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NihilusZero -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 10:20:08 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

I don't agree that it's silly.  I think it's quite understandable, and so does everyone I know who has actually had the experience of reading the mail on a nice, friendly femdom profile.  Including the men who have run the experiment of putting one up.  If you put yourself out there to try to make a human connection, and what you consistently get is sexual aggression that totally ignores you as a human being, it feels like shit.  It also feels incredibly isolating and invalidating, like you're not even being viewed as human.  If you aren't at least strongly tempted respond to a long barrage of that with a hearty "screw you, I'm not taking any more of this shit," then maybe you're not human.  :/ 

The very fact of being human means we're going to get a lot more coal than diamonds. I realize it can feel that way, but I think we'd need to spend some introspective time if garbage posts from wankers start actually affecting our self-image. Surely, it can affect our hope that the odds will swing in our favor, but the fact that such things will happen is kind of a given downside of being in the online machine of potential connection.

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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

Femdoms are human first and foremost.  There are always more mature responses when other people have consistently been immature and disgusting, but if people were always perfectly mature in their responses we'd never go to war.  Are you saying that it's not okay for someone who has been subjected to a whole lot of seriously ugly shit to get angry about it?

Sort of. Not specifically, but the anger is misplaced. The anger is based off flawed expectations (which is the same sort of thing that can cause issues in relationships when they do develop).

Perhaps this could qualify as the sort of thing that's "easier said than done", but I would find it defeating if someone let the negativity completely nullify any chance that they could run into some positivity because of not being preemptively prepared for a good percentage of insulting weirdos.


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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer


And sometimes the bathwater is basically radioactive and the baby isn't salvageable, or you don't think there's a baby in there in anyway.  It's a pretty legitimate response on a site like this one.

Fair enough. It just seems horribly self-destructive. We all need to figure out how to deal with our variations of this. Otherwise we're just creating more baggage for ourselves that the few sources of positivity will have to be even luckier to get through. I also see this as a projection of personal wants turning into misapplied expectations (except perhaps in situations where a poster has sent something that is just plain hateful and has no inkling of the desire to get together at all).

Most of the time it's just botched compatibilities and some people not being able to handle that fact without being verbally vengeful, but that still comes down to just failed compatibility to me.

Doesn't one inevitably become one of the whiny cynics by giving into the hopelessness?




PeonForHer -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 10:22:40 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

Including the men who have run the experiment of putting one up.  If you put yourself out there to try to make a human connection, and what you consistently get is sexual aggression that totally ignores you as a human being, it feels like shit.  It also feels incredibly isolating and invalidating, like you're not even being viewed as human. 


Confirmed.  That's exactly what I saw when I oversaw your secondary profile for a while.  Bloody awful, grotty and cold experience.




81song -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 10:25:46 AM)

Well, let me put it this way...I would not want to try it on a Domme, it can be very painful or she just might ignore you. you are there for HER not the other way around. You have to empty all that stuff out of your head.




RCdc -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 10:34:05 AM)

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ORIGINAL: 81song

Well, let me put it this way...I would not want to try it on a Domme, it can be very painful or she just might ignore you. you are there for HER not the other way around. You have to empty all that stuff out of your head.


But surely it is about compatibility rather than out and out assumption?
The example that you have just given is your perception. You are assuming that all female dominants do not desire a s-type to have a wish list. Some do desire that. Sometimes, some would like nothing more than moment with a so called do-me, and then be able to just walk away. What you have said is a prime example of unrealistic expectation. Not all female dominants or dommes as you call them want the same thing, but you have assumed that the next one you might want to talk to doesn't want you to have a list. How is that, in itself, not negatively topping from the bottom?

edit for bad typo... see as a person with dyslexia - the spell checker doesn't always work! *




81song -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 10:45:44 AM)

I think if you are a top or a bottom everyone wants to be treated with respect and as a human being.I think one of the down sides to the whole online thing is some have this kind of way too perfect kind of mate, if it is a bottom or top. The thing is like this one Domme sat me down once and told me , hey I am a bus driver and just another person with wants and needs just like everyone else. And yes that is from my point of view which is not the right or wrong version of D/s 101 but just my view.
Yes one should know what wants that is true but you are there for HER pleasure. Who knows you might learn something about yourself, I know I have.




LadyNTrainer -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 10:53:37 AM)

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ORIGINAL: NihilusZero
The very fact of being human means we're going to get a lot more coal than diamonds. I realize it can feel that way, but I think we'd need to spend some introspective time if garbage posts from wankers start actually affecting our self-image.


It takes quite awhile for feedback from others to affect a healthy person's self-image, but it does happen.  Even before then, if you were sitting in a certain spot in the stadium with the hopes of getting a good view of the ball game, and buckets of shit kept landing on your head, would you....I don't know....maybe get up and move?   Maybe even get pretty pissed off?  And if the shit keeps dropping no matter where you sit, and you aren't even sure if the ball game is going to happen anytime soon, I think the chances are pretty fucking good that you would just go home and shower and say screw the game, it's not worth it, at least not in that stadium. 

The bottom line is that it's just no fucking fun to be treated that way, and most people are going to say fuck it and leave if that's the overwhelming majority of what they get from being on a particular site.  There just isn't any reason to remain open to being abused.  Smart people either refuse to sit in places where people keep dumping buckets of shit, or they find industrial strength umbrellas that keep the shit off them even if holding up those umbrellas makes conversation difficult.


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We all need to figure out how to deal with our variations of this. Otherwise we're just creating more baggage for ourselves that the few sources of positivity will have to be even luckier to get through.


Sure, a lot of us just don't keep social profiles on sites with an A/S/L search function.  We meet people in real life or on real life oriented social networking sites.  That works a treat.


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Most of the time it's just botched compatibilities and some people not being able to handle that fact without being verbally vengeful, but that still comes down to just failed compatibility to me.


Thing is, any man who fundamentally views a woman as a *thing* he can get sexual gratification from while ignoring her as a person has massive entitlement issues and problems, as well as basic immaturity.  I don't see that as failed compatibility so much as a failure on that individual's part.  No human being is likely to be very compatible with him, because human beings mostly don't work like that.


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Doesn't one inevitably become one of the whiny cynics by giving into the hopelessness?


Recognizing that you will always get a 95% to 99% crap ratio on an A/S/L site isn't hopelessness or cynicism.  It's reality.  What you do about that reality is up to you, but you aren't going to be able to change it.




LadyPact -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:04:13 AM)

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ORIGINAL: NihilusZero
Doesn't one inevitably become one of the whiny cynics by giving into the hopelessness?

Not necessarily.  It just becomes a change in personal policy.  I can't tell you how many times on threads where email has been the topic of discussion where I have seen women say (when they are new to the site) they answer all their emails, etc.  Six months later when the same subject comes up, they have either hidden their profile or they are saying that they now block/delete people on a regular basis.  It has everything to do with preferring not to have that, oh so high expectation of being treated decently through email unfulfilled that leads women to do it. 

If that is too much projection and misapplied expectations, I don't have an issue with it.




RCdc -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:16:40 AM)


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ORIGINAL: LadyPact
Not necessarily.  It just becomes a change in personal policy.  I can't tell you how many times on threads where email has been the topic of discussion where I have seen women say (when they are new to the site) they answer all their emails, etc.  Six months later when the same subject comes up, they have either hidden their profile or they are saying that they now block/delete people on a regular basis.  It has everything to do with preferring not to have that, oh so high expectation of being treated decently through email unfulfilled that leads women to do it. 

If that is too much projection and misapplied expectations, I don't have an issue with it.


Regards Lady Pact.

I have to say I find that surreal. I just cannot fathom allowing just anyone to have that much impact on me that it alters my actions to against my core. The only time I can comprehend that would be for some type of stalker scenario. I totally get that not everyone has the mental strength to do that, but (and I am totally aware that I'm sticking one of my expectations on a generic group here which is my issue to deal with, which I will think over) if you can't control how you allow someone to make you feel, how can you control another or allow another such authority?
Maybe I am just being really dense here.[8|]




NihilusZero -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:28:18 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

There just isn't any reason to remain open to being abused.

I'm loathe to resort to the "get a tougher skin!" type of response and this is simultaneously balanced with no intent to demean whatever difficulty it has for you or others...but this really strikes me as an example of hyper-sensitivity. This isn't "abuse". It's not even actual verbal abuse either, since the person saying it has no relevant role in the receiver's life and is not in a position of power (as opposed to say a parent doing it to a child, or a boss doing it to an employee).

The online equivalent of the old stereotypical construction-worker catcalls are annoying, banal, insulting, and generally stupid for sure...but they're not abuse short of the receiver's inability to separate the wheat from the chaff in a way that should be in line with realistic expectations.

Otherwise, this is just a milder variation of a woman swearing herself to lesbianism because she keeps meeting jerks at bars. It's certainly her prerogative, but the reaction is a purely emotional one that doesn't really reflect a sensible approach.




LadyNTrainer -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:34:58 AM)

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ORIGINAL: RCdc
I have to say I find that surreal. I just cannot fathom allowing just anyone to have that much impact on me that it alters my actions to against my core.


So....if you kept getting buckets of shit dumped on your head because you were sitting in a spot that had a veritable rain of the stuff, are you telling me that you wouldn't get up and move?  Or at least put up an umbrella?  Or would you decide that you couldn't allow anyone to alter your actions, and keep sitting under the deluge?





LadyPact -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:38:17 AM)

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ORIGINAL: RCdc
Regards Lady Pact.

I have to say I find that surreal. I just cannot fathom allowing just anyone to have that much impact on me that it alters my actions to against my core. The only time I can comprehend that would be for some type of stalker scenario. I totally get that not everyone has the mental strength to do that, but (and I am totally aware that I'm sticking one of my expectations on a generic group here which is my issue to deal with, which I will think over) if you can't control how you allow someone to make you feel, how can you control another or allow another such authority?
Maybe I am just being really dense here.[8|]


Greetings dark.  My best to you and your Master.

I actually don't consider it emotional impact.  I see it more as folks not wanting to tolerate things that they don't want to.  For example, I prefer to only receive correspondence from people local to Me or from the forums.  When I receive mail that is from those outside of that, I send a message that restates what is already written in the profile.  Then, I block that person, mark as spam, and delete.  It's all of two clicks.  That doesn't make it an emotional response.  It just means that I don't have to be bothered twice.




RCdc -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:42:13 AM)


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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

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ORIGINAL: RCdc
I have to say I find that surreal. I just cannot fathom allowing just anyone to have that much impact on me that it alters my actions to against my core.


So....if you kept getting buckets of shit dumped on your head because you were sitting in a spot that had a veritable rain of the stuff, are you telling me that you wouldn't get up and move?  Or at least put up an umbrella?  Or would you decide that you couldn't allow anyone to alter your actions, and keep sitting under the deluge?



That analogy doesn't in any way relate to emails. You are talking about something physical.
If I am walking down the street and I get wolf whistles and calls, I can chose to ignore them or I can allow it to affect me by either taking a another route, which could put me out by making my route longer, or just not go out at all.

I'd choose the first, unless the other route was more attractive and better for my health and for me.

I'm not going to be put off just because of some verbal idiocy. I would, if it came down to it, confront the person or contact relevant authorities and have it dealt with...

I wouldn't sacrifice my integrity or waste my time or lose out on something over it though.




NihilusZero -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:52:03 AM)


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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

So....if you kept getting buckets of shit dumped on your head because you were sitting in a spot that had a veritable rain of the stuff, are you telling me that you wouldn't get up and move?  Or at least put up an umbrella?  Or would you decide that you couldn't allow anyone to alter your actions, and keep sitting under the deluge?

We are talking about private messages that can be ignored, right? Or, even if not ignored, opened quickly, skimmed for any hint of profanity, and immediately deleted , followed by user-blocking...right?




LadyNTrainer -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:52:20 AM)

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ORIGINAL: RCdc
That analogy doesn't in any way relate to emails. You are talking about something physical.
If I am walking down the street and I get wolf whistles and calls, I can chose to ignore them or I can allow it to affect me by either taking a another route, which could put me out by making my route longer, or just not go out at all.


Okay, if you were sitting in a stadium trying to watch the ball game, and people in this stadium kept shouting random crap and abuse at you, would you consider moving or getting earplugs? 


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I'm not going to be put off just because of some verbal idiocy. I would, if it came down to it, confront the person or contact relevant authorities and have it dealt with...

I wouldn't sacrifice my integrity or waste my time or lose out on something over it though.


It's not just about being put off, it's about the overall cost to benefit ratio.  If you spend an hour sifting through messages and it nets you nothing but verbal abuse, it starts to make sense not to do that any more, or to tighten your filters so you aren't wasting so much of your time wading through ugly and useless crap. 




LadyNTrainer -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:53:53 AM)

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ORIGINAL: NihilusZero
We are talking about private messages that can be ignored, right? Or, even if not ignored, opened quickly, skimmed for any hint of profanity, and immediately deleted , followed by user-blocking...right?


Yes, but why in the world would I be willing to invest the time in doing all that for minimal or zero returns? 




CreativeDominant -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 11:58:41 AM)

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ntas
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ORIGINAL: LillyBoPeep

You are totally right, seriously. Female do-mes are treated much differently; and they certainly do exist. There are plenty of female subs who use a variety of dynamics to basically be passive aggressive, manipulative and top from the bottom. but for them, it's somehow not "bad" for them to behave this way. they're showing their "strength in submission" because they only submit on very particular terms and only "allow" particular activities blah blah blah...
Like RCdc, I could not agree more...

I think if the dominant males on here were totally honest about it, we have all dealt with one (or more) submissives who expected us to put out our dominant vibes in a way that showed we were suitably dominant during the "get to know you" phase while the dominant was expected to just "know" that the submissive was as claimed...submissive.
I think that if the dominant males on here were totally honest about it, we have all dealt with the submissive who, once she has agreed to submit, did so admirably until a point came about...and it always does...where they disagreed with what the dominant wanted, or disliked something he said, or decided that the level of control they had given to the dominant did not suit them that day and "BOOM", out went all the ways they had agreed to deal with problem situations and, in many cases, out went the submissive posture (attitude, behavior, etc.) and in came the woman who acted as if you'd just met and she wasn't submitting to you yet or who acts as if at that point, tis o.k. to set the dynamic aside and deal with things as they choose...whether it be in an angry manner, derisive, swearing at you, whatever. 
I think that if  the dominant males on here were totally honest about it, we have all dealt with the submissive who doesn't just hope that her fantasies will be considered...she EXPECTS it.  And we know what happens when those expectations aren't met. 

Now...with all that said, let's face it.  While much of that is frustrating as hell sometimes, it is what it is.  And I am certainly not saying that ALL submissives, male or female are like that noted above or display ALL the above characteristics. I have met submissives, both male and female, who display none of those traits or who, if they carry some, are not as extreme as the examples given above.
But, there is a plethora of male dominants and a dearth of female submissives, thus putting the submissives at a better negotiating stance than the dominant...at least, to an extent.  The best you can do about it is do a lot of communication beforehand.  You talk and talk and talk some more and make clear where you are coming from and she makes clear where she is coming from and you wade in and hope like hell you can handle whatever comes and that at least some of what you have agreed to is recognized and adhered to. 

On the other hand, there is a dearth of female dominants and a plethora of male submissives.  This makes negotiating a bigger positive for the female dominant as she can afford to be more emphatic about her point of view.  While I don't think that she can ignore all the male submissive's wants nor do I think she can be imperial with everyone and sooner or later not get her head handed to her, she is in a better position.  It is what it is.

This is why male submissives who act in a manner similar to their female counterparts do not do as well as their female counterparts.  Again...not to say that all male submissives or all female submissives act that way BUT as noted by Lilly and RCdc, there is a double standard in the perspective in which that behavior is viewed...or allowed.

There are also dominants...male and female...who are assholes in their own right.  I would not put Lady Constanze or Lady Pact or Knight of Mists or myself in that category but there are those that I would.  That is MY perspective as a dominant, human male.  My asshole, fake, do-me submissive is another dominant's wet dream.  Some submissive's fake, bitch GODDESS type femdominant is another submissive's perfect Guide/Owner.  And that is where human compatibility and right to choose come in.  One way to get a gander into how suitable you are for anyone is to take a look at how you are perceived by others.  If everyone says you are a whiner...then you might want to take a look at that.  If a couple of people say I am wrong and many more say I am right...I consider the statements of those who say I am wrong but tend to go along with those who think I am right.




NihilusZero -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 12:00:14 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyNTrainer

Yes, but why in the world would I be willing to invest the time in doing all that for minimal or zero returns? 

That's kind of how life works trying to find a partner; a whole lot of crap for the hope of one golden nugget.

It's just like playing the lottery. Remember, though, that it's not the choice to rescind one's self from that process or the choice to decide the cost-benefit isn't worth it that's the odd part here, it's the emotional outburst that suggests that, because they haven't seen it and don't want to wait till it arrives, the winning lottery ticket doesn't exist. It's just a type of cognitive bias.




sexyred1 -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 12:05:45 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

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ORIGINAL: RCdc
Regards Lady Pact.

I have to say I find that surreal. I just cannot fathom allowing just anyone to have that much impact on me that it alters my actions to against my core. The only time I can comprehend that would be for some type of stalker scenario. I totally get that not everyone has the mental strength to do that, but (and I am totally aware that I'm sticking one of my expectations on a generic group here which is my issue to deal with, which I will think over) if you can't control how you allow someone to make you feel, how can you control another or allow another such authority?
Maybe I am just being really dense here.[8|]


Greetings dark.  My best to you and your Master.

I actually don't consider it emotional impact.  I see it more as folks not wanting to tolerate things that they don't want to.  For example, I prefer to only receive correspondence from people local to Me or from the forums.  When I receive mail that is from those outside of that, I send a message that restates what is already written in the profile.  Then, I block that person, mark as spam, and delete.  It's all of two clicks.  That doesn't make it an emotional response.  It just means that I don't have to be bothered twice.



Agree completely. I find it fascinating that people are getting so uppity about others choosing to respond the way THEY feel about being approached in a specific way.

It all smacks of one true wayism, just as an opinion of liking a particular kink or dynamic and thinking everyone else is horrible for not liking it.

It amazes me that intelligent people would think that there is something lacking in the personal strength or emotional health of an individual who chooses to exercise their fundamental right to not take shit (figuratively or literally) from someone, when online or off.




LadyPact -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 12:11:48 PM)

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ORIGINAL: NihilusZero
That's kind of how life works trying to find a partner; a whole lot of crap for the hope of one golden nugget.

I'm going to attempt to save LNT some keystrokes here.

Please do keep in mind that not everyone who is on this site, has a profile, or is a contributor of the forums is looking for a partner.  There are those of us who may or may not leave the 'looking for' box checked because we're poly and willing to be open to adding to the household, even though we consider ourselves happy in our situations.




NihilusZero -> RE: Real Male Submissives vs "Do Me Submissives" (1/25/2011 12:14:42 PM)


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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

Please do keep in mind that not everyone who is on this site, has a profile, or is a contributor of the forums is looking for a partner.

Okay, then it's an understood part of having a profile up on a site where people will try to treat you as if you want a partner. But, yet again, this is not at all relevant to the types of people the OP was specifically referring to (which were women who were looking for partners but became disgruntled by the crap they had to put up with).




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