Andalusite
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I'm certainly not going to argue with someone about their identity or label of choice, that would be rude/unproductive. In general, I consider bisexuality to include anyone who has sex with or sexual interest in people of both genders, including "forced" play, sex-only without relationships, and relationships. I consider switching to include any combination of sadism/masochism, tying someone else up/getting tied up, or Domination/submission. It doesn't necessarily involve D/s. If someone is submissive but likes occasionally topping or dominant and likes occasionally bottoming, I would tend to think of that as switching on the S/M and/or bondage areas, but not D/s, I get a little confused by them saying they aren't a switch, just like I get a little confused by guys who insist they are straight but like to suck cock, or women who are lesbian but frequently have sex with men. If they've done it once or twice in the past, didn't like it, then sure, they tried it and decided it wasn't for them, but if it's on an ongoing basis, I find their choice of labels rather puzzling. I don't think they hate switches or bisexuals respectively if they choose not to use those labels. If someone wants to call their cocker spaniel a kitten or their goldfish a parrot, I'm likewise not going to argue with them over it, but I won't really understand their reasoning. MG4A, I started out for 5 years as a Domme, and didn't bottom to anything during that time. In my next relationship, I both topped and bottomed, without any D/s involved, so I considered myself to be a switch. I don't think of it as a growth stage, just that I enjoy and am capable of both. :) Darcy and the dark, I'm fine with being involved with dominants, submissives, tops, bottoms, or switches, depending on how compatible we are in other respects. I agree that people tend to use "switch" as a catch-all for "not sure yet/haven't tried it but openminded," since there isn't a separate option for that. There are plenty of people who identify as Dominant but have no real-time experience, or as submissive without any real-time experience, so I wouldn't assume that either label means that they know what they are doing.
< Message edited by Andalusite -- 3/17/2009 8:17:15 AM >
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