hisannabelle -> RE: How did you claim your title? (4/12/2007 4:14:51 PM)
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greetings ladypact, i don't see slave as a title, rather as a label. it's not some special status only bestowed upon the worthy, or something like that. many people would like to think that about the labels with which we refer to ourselves, and in some circles, that's how it's handled...but i doubt anyone will ever be able to streamline things so only twue slaves can be called slaves, etc. everyone has their own opinion about what a slave is, what a master is, etc. that's just how things are. getting upset about Other People's Opinions or mad because somebody who's only online uses the term master or whatever just causes the angry person to be angry and stressed for something entirely beyond their control. this thread reminds me of differing views in the pagan community (at least the local community, and things i've seen from elsewhere) about what makes a priestess. i call myself a priestess because it describes me, as i define priestess and as i've seen some others do so. some people think that i cannot be a priestess at the age of 19 regardless of the number of years i've spent seriously studying and practicing paganism. for other people it has nothing to do with age. "high priestess" would be a title conferred onto a priestess who is a leader of a group within a wiccan tradition, for example, by someone who is higher up within that tradition, but "priestess" is just a label, to me. it's a way of communicating that part of my personality to other people within the confines of language. overall, though, i think the biggest problem here is that people confuse titles with labels. master, slave, etc. are things we call ourselves. titles are things that are conferred onto us, that have some sort of impact in our lives, like, as someone else mentioned, professor, etc. unless bdsm ends up being more institutionalized and organized and there is actually a streamlined process by which someone can earn the title of master and that becomes the generally accepted practice, i don't think i'll personally ever consider those things to be titles in the same way that, say, "associate professor" or "dean" is a title. annabelle.
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