ownedgirlie
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First, as for the car analogy...it's quite common to use analogies to explain situations or experiences to those who may have difficulty understanding it for what it is. People use comparisons all the time when trying to explain stuff. Since cars tend to be valuable to their owners (how many of you get upset when yours gets dinged, scraped or hit?), they are used as an analogy to explain something that is valuable. Nobody is saying a person is a car. We all know a person is not a car. Hell I've tried using a pet or an offspring as analogies, only to get a reply of, "I'm not a dog" or "I'm not a child." So I ask, what analogy should be used? To me, an analogy doesn't mean you think the person is what you're analizing. That's why it's an analogy :) Now for your questions: quote:
For slaves, do you feel dehumanized to be referred to as property? In some ways yes, in some ways no. But my Master is my "home", my safe place. Feeling dehumanized to him feels good. In my past, feeling dehumanized did not feel good. quote:
How does it feel to be owned? Awesome. Where I belong. Safe. Strong. Vulnerable. Joyous. Cared for. Alive!! quote:
For owners, why is it important to own your submissive? What do you gain from ownership that is separate from submission? My Master gains complete control without me putting limitations on him. It feeds his sense of power and his ego. It makes him content. It makes him happy and proud - of both himself and his slave. He gets whatever he wants from her, that she is capable of giving, and he gets to enjoy watching his slave push herself for him, to stretch her mind and grow. He doesn't like being told no, which is why he prefers a slave. (Disclaimer - our definition of slave) quote:
For all, what importance do you think society places on human life? On property value? I have mixed feelings about this. My first inclination was to say society as a whole places more value on inanimate property than on human life. We have become numb as a society to murder, rape, and other acts of cruelty put on each other. We toss out those lives we do not want, or that are inconvenient to us - Our elderly are in various assisted living and convelescent homes, our babies are in daycare, our criminals are put to death... But hot damn, if you lose your possessions or if someone damages or steals them - we really react. I've learned this from personal experience, having lost every possession I had last year. It gave me great perspective on what's important, that I would not have understood until I suffered it. Mind you, the more enlightened I've become about my life, the more enlightened people I come across. Like attracts like, I believe, which is why I have a healthier group of friends now and I'm seeing the world differently. But I do believe society as a whole appears to value its possessions far too much, however if push came to shove, one would find more and more individuals who cherished human life above "things." This was an interesting set of questions. Thanks for putting them out there.
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