AAkasha -> RE: How sadistic are you? (5/12/2009 9:18:36 AM)
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha When all is said and done, I consider myself more of a "top and a sadist" or "bondage top" specifically than a "serve me" type femdom, but at the same time, I have pretty high standards of maintenance - but it's not that I get any sexual or erotic thrill from it, or even feel "contented" by it - I just am not domestic, but I am happy to take the role of workaholic in exchange for having a domestic partner. My dominance of him, however, is all physical and sensual - not in a "wash my clothes, bitch!" kind of way. Wow - you absolutely nailed THAT one on the head. An absolutely crystalline articulation. This could (re)ignite a whole 'nother debate about a top not being as engaged - or as invested- in WIITWD. About how it would suggest episodical interest rather than a 'lifestyle' mindset. ('lifestyle' differentiating from 'pro domme' in this context). If, for any one of MANY reasons, there is no service aspect, does this by attribution change someone's status from Dom/me to Top? Does it connotate less skill? (these are rhetorical questions - you just got me started LOL). It is not rare to hear "s/he's not a Dom/me really - s/he's just a top." Just? Why is it 'just'?. Are the skills less? Is the enthusiasm less? I'm sure that whole topic is as old as the hills, yes? I have often considering "relabeling" myself as a top, or a bondage top, or a mostly-bondage, semi-sadist top with a twist of lime, whatever. When I was single, I found that some men felt that this meant that arrogant asshole-type men or bossy, obnoxious types or "control freak" men were at the top of my list, and it meant I would dominate/top men for jollies but they could treat me anyway they wanted. "bondage tops" screams "free Pro Domina session" or "free dominatrix." The fact that I don't expect or want "service" (hell, I will pay a masseuse for massages and the salon to do my nails rather than turn and hour of each into a 'session' with a boytoy unless I want an *S&M* outcome, not the actual service, if that makes sense), doesn't mean I don't want to be respected and treated with class, and it doesn't mean I desire control-freak type men who just are pain junkies and want to see what they can take. From the start of my "dating life," I have preferred to be pursuer and seducer, initiating contact, initiating first kisses, initiating sex. This is where it gets complicated. Even though I would not label my full time relationship as "24/7 power exchange" (I am not actively thinking about domination unless the toys are out and we're engaging in S&M), I clearly wear the pants in the relationship, and dictate the pace and nature of everything - from when we have sex to how we spend our money. But how we interact, as a couple, our dynamic seems no more out of the ordinary than a vanilla couple (I suppose in some parts of the world it's still more uncommon to see a woman working and a man staying at home, but it's not so rare here). But I see more "woman in control" vibe in 7 out of the 10 relationships I am aware of, and they are NOT kinky couples - they are couples where terms like "pussy whipped" or "hen pecked" are terms used. They are happy about it and don't care, but the woman is very controlling and very demanding and the men jump through hoops. While I have that relationship also, I don't flaunt it in front of other people and am more subtle about it (and, perhaps it's because my man is so well "trained" that he's stealth, I rarely "demand" anything as he's usually just taken care of it, vs. other couples where the woman is contantly, "Get me this - go buy that, stand over here, hold my purse, go get the car, etc,. etc. etc). So I have no idea what my "label" is. But it certainly doesn't keep me up at night. Akasha
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