kushiels -> RE: Double standard in respect (1/6/2010 11:58:51 AM)
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ORIGINAL: lovingpet ~FR~ Maybe there is a general double standard on the issue of respect within the "community" as a whole. Maybe not. What I do know is that this isn't MY reality. My partner expected to earn my respect and even refused terms of respect or fluffy emotional words from me for a long time. Those words have meaning and depth to him and he doesn't take their use lightly. If I were to use a word such as "master" or "love" his expectation is that I understood what that meant to him at that point and he had earn the privelege of those words from me. I was to say them when I meant them and use them as an agreement that he was worthy to be called such. He has NEVER disrespected me in any way. He only began using "derogatory" terms for me when he knew I wouldn't be damaged by them. He also didn't use them in the generic. I wasn't "a" slut, etc. I was "HIS" slut. There's a big difference. He has taken exception to those who did not treat me respectfully. He has blantantly defended me when I have snapped an out of line dominant back into place. I am valued and of worth to him. Consequently, I will be treated as though I have value and worth by others unless they are willing to accept his reprisal. Only a foolish person ever demands respect from whom he has not earned it. Such ridiculous ranting and pontificating would be an indication to me that there was no room in his life for me. I will go the other way happy to have averted disaster. lovingpet beautifully put, lovingpet. i am also not expected to submit to anyone except my wife. Show courtesy, yes, to everyone--sub or Dom/me, but Mine would be displeased with me indeed if I allowed myself, that which is hers, to be disrespected or mistreated in any way. I agree that the introductory name calling does seem to be more of an online thing. I simply can't comprehend how/why any men expect this to work in any fashion. I will say that I've never in a r/l setting experienced anyone in the bdsm scene who thought it was okay to treat anothers' property (or an unowned sub) disrespectfully, and in the circles I've been in, a dominant would have been out on their ass if they tried.
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