LadiesBladewing -> RE: Thinks that make Me go hmm? (6/16/2006 3:27:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TolerableCruelty Yes.. I think the actual "act" of BDSM is a sexual thing... on whatever level. It gets people off, whether it physically, spiritually, or mentally... it triggers that sexual response, and I've yet to find someone that can argue that point validly. This first part is somewhat off-topic, but it came up on this thread, so I'm going to address it -very- briefly here. Unless one separates BDSM from D/s or M/S, saying the above is like saying "prayer is sexual", or "writing a screenplay is sexual" -- because for many in the D/s or M/s end of things, this is more like being a lay minister, priest(ess), or skilled artisan than it is about sex. How can I say this -- I can say this from having -lived- in service this way, both in a monastary and in a D/s household and now running a household that has the same foundations. Sex may be part of the service in one of these households, but where the above perspective sees all service as sex, individuals from the focus that tends to work out well with us, sex is viewed as a service. Now, on to the OP's situation. When we were larger, we occasionally had our Chatellaine or Butler screen possible servants for the household. The potential would be met, interviewed, conversed with, and all email contact or phone contact would be with our Chatellaine or Butler, until one of those two determined that this person really -was- a good fit for our situation. Then, we would be approached with a -very- full portfolio for that individual and a request would be made for us to interview him or her as a potential servant in the household. For us, this was effective use of our management-level servants (alpha servants in some households). As far as choosing the gender-preference issue... that I can't answer. We are most often a mixed-gender household, so a servant could be any gender or a mix of genders, as long as the attitude was right. Da'Avatar ZWD www.klashaan.org
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