LadyHibiscus
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer I've been wondering about that. Do you get people who are masochists but not submissives? Do you also get sexual sadists who aren't dominants? I've been in egalitarian kinky relationships as a top, a bottom, and as a switch. Back when I was doing casual play, I had to turn down a couple of potential partners, because they could *not* wrap their mind around topping being different from domination (and bottoming having a different headspace than submission). It's bloody *awkward* being in a scene, and having the person you're playing with make a comment about how dominant or how submissive I am, when I don't feel that way - like having someone comment on how many orgasms I've had in the middle of things when I haven't actually climaxed. It feels like faking not to correct it, but it doesn't seem like the appropriate circumstances for a semantics debate, either! So, I tried to filter out those folks first. I certainly *can* do D/s, on either side of the kneel, but most people just don't push my buttons in either direction, and it feels like both a lie and a cheapening of what I *do* feel when I am in a D/s relationship to call bottoming submission, or topping dominance. Midori actually has a class she teaches frequently on dominant masochists, submissive sadists, and other less-expected BDSM orientations. She's known more for her Shibari classes, of course. I am a great fan of Midori's, and I use her examples all the time. I used to bottom a lot, years ago, but I just don't have that submissive thing happening... or any of that subspace thing! I had to choose my partners carefully, since some folks seemed to think that flogging me was the same as "dominating" me. Perhaps in a parallel universe! I wind up working with a lot of newbs, and I explain to them that it is OKAY to just be a sadist or masochist, without having any kind of D/s leanings. Kink for its own sake is a wonderful thing---it's when a kinkster tries to pass him or herself off as a submissive or slave type that the problems occur. I think that the internets, with their happy checkboxes, force people into these mindsets when they don't know any better.
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