Reform -> RE: "I'm a dominant! Ok, what do I do now?" (2/12/2010 10:20:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha "I'm a dominant! Ok, what do I do now?" We see versions of this type of statement all the time. I'm not talking about when someone's S.O tells them they want to try S&m and they were designated the dominant, I am talking about people who have decided they ARE dominant, and now they just don't know what to do. Is "being the dominant" a role that people arbitrarily select? Is that why people try it for awhile, then say, "Well I tried being dominant for awhile and now I decided I am really a submissive," (femdoms, how many times have you heard this from a man emailing you from his "Master John" account). Is it that people "want to be kinky" and then when they believe their are filling out their kinky-application, they pause for a second and think, "hmm, so am I dominant, or am I submissive, hmmm...well, I like to be in charge so-- oh, wait, but no, I don't like making choices. Hmm. OH WAIT, I can be a SWITCH! Cool" I made the choice to be a switch, I don't really see why it's a problem. BDSM has been a journey for me, who cares what I choose? It seems like you're trying to say that anyone who chooses is somehow wrong or incorrect, and I don't really understand why. quote:
I've always thought it went the other way around- your urges, desires and behavior define what you are. You don't decide you want to be x or y and then go around asking how to do it in order to get other people to buy into it. How can someone be dominant based on assuming some behaviors, not natural to them, and then hoping their partner buys in? How do you wake up one day and decide to be dominant, and then log in to a message board and ask people how you should behave? And what is it that you are seeking -- you are essentially seeking the approval of others, their belief in your dominance - ultimately, this is already a failed situation since you are the one chasing the fantasy and hoping someone else "believes you"? Or is that too harsh? I'm naturally an exhibitionist, a masochist, kinky, and highly sexual. I made the decision to get into bdsm. Doesn't everyone at some point realize there's a term for how they feel? That they're not abnormal? I may not have "known" I was a top or bottom since I was young, but I've known that there's something lacking in vanilla exchanges. How is my journey any less worthy of participating in this than yours? Or anyone elses? quote:
I didn't pick dominance. Dominance picked me. I was sadistic before I knew there was a word for it. I was into acts that were confusing to me, I liked seeing guys suffer to please me and I wanted to make men squirm -- After some soul searching, I realized these 'drives' were dominance and sadism. I didn't have to ask anyone "how to do it," I had to ask people, "am I crazy for wanting to do this?" and "how can I do THIS safely?" and "how can I get a man to let me do this to him?" -- which is far different from asking "how can I become a dominant?" I did pick dominance, and so far, I enjoy it. When I think back to my childhood, I can recall how I was always the boss of all the neighborhood boys. I'd hurt them, play games with their minds, and overall assert myself over them. Even with this in mind, I still identified as a submissive first. I wonder why that is? Maybe becoming a switch was just a natural progression to return to how I used to be? I agree that there is a big difference between asking "How do I become xyz" and "How do I do xyz safely?" quote:
For female subs, I imagine this has to be the most frustrating - are there are a lot of men that slap a label of "dominant" on themselves to give it a test drive and you realize they are just kind of guessing their way around it - or, asking YOU how they should behave to get you to submit? Or, are you able to see, sense, actually feel it when a guy just is naturally drawn to controlling, dominating or enjoying consensual sadism? Do you have a femsub radar to help pick it up? Have you submitted to a man before and found out later he really had no idea what he was doing? Do you get an overwhelming feeling some men dominate you physically but desperately want approval for it, or are worried the whole time they are doing it wrong? Akasha I've only had one Dom, and yes, he was quite inexperienced, and had little control over me. I was a brat, a bitch, and it just didn't work. My boy does a better job now than my ex did, but I don't consider him to be my dom at all. My journey is still very much in progress, I have a lot to learn. But my choices don't make it any less real or valid.
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