CynthiaWVirginia -> RE: Daddy Dom? Pedophile? The difference is....? (2/6/2013 8:31:00 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TwoHeartsBeatOne I’m feeling paralyzed by fear. I don’t even know where to turn for answers. I am hoping that TOS guidelines won’t interfere with a rational and informative discussion of this topic. I simply seek clarity. These are my questions: Question 1 Is a Daddy Dom a pedophile psychologically, but he behaves physically/sexually only with adults? I believe people are sexually unique for three reasons: 1) Born that way 2) An early event linked sexuality and (fill in the blank/fetish) 3) Choice. Question 2 So, if a guy is sexually aroused and attracted to all things youthful and he acts on it, it’s a crime and a horror. But, if that same guy channels those feelings into mutually consensual behavior with another adult, or adults, then I think we’d all want to support that “use” of those feelings, right? Question 3 Daddy Doms and pedophiles “groom” the focus of their attention, using praise, gifts and a sense of dependence. But do they share these other qualities as well: -a self-image as being younger than they really are? -inability to maintain peer relationships? -a need for isolation, control and secrecy? -shame, self-loathing, but with a charming façade? - (fill in the blank with your own observations)? Question 4 To anyone who has seen the film, “The Woodsman,” which shows how a woman accepts a pedophile’s need to express his sexuality in specific ways with her, do you agree that the Daddy Dom relationship is much like this? Question 5 As a submissive who is also a parent, how do you handle both your own emotions, and your responsibility to protect, knowing the Daddy Dom’s preference for youth? Question 6 As an aging human, how does it feel to be with a guy who is attracted to a look – an illusion – that will become more difficult to create with each passing day? I’m assuming that this feels good, or at least okay, but I wonder how that is achieved. Question 7 To Daddy Doms & those they partner with & with everyone in our community… What is being done already to protect innocents from harm? (This is at the core of what frightens me… is there a difference, if so, how can we tell?) I sincerely hope we can skip the defense of the kink… THAT is not the issue, and there is an abundance of that point of view already. Could we focus on this other concern, please? Thank you, Everyone. Speaking from ugly personal experience, I am probably be one of the best people to answer this. THIS is the difference: A REAL pedophile goes after REAL children. It is not a consensual relationship but one of intimidation and fear, where someone else puts their own wants over a child's needs and sexually exploits them without giving a sh*t about the psychological damage they cause. I'm a monogamous switch who chooses the Domme side. I've known a "Daddy Dom" or two in my time. They have been giving, nurturing, healing souls who do not make someone feel like they are walking on egg shells all the time...they put their submissive's needs over their own wants...ensure that the relationship is symbiotic instead of parasitic...and care deeply about the mental and emotional health of their submissive. I am a "Mommy Domme". I don't have him roleplay being a young child, we just are who we are to each other; I guide him and watch over all of him, as everything about him is important to me. We do not have a punishment dynamic. I earn his trust so that it becomes as pure as the trust one can get from a very young child. I grew up in a time when it was common to see in real life as well as in movies and on tv where a wife or girlfriend would refer to their mate as Daddy or Dad, and the male to refer to her as girl or mom. (Many married people just took the title Dad or Mom once the children came along, even with each other.) Many vanillas refer to each other as baby and there is no "pedophilia" roleplay going on...same goes for us. My mother had to go to Dad to ask permission from him to buy a new dress...my mom also had to get permission from her next husband to be allowed to add some bananas into their grocery cart...if this is not treating a WOMAN like a child instead of a fully functional adult, then why is it acceptable in the vanilla world and squicky in our own? I could likely get you links to old advertisements that recommended husbands treating their naughty wives like dependent children and spanking them when "necessary". Heck, even a John Wayne movie showed husbands treating their wives like unruly children and spanking them. This next part will say this next point better than I can. Taken from The Connection Between Kink and Abuse, an essay by Bob King... http://reocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/6140/survkink.htm "The psychological aspects of Domination and Submission also seem to have a very strong attraction for survivors. In many cases I believe this relates to the need to find a safe and trustworthy authority figure who will provide a secure environment for healing." For some people, BDSM has been a healthy part of healing past issues. Yes, I have daddy issues and major trust issues. bo's obedience takes me deeper into trust than I ever dreamed possible. He had a lot of issues of his own and is also learning to trust someone more than he ever dreamed was possible. Part of owning him is mothering him...because he has an empty place and every part of him is mine. Even the empty place where his heart was ripped out of him. It's all MINE. His mother and father may have started raising him but I am finishing the job. quote:
Question 3 Daddy Doms and pedophiles “groom” the focus of their attention, using praise, gifts and a sense of dependence. But do they share these other qualities as well: -a self-image as being younger than they really are? -inability to maintain peer relationships? -a need for isolation, control and secrecy? -shame, self-loathing, but with a charming façade? - (fill in the blank with your own observations)? I'll change this to Mommy Dommes and answer your questions. (Btw, not all pedophiles do what you mentioned in that first sentence. Some don't pretend to have a special friendship, they just see an opportunity and take it, going back for more as opportunities present themselves.) Self-image? I know I'm an old thing pushing 50. My nature may be a bit childlike (gawd, I LOVE Pokemon!) but I don't try to fool myself that I am some eternal teenager. Even when I had submissives half my age I FELT the age difference and knew our relationship would be temporary. Inability to maintain peer relationships? Um, wow, I haven't seen that among fellow real time kinksters, nor is it true for myself. I've tended to make friends with people a lot older than myself as well as a lot younger because I don't believe in "age segregation". My peers were mostly married and doing their best to cheat, and I got tired of being propositioned by my friends' husbands just because I wasn't dating anyone. When I was a young teenager, most of my best friends were old people from my paper routes, folks in their 60's and 80's on up. (These were all non-sexual friendships.) A need for isolation, control, and secrecy? You see this within the real time BDSM community? Really??? At our munch groups and play parties we have several "littles", mostly owned, and they have lots of friends and are quite socially active. There is a difference between BDSM and abusive relationships...one makes someone glow, feel loyalty and trust and love...and the other dries up someone's soul and makes them either afraid or cringing or numb and/or suicidal. Someone needing isolation and secrecy...would send up red flags with me. Control...that's different, I don't have a problem with that. I don't feel shame for what I do. No self-loathing either. A charming facade? I'm into transparency within relationships. Having a "charming facade" would mean that I didn't like myself and felt the need to hide my real self away from the world. Btw, if I had so little control over shaping who I am so that I can bear looking at my own face in the mirror each day, then I would have no business trying to shape the life of another. quote:
Question 4 To anyone who has seen the film, “The Woodsman,” which shows how a woman accepts a pedophile’s need to express his sexuality in specific ways with her, do you agree that the Daddy Dom relationship is much like this? Never saw it. I squick out easily compared with many vanillas on some subjects. WTF, if the woman in the movie is a WOMAN and not a child, why in the world would a pedo be interested in her? If she is fully grown up...whatever roleplay they do in the bedroom is their own business and none of mine. Just throwing the word pedophile around like that is enough to make me never want to watch that movie. quote:
Question 5 As a submissive who is also a parent, how do you handle both your own emotions, and your responsibility to protect, knowing the Daddy Dom’s preference for youth? If pedophilia was a real problem, where the guy wasn't interested in just roleplaying but wanted real kiddies to toy with... "Responsibility to protect?" I'm seeing apples and oranges here. Any responsible human being would not hook up with someone who would go all pedo on her kids. I see a difference between consensual roleplay between two adults and some woman offering her kids up to some pedo to use. quote:
Question 6 As an aging human, how does it feel to be with a guy who is attracted to a look – an illusion – that will become more difficult to create with each passing day? I’m assuming that this feels good, or at least okay, but I wonder how that is achieved. Maybe I'm missing the point here but...all of us age. Nobody stays young forever. If you are genetically blessed or have enough money for plastic surgery you can age very gracefully (example, many Hollywood movie stars). My "boy" is ten years older than I am. He dyes his hair because we like it that way. He has dentures. Nonetheless he is my "token child" and I can see his beauty in spite of his years. Seeing someone through the eyes of love and proud ownership...means never having to "trade up", as many vanilla husbands do when their trophy wife puts on twenty pounds or gets her first wrinkle. As far as being attracted to a "look" or an "illusion"...I will see him as I want to see him. Part of him is forever young to me; his body is just the outer wrapping and yeah, it will age just as surely as I will. We don't have to worship youth or be a pedophile to have a Mommy or Daddy Dom relationship with someone. We like their sweet little ways, their trusting eyes, loving heart, obedience, and some of us enjoy their ability to entertain...calling out to my inner child to come and play with their inner child. quote:
Question 7 To Daddy Doms & those they partner with & with everyone in our community… What is being done already to protect innocents from harm? (This is at the core of what frightens me… is there a difference, if so, how can we tell?) I sincerely hope we can skip the defense of the kink… THAT is not the issue, and there is an abundance of that point of view already. Could we focus on this other concern, please? What is being done to protect innocents from harm? For one, I know of anyone messing with jailbait within our munch groups and MAsT. There are innocents who are older, no longer jailbait, and what is being done is EDUCATION. Leading them to reading non-fantasy, non-porn, educational books to help show them the ropes. I've mentored many (no strings attached, no fingers raiding the cookie jar). I would never defend anyone hunting/using underaged people. Btw, most of the people in the half a dozen groups I belong to are over 40 years old. So are most of the submissives. The underaged kids in my area are NOT members of any BDSM groups I know of, and I belong to all of them in the lower part of WV. Are you sure you are not confusing BDSMers with human trafficing?
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