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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/2/2014 3:06:23 PM   
ExiledTyrant


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Nookie, do you ever have sex supine? If that submissive position is part of your make up, wouldn't that kick your D down a few notches?

You're representing Dominance and submission as blue eyes and brown eyes, you either have one or the other.

I eat pussy like it is ambrosia. Some would argue that it is an act of submission, any woman that I have had the pleasure of dining on knows that it is TOTAL DOMINATION. It's mine, I am not here to browse, I am here to graze and if you handed over those panties you've surrendered to it, like it or not, beg, plead, cry afoul, it's getting done until I am done. It may seem that it is all about you, and I will happily allow you to hang on to that delusion, but that is my particular brand of heroine and when getting my fix it is all about me.

Back to the equalizer. I can say I am 100% D 100% of the time, which is true in a black and white casual representation. Her body is mine, 100% of it, her mind is mine, 10% of it... why 10%? Because I reserve the right to strike down and banish-- forthwith any negativity that is stemming from her mind. Negativity that is defined by me that I deem unhealthy in any aspect or regard of her or us... 100% of her body is mine, 90% of her mind is independently hers, that 10% is mine and I have supreme authority or sayonara. I do not need 100% control over her mind, I have no use for a sycophant.

So, on the equalizer, my dominating her physically would be maxed out, mentally would suspiciously look like I was slacking or not D at all.

It is the many facets and aspects that the single slider cannot represent. For example, if shifty was my /girl and I said, "Babe! I just found a car that we have to have!" she would say, "Whoa! Slow down there bucko, I'm going to have to see this and decide if it is worth coming off my ass pocket first!"

Naturally all the little douche-conoes would do the whole "You're so PW'd" and any knuckle dragger D's would snicker and say, "whoa, you totally need to wear the collar, pussy." Yet it does not diminish the fact that if her money management skills are superior to mine, /s she may be, but D of the money.

I think you are on to a nifty little project and I feel it will evolve into a very good book and a good guide for the N008's, but the message you need to make clear isn't that "sub model 2283 is only compatible with Dom model 9854. Our strengths need to replace their weakness, and our weakness needs to be replaced by their strengths.

Jus sayin

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/2/2014 3:11:00 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: MrRodgers

Explain on any graph how a man charged with a crime, argued his own case against the ADA (Maryland) was found innocent and in less than 1 year...turned that very ADA into his absolute complete slave. (fact)

For all we know it's just like dancing...I lead...you follow. OR, a perpendicular expression of a...horizontal desire.



GAWD... oh the pressure... AH HA! Life line.. ...... shit! I wan't to poll the audience FUCK!!!! Um... er... give me a second.... AH HA!!!!

What is, keep that shit in P&R, Alex?

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/2/2014 5:20:56 PM   
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Thanks for this thread and for your illustrations both Nookie and Exiled. I had this linear scale in my mind, not a binary or much less multitudes of them. It kind of helps me rationalize my thoughts and feelings in regards to this lifestyle, and also justifies someone being sweet, caring, maternal, engaging, funny, goofy and Dominant. I'm not faking it, it's naturally who I am, in every circumstance and every scenario. And at the same time an extremely Dominant person might have a sliver of ability to submit but only to the right person and in the right circumstance. I like how complex it actually is rather than one part of a personality conflicting with another. Submission means different things to different people, as does Domination, it's remarkable how far removed one sub can be from another or one D from another. Having enlightened moments is great.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/2/2014 9:23:23 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: NookieNotes

Hmmm.

I find it interesting that so many people are responding to this saying that it does not cover the whole range of human existence.



That isn't what I was referring to at all. I was speaking solely of kinky stuff...not just D/s, but definitely kink/BDSM/WIITWD only.


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ORIGINAL: ExiledTyrant

Nookie, do you ever have sex supine? If that submissive position is part of your make up, wouldn't that kick your D down a few notches?

You're representing Dominance and submission as blue eyes and brown eyes, you either have one or the other.

I eat pussy like it is ambrosia. Some would argue that it is an act of submission, any woman that I have had the pleasure of dining on knows that it is TOTAL DOMINATION. It's mine, I am not here to browse, I am here to graze and if you handed over those panties you've surrendered to it, like it or not, beg, plead, cry afoul, it's getting done until I am done. It may seem that it is all about you, and I will happily allow you to hang on to that delusion, but that is my particular brand of heroine and when getting my fix it is all about me.

Back to the equalizer. I can say I am 100% D 100% of the time, which is true in a black and white casual representation. Her body is mine, 100% of it, her mind is mine, 10% of it... why 10%? Because I reserve the right to strike down and banish-- forthwith any negativity that is stemming from her mind. Negativity that is defined by me that I deem unhealthy in any aspect or regard of her or us... 100% of her body is mine, 90% of her mind is independently hers, that 10% is mine and I have supreme authority or sayonara. I do not need 100% control over her mind, I have no use for a sycophant.

So, on the equalizer, my dominating her physically would be maxed out, mentally would suspiciously look like I was slacking or not D at all.

It is the many facets and aspects that the single slider cannot represent. For example, if shifty was my /girl and I said, "Babe! I just found a car that we have to have!" she would say, "Whoa! Slow down there bucko, I'm going to have to see this and decide if it is worth coming off my ass pocket first!"

Naturally all the little douche-conoes would do the whole "You're so PW'd" and any knuckle dragger D's would snicker and say, "whoa, you totally need to wear the collar, pussy." Yet it does not diminish the fact that if her money management skills are superior to mine, /s she may be, but D of the money.

I think you are on to a nifty little project and I feel it will evolve into a very good book and a good guide for the N008's, but the message you need to make clear isn't that "sub model 2283 is only compatible with Dom model 9854. Our strengths need to replace their weakness, and our weakness needs to be replaced by their strengths.

Jus sayin


Yes! This explains what I was thinking of far better than I could.

ExiledTyrant? You rock! And you get me. :) I guess that's why I'm your groupie. Heh. ;)

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 2:56:38 AM   
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ORIGINAL: GoddessManko

It kind of helps me rationalize my thoughts and feelings in regards to this lifestyle, and also justifies someone being sweet, caring, maternal, engaging, funny, goofy and Dominant.


Nope. No justification or rationalization necessary. Just because the Dommes in porn are snarling bitches doesn't mean squat for you. You Domme in YOUR style, as long as you have a sub for whom that works.

I think of the caring side as being vital. If I am to have control over my sub, I sure as hell better care for/about her.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 4:42:33 AM   
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All these observations are of people already in relationships.
For people like me, leanings and outlooks are the stuff of our fantasy. How do I reconcile sadistic urges with being alone?
I never describe myself Dominant or Master for the reason that I am unable to be that way.
Submission only comes with huge trust and again how can a loner feel any of that?
But then, being so disenfranchised, I do not even have a right to an opinion, do I?

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 5:26:00 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: shiftyw

But yes, compatibility is complicated, even with just those two variables. I also don't think anyone has any 100% sub/Dom qualities, no matter what others might say.


I agree.

quote:

I need a light hand, cause outside the bedroom, I like control. I don't really feel submissive when it comes to making decisions or choices, I'm a take charge person day to day. He is too, but he is quieter about it. In the bedroom, I need a boss, I like a boss. The "doms" that fit the bill for me need to be able to see that me driving the ship is sometimes a service to them.

It's complicated. That's my thoughts.


That's awesome. Thank you for sharing. I know quite a few women like you. It's very hard to find the right match, but when they ahve, it's been fireworks!


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ORIGINAL: RockaRolla

The way this convo is going reminds me of one storyline in a comic I liked. Link because I don't know how page-stretchy this thing will be.


Oh that's funny. Yes! LOL!

quote:

Even if we talk about the generic D/s sliders, those can shift depending on your present situation and the people around you. I feel more the D at work and around unfamiliar people than when I'm with close friends or the boyfriend. But in the bedroom with one of my boys I'll often switch back to D.


I postulate that your D is set whereever it is. Not throughout your life, but for everyone at the same time.

When around those whose Ds are lesser, yours will feel stronger, and vice versa. Of course, mood plays a part, and other factors. However, I'm looking at overall, trough life, rather than in specific cases, where you interact once.

We all know that one interaction can never define a lifetime.

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ORIGINAL: FieryOpal

But seriously OP, where does being a S/switch fit into the picture in your opinion or experience, other than overlapping within ranges?

It isn't uncommon to hear of a form of S/switching where someone is sub to one gender (Ex: f/M, usually the primary partner), then wanting to dominate the other/their own gender (Ex: F/f).


As a switch, I'll answer how I see it.

On a 100% scale (let's say), I may be:

S: 85%
D: 97%

Because I know when I submit, I do it fully. I go down deep. And I love it. And when I do the D, I live it and breathe it. It's me.

Let's postulate that my Pet is:

S: 91%
D: 85%

So while he will never D me overall, he is an excellent match for my S, and can take me there, when we both agree. I am D in all of our relationship/mental ways, because he does not match me there, but he does provide a challenge, since he is way above average on the D slider, and therefore is used to running his life as he sees fit, and others naturally want to follow him.

As far as preferences to only submitting to X, that can be two factors (or more, I'm thinking of two):

1. Sexual attraction or something similar.
My Pet is bi, but never wants to be D with men. Only S. And only in actions, never in the mind/relationship, as he does not develop feelings for men.

2. Too off-the charts in one area.
I only dominate women. I have never found a woman I felt i could submit to, ever. That could be because few women are more dominate than I am, or because the ones who are, have number 1 getting in the way for me or for them. I do, however, have a girl that I am dominate to, and that is very natural, and how I also fantasize about such things.

I hope I'm clear. I love questions like this, and thinking things through "out loud."

*smiles*


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

I know some people, especially women, that are very flexible. They can be a sub to one person, a Domme to another, a slave to another, and Top and bottom in play. Being Dom or sub is not exactly an inherent property of an individual - it also depends on who they're in a relationship with.


I do not feel this is in contradiction to my point.

My S is very high. My D is higher. But when I submit, it is deep and incredible. So deep, that for a time I can practically be slave-ish. I see no reason that could not be applied to different people, based on their slider levels and other factors, such as desire.


quote:

ORIGINAL: MrRodgers

Explain on any graph how a man charged with a crime, argued his own case against the ADA (Maryland) was found innocent and in less than 1 year...turned that very ADA into his absolute complete slave. (fact)


His D was stronger than the ADA's D, and the ADA's S was also high.


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ORIGINAL: sexyred1

I am a rainbow.

What does that tell you about me as a sub?


In this context without knowing anything else about you? A bit of a smartass, and thinking outside the box.

*smiles*

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ORIGINAL: mstrjx

But seeing that 's' side becomes easier with the 'd' side has been dialled up so much over the years.


For me, this is very true. The more I understand and grow in my D, the more I understand and also grow in my s. I see the value of it, and experience it for myself.

Interestingly, the more I grow my s, the more I also demand from my submissives in that area.


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ORIGINAL: ExiledTyrant

Nookie, do you ever have sex supine? If that submissive position is part of your make up, wouldn't that kick your D down a few notches?


Not at all. I It CAN, when we are being all switchy n'shit, but D is a frame of mind, not an action.

quote:

You're representing Dominance and submission as blue eyes and brown eyes, you either have one or the other.


No. I'm expressing it more as chocolate and vanilla. You can like one or the other, or both. They are not mutually exclusive at all. That's my point.

quote:

I eat pussy like it is ambrosia. Some would argue that it is an act of submission, any woman that I have had the pleasure of dining on knows that it is TOTAL DOMINATION. It's mine, I am not here to browse, I am here to graze and if you handed over those panties you've surrendered to it, like it or not, beg, plead, cry afoul, it's getting done until I am done. It may seem that it is all about you, and I will happily allow you to hang on to that delusion, but that is my particular brand of heroine and when getting my fix it is all about me.


Yes, agreed, as you knew I would, based on our previous convos. So is getting fucked supine or even taking it up the ass. It's MY pleasure, when I'm in D mode, and damnit, I will have what I want.

quote:

Back to the equalizer. I can say I am 100% D 100% of the time, which is true in a black and white casual representation. Her body is mine, 100% of it, her mind is mine, 10% of it... why 10%? Because I reserve the right to strike down and banish-- forthwith any negativity that is stemming from her mind. Negativity that is defined by me that I deem unhealthy in any aspect or regard of her or us... 100% of her body is mine, 90% of her mind is independently hers, that 10% is mine and I have supreme authority or sayonara. I do not need 100% control over her mind, I have no use for a sycophant.


So, I see this a different way. His mind is 100% mine, but like my own body is 100% mind, I do not need to be in active control of every bit. I breathe, shit, and brush my teeth without conscious thought. He lives his life without my micro-managing, although I can take control and make his life conscious and controlled by me in any aspect should I choose.

I do not see a conflict in independence and submission.

We discussed dichotomies and dualities, yes? *grins*

quote:

So, on the equalizer, my dominating her physically would be maxed out, mentally would suspiciously look like I was slacking or not D at all.


I see where you're going. I dont think of it this way, but I'm glad you do, and brought it up.

quote:

It is the many facets and aspects that the single slider cannot represent. For example, if shifty was my /girl and I said, "Babe! I just found a car that we have to have!" she would say, "Whoa! Slow down there bucko, I'm going to have to see this and decide if it is worth coming off my ass pocket first!"


Well, I don't see how that is not represented. If her D is not 0%, then she will always hold some sway over her own life. There are doormats out there, but I don't feel that most people are that black or white, no matter how D or s they are.

quote:

I think you are on to a nifty little project and I feel it will evolve into a very good book and a good guide for the N008's, but the message you need to make clear isn't that "sub model 2283 is only compatible with Dom model 9854. Our strengths need to replace their weakness, and our weakness needs to be replaced by their strengths.


Oh this is not that kind of project. Just a thought experiment. I get your point, though.

quote:

ORIGINAL: GoddessManko

Thanks for this thread and for your illustrations both Nookie and Exiled. I had this linear scale in my mind, not a binary or much less multitudes of them.


YAY! That's how I felt when I thought this. It opens up a non-linear way of thinking, into multi-dimensionality.

Now, SOME people here need 4-dimesional plots with rainbows and glitter and farting unicorns, but we can't please everyone, natch.

LOL!

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ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD

That isn't what I was referring to at all. I was speaking solely of kinky stuff...not just D/s, but definitely kink/BDSM/WIITWD only.


Oh, I get that. But I didn't bring up kinky sliders or "likes a beating" sliders. Just D and s.

Going beyond that seems to be pulling in the kitchen sink.

quote:

Yes! This explains what I was thinking of far better than I could.


Excellent. And you'll see my responses above. Perhaps that will help clarify for you, too... and it helps clarify you to me. *smiles*


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven


quote:

ORIGINAL: GoddessManko
Nope. No justification or rationalization necessary. Just because the Dommes in porn are snarling bitches doesn't mean squat for you. You Domme in YOUR style, as long as you have a sub for whom that works.

I think of the caring side as being vital. If I am to have control over my sub, I sure as hell better care for/about her.


You know, I thought that, and didn't say it. Thank you, DS, for putting this out there. So true.

quote:

ORIGINAL: thorneyone

All these observations are of people already in relationships.
For people like me, leanings and outlooks are the stuff of our fantasy. How do I reconcile sadistic urges with being alone?
I never describe myself Dominant or Master for the reason that I am unable to be that way.
Submission only comes with huge trust and again how can a loner feel any of that?
But then, being so disenfranchised, I do not even have a right to an opinion, do I?



Firstly, EVERYONE has a right to an opinion. What no one has is the right to FORCE that opinion on another.

Let's look at sadistic urges... If you have them, you have them, alone or not. It's like horniness. I am horny when alone. I am horny with a partner. No contradiction there.

Unable to be dominant? At all? You have never fought for your beliefs in an argument? You have never overruled someone?

Perhaps you mean you have no ability to dominate others, or no interest in being a dominant or master. And that's cool, no matter how high your D slider may be.

How can a loner feel trust? By trusting. That may sound like mumbo-jumbo, but it's the only truth you'll get from me.



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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 6:11:45 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: NookieNotes

His mind is 100% mine ...... He lives his life without my micro-managing



Reexamine that.

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I do not see a conflict in independence and submission.



If his mind is 100% yours then there is no independence.

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If her D is not 0%, then she will always hold some sway over her own life.


If you control 100% of his mind then his D is 0%.


Jus sayin

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 6:17:02 AM   
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I'm not 100% submissive all of the time but there are times where I am with the right person. Someone doesn't have to be omnipotent to be my dom either, they just have to be higher up on the graph on some things, the more the better really, that works for me. If someone is going to dominate me I feel like thats how it has to be, I wouldn't feel submissive to them otherwise. But I wouldn't want them to be higher up in everything, all of the time. I wouldn't feel like I had any value personally if that were the case and it would be like ZERO fun for me. I don't believe anyone is all the way up or all the way down but there are probably people pretty close to that and I do think there is someone for everyone (almost). The Control freak who's bars go up high may fit with the doormat who's bars go down low.

It's fluid for me, the sliders move around, even from day to day. Nobody stays the same or is completely consistent in everything as they go through life, you have to hope or work towards the sliders moving in the right directions at the right times for the relationship and make some compromises on the things that you can because the likelihood of the sliders being totally in tune all of the time is bloody slim I think.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 6:27:08 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SweetForDaddy

I'm not 100% submissive all of the time but there are times where I am with the right person. Someone doesn't have to be omnipotent to be my dom either, they just have to be higher up on the graph on some things, the more the better really, that works for me. If someone is going to dominate me I feel like thats how it has to be, I wouldn't feel submissive to them otherwise. But I wouldn't want them to be higher up in everything, all of the time. I wouldn't feel like I had any value personally if that were the case and it would be like ZERO fun for me. I don't believe anyone is all the way up or all the way down but there are probably people pretty close to that and I do think there is someone for everyone (almost). The Control freak who's bars go up high may fit with the doormat who's bars go down low.

It's fluid for me, the sliders move around, even from day to day. Nobody stays the same or is completely consistent in everything as they go through life, you have to hope or work towards the sliders moving in the right directions at the right times for the relationship and make some compromises on the things that you can because the likelihood of the sliders being totally in tune all of the time is bloody slim I think.


For the days you just don't feel all Domly...



there is a solution.


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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 6:33:44 AM   
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This thread reminds me of a good friend of ours. For around four years I only ever saw her dominant side with her long term submissive. She always told me that she had a hugely submissive side and could even be slave like but she absolutely needed the right person to inspire that submission in her. This is a woman who is, and I can't stress this strongly enough, so comfortable with her dominance that she's like a shining light. Nobody would ever judge her switchiness if they observed her dominance because it pours from her like a river with such ease, that it can't be anything other than the most natural thing in the world.

A year ago she approached Steve and me because surprisingly she wanted and wondered if she could submit to us. This was never intended to be a permanent arrangement; she just had a need that needed filling and she turned to two people she trusted. Because her dominant side is so deeply engrained, we did wonder what we were letting ourselves in for. Would her pride put up barriers? was she seeing this as a challenge or indeed giving us a challenge? We didn't have to worry, her submission to us was quiet beautiful and it felt very natural and whole.

I don't see her as someone who is half and half, I see her as 85% dominant in every day life because she's a born leader, a doer and a confident and successful entrepreneur. I see her as 100% dominant when she is with her boy; not because she's behaving in a dominant manner but because of her magnetic personality and how he reacts to that. Just occasionally when her needs become great, she shows us her submission and when she does its 100% submission.

Both Steve and I have been blessed with a few wonderful submissive types. All of them had strong and vibrant personalities, all of them are what I would call comfortable in their submission whilst blessed with the ability to know their own way and have control of their own existence. I'm not sure how I would put them on a sliding scale though because their submission to me/us, was ever present even when we were laughing, crying and putting the world to rights together.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 6:36:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: FieryOpal

~ FR ~
Nookie, this is only a quick response to a fairly complex topic. Not that it has to be, but it can be when one is on the outside looking in.

What I see are linear-sequential models. Relationship dynamics have dimensionality. They converge inwards, they ripple outwards, they spiral upwards (ideally upwards and not plummeting downwards!)...

Take ExiledTyrant's color spectrum bargraph (where indigo purple and ultraviolet can be the wildcards), and loop it around to give it added dimensionality.

There are too many D/s-type unions, whether short term or long term, which are flat or which end up falling flat.
This is when the D/ is expected to fill a boxed-in "D" role across the board, when the /s is expected to fill a boxed-in "s" role across the board.

It might work for some people, but ultimately both D/s partners (other than for a short window of time, such as with scening or sessioning between play partners) end up becoming slaves to their respective uni-dimensional roles.


Yet what's say that with each bar in Tyrant's photo isn't also affected by the position of it's neighbor? To me that will give that added dimensional aspect which better represents the dominance/submission ideology. Even though NookieNotes used a photo to illustrate a linear concept, i see that is only putting things in a perspective which is easier to comprehend. It is a given that when it comes to the human factor, yes there are countless variables that will place us at different points and at the same time, these points are not static but fluidic in nature.


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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 6:37:07 AM   
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If his mind is 100% yours then there is no independence.


My dog is mine. He still has his personality and reasons for doing things that are not mine. Unless I exert control. Then he is there, by my side, doing my bidding.

He is given to me, through love and devotion.

Mine.

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If you control 100% of his mind then his D is 0%.


I make a distinction between owning and controlling. I need not always control to own.

I may own a house, for example, and yet it will still fall apart from neglect.

I may own a heart and casually break it through lack of attention.

Difference in definitions? POV of degree?


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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 11:40:59 AM   
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I have commented on this topic on other threads before...

Labels create the very deceiving notion that people know precisely what is meant by them.

We all lie somewhere on a continuum... and what's more, everyone's continuum is unique, and populated by different ideas (and some same ones).

Labels can be a useful starting place to vaguely determine what kind of a of person you may be talking to, but beyond that, their usefulness evaporates... in my opinion.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 12:27:26 PM   
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^ basically how I feel

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 1:46:44 PM   
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ORIGINAL: thorneyone

All these observations are of people already in relationships.
For people like me, leanings and outlooks are the stuff of our fantasy. How do I reconcile sadistic urges with being alone?
I never describe myself Dominant or Master for the reason that I am unable to be that way.
Submission only comes with huge trust and again how can a loner feel any of that?
But then, being so disenfranchised, I do not even have a right to an opinion, do I?

I wanted to comment upon your post first, because it troubles me on many levels.
Not everyone posting is currently "in" a relationship. Are you saying that you have never had a D/s before? It may not have been kinky, but have you ever been in a vanilla relationship where you were in charge or largely responsible for making the final decisions (after whatever amount of discussion)?

BDSM does not define Dominance or submission. I glanced at your profile and you list yourself as a Dominant, of wanting to be a DaddyDom, so you must know what you are basically seeking. Btw, being an lg (little girl) is not indicate of how submissive she is. There are at least 2-3 lg's I'm aware of who identify as switches. There are so many variables.
You may want to be the Daddy on a day-to-day basis, or find that it suits you better to be more of a bedroom Dom or a S/switch. Or you may find you enjoy bottoming in the bedroom. (Btw, bottoming is simply receiving and has nothing to do with authority or who is in control of the scene).
As a vanilla corollary, when your boss assigns you a project or report, s/he has delegated his or her authority but not relinquished it. You are still subordinate to him or her. In whose name does it get signed off and sent off to HQ or Home Office? Chances are, not yours.)

What matters most is that you find yourself a compatible match. Neither one of you needs to take this stuff so seriously, other than what commitments you expect from one another, whether you both have the same relationship attachment levels and are on the same page. Have fun, experiment, be playful--just make sure everything is discussed beforehand and that it is mutually consensual. Don't get with a play partner who's going to suck the joy out of your life, or you out of hers, for heaven's sake.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 1:50:07 PM   
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ORIGINAL: thorneyone

All these observations are of people already in relationships.
For people like me, leanings and outlooks are the stuff of our fantasy. How do I reconcile sadistic urges with being alone?
I never describe myself Dominant or Master for the reason that I am unable to be that way.
Submission only comes with huge trust and again how can a loner feel any of that?
But then, being so disenfranchised, I do not even have a right to an opinion, do I?



Not all of us are currently in a relationship. You are entitled to your opinion as much as anyone.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 2:35:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: NookieNotes
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ORIGINAL: FieryOpal

But seriously OP, where does being a S/switch fit into the picture in your opinion or experience, other than overlapping within ranges?

It isn't uncommon to hear of a form of S/switching where someone is sub to one gender (Ex: f/M, usually the primary partner), then wanting to dominate the other/their own gender (Ex: F/f).

As a switch, I'll answer how I see it.

On a 100% scale (let's say), I may be:

S: 85%
D: 97%

Because I know when I submit, I do it fully. I go down deep. And I love it. And when I do the D, I live it and breathe it. It's me.

Let's postulate that my Pet is:

S: 91%
D: 85%

So while he will never D me overall, he is an excellent match for my S, and can take me there, when we both agree. I am D in all of our relationship/mental ways, because he does not match me there, but he does provide a challenge, since he is way above average on the D slider, and therefore is used to running his life as he sees fit, and others naturally want to follow him.

Okay, this clarifies things better for me. You are working with two 100% scales, and that's what you meant in your OP about "concurrent sliders."
Unfortunately, I am wondering whether you consider bottoming to be submitting. There are masochistic bottoms who don't submit as submissives. They may comply with the Top, be cooperative and so forth, but never *truly* submit.

When you say that your pet is at an 85% level of Dominance, do you mean that he takes charge of the scene and controls it at an 85/15 split with you? Or is he service Topping you? You say he never wants to be Dominant with men, sub "only in actions." That speaks of bottoming to males, to me, of not wanting to Top them.

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ORIGINAL: NookieNotes

As far as preferences to only submitting to X, that can be two factors (or more, I'm thinking of two):

1. Sexual attraction or something similar.
My Pet is bi, but never wants to be D with men. Only S. And only in actions, never in the mind/relationship, as he does not develop feelings for men.

2. Too off-the charts in one area.
I only dominate women. I have never found a woman I felt i could submit to, ever....

Perhaps you just don't have the desire to submit to a woman.

I may be getting the wrong impression, but I don't see Dominance & submission as a horse race. Sure, there are Dominants who are *more Dominant* than I am, but I would never in a million years want to submit to any of them.

On the other hand, I have no issue with submitting to vanilla authority and being a law-abiding citizen. Never have. Because none of this is a contest to me. (Not saying that it is to you or anybody else either. But we've all known spiteful people who just have to challenge authority, who are ego-driven, and this rebellious nature doesn't *prove* greater or a higher level of Dominance. A bratty sub has a rebellious nature.)

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/3/2014 2:59:06 PM   
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The key realisation for me is that submission is not something I am, it is something I do. So it doesn't really make sense to talk about where I am on the spectrum. That's like saying where I am on a map - as though we were at some fixed point that would never change. I try to avoid some sort of sexual essentialism that describes my submission as if it were a fixed entity. No-one is submissive all the time, no-one is dominant all the time. We control our own sliders, in reaction to others.

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RE: The Dominance / Submission Continuum Is An Incomple... - 12/4/2014 5:27:30 AM   
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ORIGINAL: FieryOpal
Okay, this clarifies things better for me. You are working with two 100% scales, and that's what you meant in your OP about "concurrent sliders."


Yes.

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Unfortunately, I am wondering whether you consider bottoming to be submitting. There are masochistic bottoms who don't submit as submissives. They may comply with the Top, be cooperative and so forth, but never *truly* submit.


No.

There are many people in D/s who are not particularly kinky. Topping and bottoming I see as actions, not mental states. They would be their own set of sliders.

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When you say that your pet is at an 85% level of Dominance, do you mean that he takes charge of the scene and controls it at an 85/15 split with you? Or is he service Topping you? You say he never wants to be Dominant with men, sub "only in actions." That speaks of bottoming to males, to me, of not wanting to Top them.


No, I mean in his overall demeanor he is very dominant. To everyone. That's his average overall. Not in specific situations.

With me, he does take over and top, and dominate. He asks for the time (usually, although sometimes we switch just for fun, when I'm not planning something else), and he plans it, and I go with it and let completely go.

It's not service topping. He craves it. It is part of him. With my girl, he is only dominant. He wondered how it would go, but there is no submission in him to her.

I see what you mean about bottoming to men. I don't see it that way, because it is also very mental for him. He creates relationships, although not romantic with very dominant men, and bottoms and submits to them in pre-planned experiences. Except for the mental component (cuck, etc.) I would say it's bottoming, but it's more than that.

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Perhaps you just don't have the desire to submit to a woman.


I'd honestly be curious, but have yet to meet one I felt I could respect in that role.

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I may be getting the wrong impression, but I don't see Dominance & submission as a horse race. Sure, there are Dominants who are *more Dominant* than I am, but I would never in a million years want to submit to any of them.


Oh, I'm not saying that just because someone may be more dominant that it inspires me to submit to them. Far from it. It still takes all those things that are not D/s. Most of the time, they are totally unsuitable, and we become friends, and sometimes I learn from them.

I'm not stating this for a sort of competition.

You may be stronger than I, through good genes or weight lifting. That's cool. If I'm looking for strength, i may hit you up, but not if you're an utter jerk. If I'm stronger than you, though, I will not go to you for that, regardless.

Make sense. It's not about value judgments or "dommier-than-thou," it's simply a look at what is and human interaction through one kind of lens.

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On the other hand, I have no issue with submitting to vanilla authority and being a law-abiding citizen. Never have. Because none of this is a contest to me. (Not saying that it is to you or anybody else either. But we've all known spiteful people who just have to challenge authority, who are ego-driven, and this rebellious nature doesn't *prove* greater or a higher level of Dominance. A bratty sub has a rebellious nature.)


Agreed.

For the record, I do not think that submitting to authority is a lack of dominance.

In fact, the opposite.

I feel that someone who is natural and easy in their dominance does not feel threatened by authority, excellence, or competence in others. And those are some of the markers I look for when I gather my friends and potential mentors around me.

One of the most dominant men I know carries his wife's bags, purse and small dog when she goes shopping.

*grins*

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ORIGINAL: orgasmdenial12

The key realisation for me is that submission is not something I am, it is something I do. So it doesn't really make sense to talk about where I am on the spectrum. That's like saying where I am on a map - as though we were at some fixed point that would never change. I try to avoid some sort of sexual essentialism that describes my submission as if it were a fixed entity. No-one is submissive all the time, no-one is dominant all the time. We control our own sliders, in reaction to others.


You have a right to your POV, just as I have a right to mine.

I see submission like anything else a part of our personality, not an action. Just like dominance is mental and an energy, not cracking a whip.

Therefore, it is not something that is done, it is part of who we are.

And yes, that may change.

Just as our intrinsic physical strength may change. We are born at one level. Through life, that grows and lessens, due to training or neglect. That can be influenced by the people around us, too. Hanging out with very physically fit people may inspire you to become stronger, to keep up. Hanging with couch potatoes may find you gaining a belly.

That does not, however, mean that you are a different strength with different people. The level is the same with everyone in your life during that moment, although it is relative. You may feel weak around a body builder, and strong around an old woman.

*smiles*


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