AAkasha -> RE: What If: (3/17/2010 8:37:44 AM)
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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer A dominant does what he or she wants to do. I haven't seen that to be true. While there are some people, like me, who consider "dominance" to be a way to relate to the world in general, there are many people who consider "dominance" and "submission" to relate to what they want in their private relationships only. I know subs who are subs all the time, and subs who are only sub to their partner -- and I know doms who fit into similar categories. Just because a woman is a femdom in a particular relationship, it does not mean that in the world at large she does what she wants to, nor does it mean that she's good at choosing men to spend time with. Besides, people who are single and looking can suffer doubt and insecurity about their desirability to a partner, no matter how confident they might be at other times. I've been there, and I bet most femdoms have too, even if they got 5,000 emails a day from people they didn't want to date. In fact, often women who receive the most attention are the most lonely, because they know people are approaching them for superficial reasons, not from some deeper motivation. I honestly don't know how I feel about the whole "dominant as a personality" vs. "dominant in relationships." If people observed me, as a whole, in my daily interactions with work peers, service people, with people who are "my boss" and people I am "the boss of," no one would label me as "dominant." The reality is that to get by in the real world, to succeed in business and to "win friends and influence people" you can't "be dominant." That doesn't work. You have to be able to read people and treat them in a manner that encourages them to come on board with you. I know dominant women in the workforce; they create enemies. Dominance is not a way to succeed - the ability to identify people who want to lead and want to follow and then treating them accordingly is what works. I am by no means quiet, meek or unsure about things; however, I am not a bullshitter to my clients, and will tell a business peer, "I don't know, I will find out though," or admit when I have made a mistake or could do something better. This does not make me dominant, but it helps me earn confidence -- other people's confidence in my abilities. This is a far more "powerful currency" I can use in my daily life and in business than being "dominant." Being dominant just invites challenges, makes other people feel threatened and is an inconsistent way to keep people motivated and earn trust. I suppose we could get into all kinds of ways to define power, or dominance, but I had to just throw that out there. Akasha
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