in all her relationships, not just romantic ones.

And yet, I look back on my childhood and I notice signs of my 'natural' submissiveness within my group of friends. While I wasn't a follower, and was frequently thrust into the dominant role (I hated it), I didn't quite lead. More like the 'co-leader'.

I did not suffer any traumatic experience growing up. I was not physically, mentally, or sexually abused. Nor was I abused this way by any of my partners, sexual or otherwise.

The way look at it is for someone to learn any type of behavior, would it not make sense for them to already have a predisposition for a certain type of behavior, no matter how small that predisposition is? So isn't that natural?

Can dominance and submissiveness be conditioned by experience? Probably. But if it can be learned, then why can't it be natural?




yourGuardian -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 2:40:58 PM)

acquaticsub; let me give it a go.... first of there is no "experience" that is or needs to be shared by all and there is no spin on one emotion induced by a pelithera of incidents that would be shared by all.... the incidences could occur in very early childhood to the point of where theres no actual memory, as is believed to be the case with foot fetishes... a baby crawls to their mothers feet, is picked up and cared for, an association occurs between seeing feet and feelings of well-being and manifests as a foot fetish in adulthood (I'm not saying this is the fact by the way, just a theory in literature)... or is could be general early experience such as a strict Dominating father that a girl resents for supressing her but then feels sexual and emotional fulfilment when that Domination is given by a partner... or it could be the result of some early sexual relationships that are physically violent or overly passive even.... or it could be low self-esteem leading to the feeling of being a slave.... it could be... do you see my point that its hard to offer every possibility?! its just as likely that someone looked around the internet, found D/s exhilerating, experienced it and found it more exhilerating and emerged themselves into it because of the closeness and sexual excitement it produced!! but its still experience!!

I dont know what makes each and everyone into this... I just firmly believe its nuture over nature.... you make a good point of people using "innate" to justify xyz, its one of the reasons psychologists demand such a high level of proof before accepting it into the mainstream!!




yourGuardian -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 2:44:53 PM)

mike.... you dont know what you're on about!! I'm talking, not arguing so perhaps you're confused on the lingo... the corperate world has missed out!!




MasterMike04103 -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 3:00:51 PM)

well my dear british friend who can't take the time to congitate the proper vergabe to complete a profile... you have done nothing but argue and pick apart most of the help which has been given to you, so I am calling it how I see it.. As far as my knowing about anything, your so quick to pass judgement when you truely know nothing about anything at all... so blow it out your bagpipes mate...




yourGuardian -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 3:17:18 PM)

haha mike... I take it back, you're alright!!




yourGuardian -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 3:41:11 PM)

I'm bored now but I want to sign off with what I was actually saying.... As much as D/s is in my blood, I sometimes ponder if its right that a person Dominates another. The answer could be yes, yes if they want it, yes because thats they way it is... it could be no, its praying and abusing insecure people, no its not right even if consensual from a moral stand point... it could be sometimes yes, sometimes no!!

I dont claim to know the answer, I didnt claim subs are all insecure weak fools and dont think that at all... I just thought, is it right for one person to Dominate another?? Simple!!

As for the side discussion on nature/nurture, I am a little more opinionated.... from the studies I've done in psychology (and I've done to PhD level so I'm not talking from ignorance) I struggle to accept a nature argument in the face of no evidence while, at least for the sexual side, there are many studies on the origin of sexual desire that point to experience and associations!! thats fact!! Having said that, I have always felt there is an interaction in most aspects of psychology so perhaps I've taken a bit of a singular, unwarranted stand point here but only in discussion, not argument!! anyway... all the best!! :)




dawntreader -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 3:56:19 PM)

Greetings yourGuardian,
 
you remind me of many of my philosophy mates! i bet you could debate a wall! LOL!
 
Welcome to the Forums[:)]




TreasureKY -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 3:56:27 PM)

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ORIGINAL: yourGuardian

As for the side discussion on nature/nurture, I am a little more opinionated.... from the studies I've done in psychology (and I've done to PhD level so I'm not talking from ignorance) I struggle to accept a nature argument in the face of no evidence while, at least for the sexual side, there are many studies on the origin of sexual desire that point to experience and associations!! thats fact!! Having said that, I have always felt there is an interaction in most aspects of psychology so perhaps I've taken a bit of a singular, unwarranted stand point here but only in discussion, not argument!! anyway... all the best!! :)


While I believe that some cases of individuals desiring dominance or submission originate because of environment, I believe a great deal of cases have their roots in evolutionary psychology.  In those cases, rather than being simply innate qualities, these leanings are more like inherited qualities that developed in the past due to environment.




AquaticSub -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 4:35:36 PM)

Sure I see your point. But you are forgetting that there are many schools of pyschology, some that contradict each other, and that your point is just as impossible to prove. None of the things you did supply apply to me or the submissives that I know so I still don't view your point as valid since there is nothing common enough to say "yes, this is a factor in creating a submissive or a dominant". I view sexuality as something very innate that is also influenced by outside influences.

And, as you said yourself... just believing in nurture over nature doesn't make you right.




AquaticSub -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 4:38:30 PM)

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ORIGINAL: yourGuardian

I just thought, is it right for one person to Dominate another?? Simple!!



That's a question of ethics. A hard subject to debate at all because it's so personal, so I'm afraid only you can answer it for you. For us, yes it is as long as the submissive party is consenting.




WhiplashSmile -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 4:39:40 PM)

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ORIGINAL: yourGuardian

Whiplashsmile, SimplyMicheal I think you've took it in the way it was meant and you've got some interesting thoughts... people talking of "Domguilt" haha and "not all subs need" have missed the point slightly!! to provide every scenario would be about a 10,000 word post, I was trying to give you a flavour of my thoughts.... I'm gald to say a few hundred words isnt enough to capture my psyche. But whiplash... biological predisposition??? nahhh!! surely not!!


I think it's safe to assume that my biological predisposition exists to want to grab somebody and fuck their brains out.  Hence, a natural urge to do said act.  If anything growing up I had to deal with the social conditioning that it's wrong to play rough with little girls, yet have this urge of wanting to do.  Strange, these feeling have always run hand and hand with sex.   So, as I was saying.  Social conditioning being taught that there urges are bad,  add some spinkling of religious social conditioning, that these thoughts are sinful.   If I tear down all the walls of human social conditioning and moral values, there is something dark and primal that lurks inside myself.   Now, if I have these primal thoughts and simply taking somebody down by their hair and over powering them for what reason?  To have Sex? Why, because I'm sexually drawn or attracted to them.  Is not sexual desire a biological predisposition.   Now, here's something that may sound off the wall, and I share in common with most of my 1/2 siblings.  A high sex drive.  Also, I have a bit of a high pain tolerence as my own mother does.   Yes, I do enjoy some pain time to time myself.  There's a bit of a natural body chemical reaction that occurs with pain, and I enjoy it?  Clearly, there are many things, that are not part of my social conditioning as a whole.   Mind you there are experiences, that I've gone through that refined me.  I will never exclude Social experience or phyical, mental or emotional stimulation from having no or low effects upon the person I am today. 

If you have done PHD level work as you claim, then you are aware of the brains neuro network, how it develops.  You as also aware of certain genetic traits that are passed along as well.   There is more to our genes than just, size, shape, hair color and whatnot that get passed along.   It's clearly that the whole field of genetics has value and merit.  There are people with PHD's that really go into details and study this.   To be so bold that your PHD experience hold more merit over many other people's PHD, is actually rather.. Mmmmm.. I find rather humorous.

Somebody already mentioned this one though.   It deals with the choice to be in this lifestyle or not.  We do have choices over our own conduct and actions.  Just because I see some hot babe, I feel drawn to taking by the hair, pulling her down to the floor and fucking her brains out, does not mean I will actually do this.   Mind you, I've been properly social conditioned,  I am also aware that this is another human being.  Meaning I am not devoid of human compassion or a social consious.   Now, if she had fantasies about being man handled and taked down to the floor and fucked in this manner, and her and I hooked up.  Talked and discovered we shared this common urge, and this event occurred, what real harm has been caused to anybody.

In terms of D/s, I'm going to go Social Psychology on you here.  In terms of groups of people looking for somebody to be in charge, be responsible, and make all the decisions.   I'm also going to mention about those that are gravitate towards taking charge and those that run from it.   In terms of D/s, this not only has been going on for thousands of years in one-on-one relationships but also with groups of people.  How the Hell can this truely be morally wrong?  Sure people do get exploited from time to time, power is and can be abused.   There are cases where some people have and others don't abuse power.   What actually is the truth, most of the time.  That those in power have both used it for good and not so good reasons.   A little more balanced view if one can understand both the good and bad co-exist in any human being at the same time. 

For some people, the bad outweighs the good or vice versa.   Amazing thing when one looks at history.  Both the worse and best people in a given society are the ones that spend time in jail.  They landed there because they are/were a threat to the established social structure or status quo.

So somebody Doms another person.  Some people want to be Dommed, really simple when you come to terms with this desire or need another human being has.  If two people with a common interest come together and base a relationship upon this.  What is morally wrong?   If two people want a D/s relationship, how can this be morally wrong.

If anything my friend, I would say you yourself are having an issue with your own social conditioning and experiences.   Now you may sit there and ask yourself, are you fighting some natural instinct that is inside of you, or are you fighting some fucked experience you had as child?  Have you considered why you are fighting with yourself at all over this?  Perhaps, it's not the urges you are fighting with, but perhaps some moral social conditioning that's stuck inside your head, that boys are not supposed to play rough with little girls?  That perhaps, you are dealing with guilt that's been instilled inside you, perhaps fear of doing something sinful in the context of the religion you knew growing up as a child?   I do not pretend to know or understand you fully.  I am just tossing out my thoughts, and some food for you to perhaps consider.

Yes, I will be the first to admit, I can be a smart ass at times.  Yes, I even have more own shinning moments of arrogance,  I even have my humble moments,  I am even wrong about things, and there are times when I am right.   There is a little bit of everything inside of me and who I am.   I am human!   or as a Black Flag song goes... "I'm not a machine, I'm not a machine, a machine..."  




goodgirl85 -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 7:04:44 PM)

I believe my submissive nature and some of the fantasies I have is because of certain "bad expereinces" I experienced growing up. Because of these experiences I find I have need to control everything around me... except when I can't control anything anymore... then I do lots of bad things. Should I see a therapist? been there done that... they just don't work for me. Am I looking for a Dom to be my therapist... absolutely not! Reading, and writing are my forms of therapy. Do I expect a Dom or anyone else for that matter to hold me and listen to me cry and babble about the same shit day in and day out when I'm in a despressive state? Absolutly not! I never have, never will. But at the same time putting on a happy face, and holding everything in is a Very Bad Thing to do. Trust me I know. There has to be some sort of middle.

Isn't the one of the points of finding THE ONE (Vanilla,D/s, sub, Dom, girl, guy whatever tickles your fancy) to find that one person who you can tell all this stuff to. To find that one person you can go to and say hey, life's not so great right now, let me cry on your shoulder and tell you why? And he holds you, and he doesn't tell you he understands, because he can't possibly. He doesn't tell you its going to be ok. What he does tell you is that he loves you. Then makes you laugh.

Sure I have low self-....everything. Some would be shocked to hear me admit that. I've been told I put up a good front. But I'm building it all up. I'm slowly becoming comfortable with myself as a whole. Those who met me now, probably couldn't imagine where I was three years ago, or even eight months ago, when I slipped emotionally.

I have been with the guy who uses me, I have been with the guy who makes everything worse. I have met my star-crossed lover. I have been with the Dom that takes advantages of the whole "snapping his fingers" thing. I have the best friend who hurt me so incredibly much, all because he loves me, and I feel nothing for him.

All of that makes me weary. It makes me second guess my decisions. It makes me at times, second guess the One inspecting me now. And then I second guess my second guesses. But I know that one day, everything will fall into place, and I'll have my happy ending.

Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but its what I can bring to the table.

girl




Grlwithboy -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 7:14:43 PM)

Maybe you are suffering from socially conditioned guilt. I've had some long dark teatimes pondering what the fuck may be wrong with me, at various points.

*shrug* better that than blind, uncritical, bogus might makes right platitudes and lack of asking any questions.





feastie -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 7:22:12 PM)

I've read this whole thread.  I think the OP enjoys corner time.




catize -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 7:47:15 PM)

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ORIGINAL: feastie

I've read this whole thread.  I think the OP enjoys corner time.


Too funny!  I've been analyzing that pic of his as innately submissive!
Sigmund




LATEXBABY64 -> RE: is all this right?? (8/21/2007 11:53:05 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

Trust me, not all subs feel "lost" without a master and plenty of dominants are way more lost than plenty of vanillas and subs I know.

Some subs do have low self esteem.  Some subs do need a good therapist far more than they need a dominant in their lives.  Good dominants recognize this and don't try to pretend to be the therapist that the sub needs.

You can't base what YOU choose in YOUR life on some fucked up people.  There are fucked up people who are vanilla as well.

It's not the authority dynamic which makes a relationship good or bad, and it's not the 'source' of the motivation which is good or bad either- although there are many many out there who WILL try and use bdsm/Ds as an escape route or as a magical cure for their problems.  They always find out the truth in the end.

We're all adults, choosing who and what we involved ourselves in. 


what template are you using for this theory. I am just curious ?




slavegirljoy -> RE: is all this right?? (8/22/2007 12:30:18 AM)

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ORIGINAL: yourGuardian
what do people think?


i think some people think way too much about  some things.  What does it matter where my submissive character trait came from or why i have masochistic tendencies?  i live my life the way that feels right for me.  It might not make any sense to anyone else but, it works for me and when i have tried to deny my feelings in the past and "thought" that i should live a "normal" life, that's when i was screwed-up and had problems. 
 
Now, that i am right where i always needed to be, at my Master's feet and at His beck-and-call, my life is good and so are the lives of the people i care about.  How is that not a good thing and why should anyone care why i am this way or why it works?  i just am and it just does.  That's good enough for me.  i know i am exactly where i need to be and doing exactly what i need to be doing, in order to be the best me i can be.  It feels right and i'm loving it!
 
slave joy
Owned property of Master David
 
"Commitment transforms a promise into a reality."




Jayxkes -> RE: is all this right?? (8/22/2007 2:12:38 AM)

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ORIGINAL: slavegirljoy

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ORIGINAL: yourGuardian
what do people think?


i think some people think way too much about  some things.  What does it matter where my submissive character trait came from or why i have masochistic tendencies?  i live my life the way that feels right for me.  It might not make any sense to anyone else but, it works for me and when i have tried to deny my feelings in the past and "thought" that i should live a "normal" life, that's when i was screwed-up and had problems. 
 
Now, that i am right where i always needed to be, at my Master's feet and at His beck-and-call, my life is good and so are the lives of the people i care about.  How is that not a good thing and why should anyone care why i am this way or why it works?  i just am and it just does.  That's good enough for me.  i know i am exactly where i need to be and doing exactly what i need to be doing, in order to be the best me i can be.  It feels right and i'm loving it!
 
slave joy
Owned property of Master David
 
"Commitment transforms a promise into a reality."

Now this is the phsycology I like!

I agree joy, absolutely. 
Life is far too short to worry about such things, especially as they cannot be changed and I have absolutely no desire to change them!  (why would I?)




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