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Do you believe in peace is a possibility for humanity, the absence of war, poverty, racism, major violence and discrimination?

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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory
Do you believe in peace is a possibility for humanity, the absence of war, poverty, racism, major violence and discrimination?

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If so, what place do you believe BDSM have in possibility of world peace? Will BDSM be the same?
(I ask this because a lot of fetishes and BDSM practices come from social taboo and roles. I believe if we lived in a more peaceful state most taboo ideas and imposed social roles will deminish therefore so-called fetishes won't have to be "fetishes" but normal sexual behavior based on your sexual development and taste.  And our collective ideas of degradation, humiliation and punishment would probably change too.)

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Do you believe that humanity is a patriarchal? If so, do you think there will ever be a time when humans will become "matriarchal" or maybe a more equaliterian society?

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Do you believe in equality?

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Do you believe in natural sexual superiority? If so explain why.

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Does dominant mean superior?

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What is superiority? And what makes a person superior?

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Is the Queen bee in bee society superior, more important, better than, smarter than any other bees in the society? Are male lions superior to female lions? Are alpha wolves superior to other wolves? Are bonobo females superior to male bonobos? (I believe that there is no such things as "superiority" in the animal kingdom. I believe that each species live the best life it can for the greater good of the whole ecosystem, not only the species. Just because a strong animal is able to overbear or kill another doesn't mean it has superior or it has won).

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What's the different between a dominant person and a non-submissive person?

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Does there have to be degradation, humiliation and physical "abuse" in order for a person to dominate a slave (I'm thinking in terms of lets say American slavery and tactics that slave owners use to mentally enslave African slaves. Like rape, name calling, restrictions and whippings. What's the healthy difference between that and consensual slavery other than "abuse")?

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What makes a dominant person dominant over another? Does there have to be a subject to give power for a person to be dominant?

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Do you agree that some BDSM is based off of societial sexual guilt? If so, why should BDSM players encourage the guilt through play? Shouldn't we be combating guilt and taboo? For example, why should a female slave who loves to fuck and suck be called a slut just because society brands a woman who likes to fuck and suck a slut? Or why should men with small penises be made to feel worthless because of their small penises by a dominant woman through play? Is it healthy just because it is "consensual" and the slave likes it?

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Do you ever think BDSM practices will be of the norm and not just a dark art or alternative lifestyle?

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Do you think the rest of humanity would ever catch on to power play, power exchange, role reversal, consensual pain infliction and humilaition, practical slave owning, polyamorous relationships and so on?

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Do you feel that the BDSM community should have the responsibility of sharing what we know about power, control and sex with the rest of the world or should we keep the fun to ourselves?

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I can go on forever, but this is enough for now. Please answer what you can/want.

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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory

These are some really random questions. I've been thinking bout stuff like this a lot. The relation between BDSM and the state of humanity.

Do you believe in peace is a possibility for humanity, the absence of war, poverty, racism, major violence and discrimination?

Not even kinda sorta maybe. Read Hobbes, or if you don't feel like doing the tough sledding, get Lord of the Flies.

If so, what place do you believe BDSM have in possibility of world peace? Will BDSM be the same?
(I ask this because a lot of fetishes and BDSM practices come from social taboo and roles. I believe if we lived in a more peaceful state most taboo ideas and imposed social roles will deminish therefore so-called fetishes won't have to be "fetishes" but normal sexual behavior based on your sexual development and taste.  And our collective ideas of degradation, humiliation and punishment would probably change too.)

Hmm thats a question based on some pretty thin presumptions , what lawyers call a slippery slope argument. I dont care, all I care about is what affects me and mine, not some theoretical mumbo jumbo.The Gor folks may disagree.

Do you believe that humanity is a patriarchal? If so, do you think there will ever be a time when humans will become "matriarchal" or maybe a more equaliterian society?

No, maybe, but never equalitarian.
Read John Rawls.
We are born into unequal situations with unequal talents, its just the way it is.

Do you believe in equality?

Nope.I believe in meritocracy but that all people should have some basic rights as people. I also think no matter what, there will always exists some people who seek to take those rights by force if required.Hence the development of society.

Do you believe in natural sexual superiority? If so explain why.

No

Does dominant mean superior?

No

What is superiority? And what makes a person superior?

Depends on the situation, I would take Mike Tyson over Steven Hawkins in a boxing match but not in a math contest.

Is the Queen bee in bee society superior, more important, better than, smarter than any other bees in the society? Are male lions superior to female lions? Are alpha wolves superior to other wolves? Are bonobo females superior to male bonobos? (I believe that there is no such things as "superiority" in the animal kingdom. I believe that each species live the best life it can for the greater good of the whole ecosystem, not only the species. Just because a strong animal is able to overbear or kill another doesn't mean it has superior or it has won).

Tell it to all the extinct species.According to Darwin, they may not be inferior but they sure failed the fitness test.Nice idea, flawed in reality.

What's the different between a dominant person and a non-submissive person?

One submits.

Does there have to be degradation, humiliation and physical "abuse" in order for a person to dominate a slave (I'm thinking in terms of lets say American slavery and tactics that slave owners use to mentally enslave African slaves. Like rape, name calling, restrictions and whippings. What's the healthy difference between that and consensual slavery other than "abuse")?

No, see roman slavery where many people, including leading intellectuals sold themselves into slavery so that they could eventually become roman citizens.

What makes a dominant person dominant over another? Does there have to be a subject to give power for a person to be dominant?

No.

Do you agree that some BDSM is based off of societial sexual guilt? If so, why should BDSM players encourage the guilt through play? Shouldn't we be combating guilt and taboo? For example, why should a female slave who loves to fuck and suck be called a slut just because society brands a woman who likes to fuck and suck a slut? Or why should men with small penises be made to feel worthless because of their small penises by a dominant woman through play? Is it healthy just because it is "consensual" and the slave likes it?

See slippery slope comment above.

Do you ever think BDSM practices will be of the norm and not just a dark art or alternative lifestyle?

No.And I don't know if its a dark art or not. In judeo christian western culture certain sexual  practices are deemed unaceptable and thus driven behind closed doors. But to say that an open sexual society has not a cannot exist is ludicrous, I just dont see it happening. It goes against the basic human nature of declaring ones own kind, type, color, government, race, sex as superior.

Do you think the rest of humanity would ever catch on to power play, power exchange, role reversal, consensual pain infliction and humilaition, practical slave owning, polyamorous relationships and so on?

Depends on the society

Do you feel that the BDSM community should have the responsibility of sharing what we know about power, control and sex with the rest of the world or should we keep the fun to ourselves?

I would argue that we would do a whole lot better learning about the use of power from those who have practiced it over the ages.Want to learn about the use of power, read The Prince, read Dworkin, read Ceaser. I think its fairly arrogant to assume we have a better idea how to use power than they do.

I can go on forever, but this is enough for now. Please answer what you can/want.

And thank you!

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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory

For all of the folk who can't understand some of the "vague" questions like "do you believe in equality" and " Does dominant mean superior?" I mean in the context of what has been said before and after the question. I am talking about equality amongst humans are we equals, are you equal to a convict, murderer, a pastor, the president, your master, your submissive? 

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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory
With that being said, I believe peace is possible. We just have to physically work on it.

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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory

I have to disagree with Kana's belief that extinct species have "failed" how so? They have done their time, they have all had a indirect hand in our existence, we learn from them and they are instrumental in our evolution, our survival and success as a species. So how have they failed?

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(I ask this because a lot of fetishes and BDSM practices come from social taboo and roles. I believe if we lived in a more peaceful state most taboo ideas and imposed social roles will deminish therefore so-called fetishes won't have to be "fetishes" but normal sexual behavior based on your sexual development and taste.  And our collective ideas of degradation, humiliation and punishment would probably change too.)

I disagree because of your defintion or use of taboo....i do not think most bdsm practices are taboo....as taboo by definition will always remain taboo and it is on a slightly different level of 'non acceptability' than bdsm. For example i feel incest and peadophilia are taboo and so is pre-meditative murder and will always remain so.

Do you believe that humanity is a patriarchal? If so, do you think there will ever be a time when humans will become "matriarchal" or maybe a more equaliterian society?

No i do not believe society as a whole is patriarchial (but try posting this on the Gorean forum.....) and that certain parts of society are and in the first world it is a mediated fantasy that it is such. In poorer third world countries woman are culturally strong, run the market places, carry and cook and work. Patriarchy and matriarchy are culture bound systems.  i also personally believe that women are able to multi-task better, live longer and have hardier personalities than men by stint of innate evoution. i am a post modernist slave as i get most of my power from a power exchange with my Master, whom i respect above all others. No contradiction in my head that my strength comes from my abilities to serve.

Do you believe in equality?

Yes until my dying day. i also believe that power exchange rather than power over (top down decision making) is the way to true equality. Think about it; even a democracy, or a board of Directors, or a Jury has a casting vote or a majority rule.

Do you believe in natural sexual superiority? If so explain why.

Sexuality is natural. What will out, will out. It's a force that if suppressed will erupt anyways.

Does dominant mean superior?

i supposed i am biased: but i know that the power to say no lies with the submissive unless the submissive chooses to have no limits. That's a power paradox that's all.

What is superiority? And what makes a person superior?

Whatever i consider to make a person superior is just a judgement in the same way that what i believe would make a person inferor. Respect is what i feel for anther rather than a sense of inferiority to them.


Do you agree that some BDSM is based off of societial sexual guilt? If so, why should BDSM players encourage the guilt through play?

No: bdsm is based on suspension of guilt. Having let go of most of both my guilt and shame it is fun to put it back in and build it back into play. i am so 'ashamed' and humiliated when forced to confess that which i feel no shame about.

Do you ever think BDSM practices will be of the norm and not just a dark art or alternative lifestyle?

No. Today's newspapers are tomorrow's fish and chip wrappers. We will and are co=opting bdsm at a fair rate of knots. It's the best form of global warming...global hotting up???? What is in the closet now will be in the shops tomorrow.


Do you feel that the BDSM community should have the responsibility of sharing what we know about power, control and sex with the rest of the world or should we keep the fun to ourselves?

i can just about take responsinility for confessing my needs to Master.....i cannot take on the rest of the World.

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Humans are still genetically programmed to seek pole postions.

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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory

For all of the folk who can't understand some of the "vague" questions like "do you believe in equality" and " Does dominant mean superior?" I mean in the context of what has been said before and after the question. I am talking about equality amongst humans are we equals, are you equal to a convict, murderer, a pastor, the president, your master, your submissive? 

No human is equal.  Yet no one is ever less than another.
 
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ORIGINAL: GoddessGlory

For all of the folk who can't understand some of the "vague" questions like "do you believe in equality" and " Does dominant mean superior?" I mean in the context of what has been said before and after the question. I am talking about equality amongst humans are we equals, are you equal to a convict, murderer, a pastor, the president, your master, your submissive?