ShaktiSama
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer Maybe you should say "A large proportion of what I tell you to do won't turn you on, you won't like, or think is trivial or even pointless. But you still have to do it, because I've told you to do it". But then, maybe you shouldn't, because if he doesn't take such an explanation as read, he's not a real sub (or a real sub for your purposes), anyway. I don't think such a man is "a real sub" for anyone's purposes, really. A submissive is one who yields to the will of another--not just a person who explores his/her own roleplaying fantasies. There are a great many people, male and female, who self-identify as submissive because they fantasize about being controlled or overpowered in some way. A sizable percentage of these submissives cannot yield to the will of another in real life; they are not submissive unless they are "submitting" to their own fantasies. I am not a particularly strict or demanding domme, but frankly I find such people exhausting in the long term. So do the majority of other dominants I know, male and female. I have met very few male dominants who would tolerate a woman who wouldn't obey a particular command just because she didn't like it, wasn't turned on by it, or judged it to be trivial or pointless. They have no use for a woman who claims she wants to serve, but really only serves herself. Female dominants are no different about men who call themselves "submissive". Their attitude is basically: "You want to submit? Prove it. Obey." People who don't want to yield and serve, in sexual AND non-sexual ways, should probably just find themselves a friendly top and enjoy their fantasies in the bedroom. I've never understood why people find it so difficult to be clear and straightforward about what they really need from a dominant, to be honest. There's nothing shameful or dishonorable about being kinky in a purely sexual way.
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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