Honsoku -> RE: Forced submission (1/17/2008 10:51:55 PM)
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Force does not necessarily mean physical force, that is only one kind of force (people frequently make the erroneous assumption that force = physical). I said absolutely nothing about beating anyone into submission. Bottom line is that domination requires some form of influence; you can either manipulate someone into wanting to do what you want, or you can "make" them do it. I use "make" in quotations because it is nearly impossible to physically force someone to take an action. Domination always comes down to a contest of wills (unless one side pleads nolo contendere). quote:
ORIGINAL CalifChick I disagree. I don't have to be forced into anything to be submissive. Obedience refers to actions. Submissive is to yield to authority. One is physical, one is mental. YMMV. How can you separate those two? How can you be obedient without being submissive, or visa-versa? Using that definition, one cannot exist without the other. If the authority is not exerted, there isn't anything to submit to. That exertion of authority is a kind of force (there has to be force of some type, in order for you to yield to it). The question to consider is; what supports that authority? Really, we need a third term because obedience and submission overlap. All submission requires obedience, but not all obedience requires submission.
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