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ORIGINAL: pussycatpussycat I wasnt asking about the man my friend is seeing.....I used him as an example of several (many? lol) men I have met in the past.....maybe its the age range we are in, me my late 40's, her, early 50's.....there are a lot of men in our age range who are new to bdsm, they have been vanilla married for many years, now divorced and have been fantsizing about bdsm for a long while. Ok.....years ago, I met up with a Dom who'd been vanilla married, now single and exploring..... and had some experience...I really liked him....the kink was fun BUT there was no mental submission....I saw him a few times and didnt know why I couldnt mentally submit...I did some analysing and realised that he was doing play which he thought I wanted for my enjoyment.....now I know Doms do do some things the sub wants but its because they are eliciting a response for their enjoyment, not for hers... I'm a sub...I like to please, I love knowing my Dom is getting enjoyment out of using me for his pleasure....when he does things which make my body buzz...its because its what HE wants...not because its what I want......I hope I'm explaining myself? I used to hope that when I was inexperienced, I could meet the Dom I could grow and learn with but it didnt work out that way....I'm not stubborn and set in my ways...Ive found that I change depending on the Dom I am seeing.....what was great with one, then pales and disappears from my mind when seeing another. I dont think there is any 'true' Dom or sub...it all depends on what everyone is searching for but for me....its the mental submission which drives me and thats a completely different mind set than kink.....which thus far I have found that a lot of the inexperienced Doms dont know the difference.....but can they learn? And can a sub change where once she didnt have the mental connection, change so that she does? Hence why my original question pussycat I also used your example guy as an example... of what a new Dominant looks and sounds like. IMO, he's got the foundation of Dominance in his character, as described in your OP. He may be experienced in kink, but that doesn't mean he's experienced in every potential submissive's kinks, but that won't matter because he's a man who takes responsibility for learning. (also, when starting a thread, it's helpful to keep in mind that some experienced posters write a response knowing that many who never post here, are asking the same question as the OP, so they write what is important for anyone to know, on that particular topic) Yes, as a newbie Domme, I topped WAY more experienced submissives. And, I thought nothing of it because that is how people around me learned, too. People, in general, learn from the more experienced, but think of a job in which a new boss was brought in and the support staff knew way more. Does knowing more make them leadership or management material? No. Same in BDSM. You say there's a difference between kink and submission (they are different to me, too), but for some people, like... a masochistic submissive, the Topping skills of a Dominant are going to matter a lot. For those who relate in D/s ways that are neither sexual, nor sadomasochistic, Topping skills are irrelevant. As you describe yourself, it seems that Topping skills DO light your submissive fire. And, that's fine. The most important part of what I bolded in your post, is the idea that "Doms do things for their own pleasure." No. Some Doms do and some Doms don't. Some submissives like to be pleased by their Doms by setting limits on what pleases the Dominant. Meaning, if I, as a Domme, am pleased by my submissive's ability to know his/her own body, sexual responses and to talk about them with me, then that is what I'd expect my submissive to do. To be told that they only want me to dominate in the way they deem appropriate, well, how's that pleasing? Unless I like being Topped from the bottom, emotionally. So, I think this is a matter of thinking that NOW you know how Doms are, when in fact, they simply aren't that limited and don't fit into a box. Nor, are submissives. You can read here on the boards about those who renounce (usually it's the guys) a man whose attitude is "it's all about me." Men like that are often called, "selfish," "immature," and in no way, "dominant." Then, others beg to differ on that point. So, my conclusion... it's about compatibility. If you choose to believe that a Dom is a person who is all about their own pleasure and a submissive is all about the Doms pleasure, then you can surely find a match. Because of sexism and patriarchy, the experience of older men is going to be one of lost entitlements, so they miss women who agree with that mindset. Younger men have less experience with entitlements, so when they come to BDSM, they may actually learn to "take their due." Having said all of that, I repeat the question... "At the heart of your question, aren't you asking if a Dominant has to be superior to the submissive, to be successful in tapping into a submissive's tendencies?"
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