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Sensualips -> RE: Some Rules For The Game (5/1/2006 10:28:52 AM)
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This was one of the first things I read when I started checking out bdsm type stuff online. While the overall message is fine, a few things troubled me and still do. The most glaring on the submissive end - quote:
Be patient! A potential top will let you know if she or he is interested in you or not. quote:
Your top needs to know basic information about you, such as experiences, fantasies, health concerns, and turn-offs. But - unless it's an emergency - wait until your top asks. Don't expect your dominant to be a mind-reader who instinctively knows your needs, wants, and limits. A submissive is supposed to sit and wait hopefully for a top to express interest? And then wait for him/her to ask before communicating about most things? How can a person say to wait until asked and then turn around and advise not to expect the top to be a mind reader? I feel like overall this squishes a submissive into a very passive role. For me, submission is not about setting up some guidelines and then waiting for things to be done to you. On the dominant side -- quote:
Submissives are looking for someone who will take over their body and mind, not just for brute strength. Really? All of them? quote:
Make your submissive fall in love with you, and expect him or her to give him/herself up to you totally. And what about relationships that are not based on romantic love? Both of these make me feel like I could not be "dominant" if I did not have this desire to hunt down a submissive and then overtake him/her at every level - physically, emotionally, etc. quote:
Don't shirk your responsibility to your bottom or to your sister/fellow tops. I understand this regarding the bottom, but what exactly is meant by responsibility to fellow tops? I just think this is an over simplified perspective. If it speaks to you, then it has value to you. It is a good starting point for discussions. It just tweaks me that I see it being put forth over and over, on mailing lists or forums or whatever, as a type of bdsm-basics rule book. Then again, I have never been a huge fan of rules anyway. ;)
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