LillyBoPeep
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hannah i think it's fairly obvious that a lot of people here follow and believe in a variety of different dynamics. since apparently that reply was to me, you snippeted only one little bit of my post that fit whatever impression you were trying to make. some people ARE into control more than you are. some people DO have an absolute kink about it. they WANT their s-folk to ask permission to go to the bathroom, or to leave the room, period. they WANT to be asked for permission eat certain things, or drink certain things. they want to construct a little ant farm where the submissive lives because that's simply what gets them off. it has nothing to do with a person's intelligence or the assumed lack of it (which is my primary problem, not just in this thread, but the thread that this one is a spin-off from). in my own relationship i had very few things i had to ask permission for, because M wasn't a guy into a whole bunch of permission-based control. but just because he wasn't doesn't mean that i think those who ARE into it are somehow invalid or stupid. hell, some people have software that allows their dominants to monitor their computer use or a GPS device that can track where they are at any given point in the day (both of which are often instituted at the behest of the dominant). does that mean that the dominant doesn't trust the s-type to be where she says she'll be? not necessary, perhaps that dominant (note, i'm talking in general terms about a hypothetical person, not talking about you and your dynamic in any way, shape or form) just likes to have that kind of control. does having peek software on a computer mean that the s-type is too stupid to use a computer on her own? no, it doesn't. the dominant just likes to be able to see what she's doing, because the "ant farm feeling" gets him off. people often assume that those in relationships that emphasize control and permissions are somehow deficient in such a way that REQUIRES this kind of upkeep, and that's absolutely untrue. there's a CM member i met in the Passion for Submission chat who is very much into control, but he's also BEYOND intelligent and i can't imagine him being happy with someone who wasn't at least on par with his intellect. he doesn't want someone dumb, just someone he can control. control isn't about "fixing stupid," it's just a kink. and as for the people on the other side of it, s-types have all sorts of reasons for seeking out that kind of dynamic with a Dominant. i have flirted with it myself because it hits my "objectification buttons." having to ask permission for basic things does something to my headspace that i like, but it certainly doesn't mean that i'm so deficient that it's required. (i have no clue if a micromanaging relationship would work for me in a long-term basis, because i haven't tried it in a long-term basis. i'm not speaking to that end, simply to the motivations people might have for doing it, based off my own admittedly limited experience with it.)
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