DommeMaggie
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A very good question.
At least you recognize there "IS" a difference. Because this lifestyle is so infinite, the usage of the term slave, means different things to different people.
That said, in the broadest of terms, submission: is the act of surrendering some or all of ones personal power to another person. It's allowing someone else to control your body and behavior within certain preset limits.
This must be a willing act on the part of the submissive or the boundaries of abuse have been crossed. The methods and levels of submission are infinite.
Each person must decide how much and how far this exchange of power will go, but the rules of "safe, sane and consensual" or R.A.C.K must always apply.
Submission is a condition of the heart and only the individual knows what is in theirs.
It cannot be demanded. It cannot be forced. It is a gift. It is your gift to one you TRUST and RESPECT.
In short, a submissive always has a "VETO" on what they will and will not do. They have safewords that will immediately stop any and all play or action.
A slave in the broadest of sense, must be defined by the two involved, because each person has a different "idea" of what a slave actually is.
To some in the slave subculture of BDSM, it is being owned and entering a TPE. (Total Power Exchange)
A relationship, sometimes described as an absolute lifestyle D/s relationship, in which no impediment to the exercise of the owner's power is accepted. Such things as safewords, contracts, negotiated limits, and anything else which recognizes / acknowledges / formalizes limits on the owner's power is inimical to TPE. Although there is a large overlap between TPE and Internal Enslavement, the term "TPE" can be misleading in several respects and has lost much of its original meaning.
SLAVE: a person who is owned: That is, someone in a relationship with a Dominant they consider to be their Owner, who has the ultimate authority over them, and from which the slave cannot remove themselves.
One of the key differences between the usage of the word "slave" in the Ownership Subculture and the BDSM Play Scene, is the concept of slaves being literal slaves: this is just the everyday definition of "slave" and it doesn't include the roleplay slaves you sometimes meet elsewhere in BDSM.
There are other things brought into play when dealing with slavery, again depending on the T/two involved. Each may interpret the usage of the term "slavery" to mean one who serves their Master/Mistress with a much deeper commitment than a submissive, but treated as a loyal, loving, counterpart, instead of an out an out slave used as property divested of any personal rights or freedoms. Simply used as property.
In the case of the former, Ongoing Voluntary Submission is used in the relationship. This being a relationship in which a submissive continually consents to obey and serve a Dominant, and their continued presence in the relationship is voluntary. {Note key words here are: continually consents, voluntary}
This is in contrast with relationships of Consensual Non Consent, which are entered with the consent of the submissive, but may subsequently involve the submissive being subject to acts which they do not want (e.g. punishments, or restraint.)
Consensual Non Consent (CNC) refers to an agreement between a Dominant and a submissive, in which some or all authority over the submissive is transferred to the Dominant, either permanently or temporarily, on the understanding that the submissive may not withdraw consent for the duration of the agreement.
CNC agreements may be anything from a short-lived BDSM scene (e.g. being in a cage for an hour irrespective of what the submissive then says) up to a life-long relationship (for example, a submissive consenting to the process of enslavement.)
A CNC agreement is the polar opposite of giving the submissive a safeword as a veto.
In the BDSM subculture, there are 9 levels of submission for a slave. As well, there are 3 very different types of submissives.
A submissive can turn into a wonderful slave for the right Dominant. It only takes the right combination of T/two. The amount of submission varies from Dominant to Dominant. What one might do with or for Me, they may not do with anyone else.
More over, their realization of this fact, opens up their mind to understand that limits and hard limits will change from Dominant to Dominant and the degree of "trust" they have in that person.
In conclusion, with the right Dominant, any sub can turn into a wonderful slave.
Simply know yourself, your needs, your desires, your abilities and capabilities.
Then try to match them up with the right Dominant.
It's not about being owned. It's about being owned by the right One.
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