DominaSmartass -> RE: Why is it so hard to find genuine sub females under 25? (1/16/2007 8:22:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: julietsierra My take on this has sort of been mentioned, but I'm going to go a step further. Yes, it's about exploration. Yes, it's about perhaps still not knowing for sure your expectations, etc. But generally speaking (and yes, I understand about broad generalities), in broad sociological terms, I think that those in the 18-25 year old group are busy becoming independent. They are moving out of their parents home, learning how to live on their own, experiencing life as an adult for the first time, making their own decisions and in essence, growing up to undertake adult responsibilities and enjoy adult freedoms. This is not to say that there aren't well-adjusted submissives out there under 25, but that as a whole, the 18-25 year old group is at a place developmentally where they are not set up to delve into D/s. Regardless of their stability, mental and emotional health and the way their interests lie, the are simply at a time in their lives wherein the lessons of independence are far more important than becoming involved in D/s activities (not to be confused with SM activities.). I think that SM is a far more active exploratory venture for this group of people than D/s is. In fact, while there are many exceptions to this, I think that D/s might just be a bit like dear old dad and sociologically speaking, they're at a time when it's time for dear old dad to step back and let their children, now turned adults fly for a while. Course, since I'm not in that age group, I might just be assuming things I shouldn't assume. juliet No Juliet, I said something similar (but less elaborate) in my first post and I think you hit the nail on the head. One of the largest obstacles to my being someone's slave at age 20 (besides the fact that he was a bastard, lol) was that I felt as though I could not whole-heartedly commit to giving up 100% control to someone when I was barely in control of myself. At 20 I was still under my parents' roof metaphorically since they paid for school and everything, and I had higher powers to answer to like professors who would determine whether I graduated with honors or barely graduated. If I, or anyone in that situation, were to give over control to a dom, I think it would create some sort of gap in my maturation as an individual person.
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