DominaSmartass
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ORIGINAL: Coemgen I'm a switch male who's been on this site a while now. I've exchanged e-mails with several sub females and have even met a few of them, however I've yet to get any interest from a dom aside from the professionals looking for a donation. Why do you think this is? Why is it harder for a switch to find a dom play partner? I haven't read through the replies yet, but I did look at your profile and I think that may have something to do with it. "On the submissive side, I'm interested in strap-on play, foot fetish, body worship, watersports, face sitting, forced cross-dressing, and general services like brushing your hair or making you tea, etc. I'm NOT into the pain, leather, whips aspect of this lifestyle, so if that's important to you then I'm probably not your guy." The above reads to me, not like someone who is interested in being submissive (i.e. giving up control to me) but rather someone who is interested in several types of play or fetishes and wants to try just experimenting or have them done to him. For myself, and possibly for other dominant women, this is not appealing. We want someone who doesn't come with a list of things they want done to them but instead a list of things they can do for us. I don't mean that it's all about menial labor disguised as service but I'd pick someone as a submissive any day who simply says "I want to serve and devote myself to a woman and find out what makes her happy and allow her to use me as she sees fit" over someone with a paragraph like you have. If what you're really looking for is some experience on the submissive side, that's my take on it. Best of luck! Funny, just recently I saw complaints about subs making the kind of statement suggested above. Dominas wrote that a sub saying he would do whatever a woman wanted was unrealistic, so the profile wasn't credible. The sub had to be either lying or incredibly naive. Others say that pleasing the domme is the only thing a sub should care about. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Well, I didn't actually use the words "I'll do whatever you want" when describing what I prefer to see in a profile. If I see a one that says "I have no limits and I'll do whatever I'm told" that's a whole other thing than one that puts the focus on wanting to be of service to a woman without demanding certain types of play. I don't see it as a catch 22. There are plenty of ways to list ones preferences and desires for a relationships without making it sound like a "do me" list. quote:
I see this all the time. Out of all the possible interpretations, the most negative one possible is usually chosen. The profile of the OP could easily be read as one which honestly lists likes and dislikes in the interest of making it easier for dominant women to ascertain compatibility; one that is straightforward instead of nothing but cliches that dommes want to hear. I don't think there is inherently anything wrong with the OP's profile and I wasn't interpreting it negatively. If I were a woman looking for someone to engage in foot fetishism or watersports with, he'd be a fine choice. However, he's asking why he isn't getting any dominant women interested in him and I was giving him my perspective that his profile comes across as more of a fetishist than a submissive. I'm not the only one to have observed this and perhaps he is not even looking for a dominant but really is looking for a woman to use a strapon on him. I don't think that my pointing out that his emphasis on the play activities may be turning off women who are looking for submissives is a criticism. Just an observation and my opinion which I'm hoping helps him to clarify what he's actually looking for. quote:
A list of interests is what it is. Likes and dislikes. Information for the domme's benefit. Information that a dominant woman can use to determine compatibility, and/or to use to gain influence the sub in ways that she desires. It's prejudicial reading that turns it into a do-me list. This is true, to some extent, but when browsing a profile on CM, if I am scouting for a submissive, I'm going to pay attention to the ones that tell me about who they are and maybe what they are looking for, what they have to offer, what makes them unique, and stuff like that. Whereas when all I really have to go on is a list of bdsm interests. If I wanted to use a strapon on someone I could find someone within a few minutes and have a real-life encounter tonight, so it doesn't give me much incentive to say hello or learn more about someone if they don't put forth the effort. That's the way I see it, your mileage may vary. And if someone wants to only list their likes/dislikes that's great but they should be aware of the way it comes across to some of us, even if it's unintentionally so.
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