catize
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ORIGINAL: justme1980 Is it my imagination or is it true that Doms seemed to be just a little too obsessed with punishment. Seems like they expect us to mess up, even hoping that we do, so they have justification to blister our bottoms?? thoughts?? Don’t get me started………ooops, too late! In the forums, on-line, there are 22 gazillion threads on punishment; when to, how to, should you, what’s the ‘best’ kind, and let’s not forget the guy who answers every question (whether it is related to punishment or not) with a description of making your slave kneel on rice. Those who focus on it cannot grasp the concept that most submissive folk are willing to work hard to please their dominant. Those who are quick to punish fail to realize that if punishment is called for the relationship has issues that are not likely to be fixed that way. They see it as the first response rather than a last resort. Those who want to punish every mistake, it would seem, expect submissive folk to be perfect, rather than human. Those who seek justification for it sometimes confuse pain play with punishment. Those who make punishment the center of their dynamic believe submission comes from the external threat, rather than from an internal desire to submit. One can imagine the cyber hand rubbing in anticipatory glee for a chance to administer punishment. And, <<going waaay out on a limb here because few people agree with me on this point>> even those who are more pragmatic and are not so single-minded about it but plan it as a built in contingent within the D/s relationship are expecting failure. My response to that is ….well, DUH! I have yet to meet Saint Submissive who will always be perfect!
< Message edited by catize -- 6/21/2009 12:30:32 PM >
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