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bastardandthewen -> RE: Easy Submissives... (2/27/2007 1:55:34 PM)
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I'm a fighter. The thought of submitting is absolutely terrifying to me. I get off on fear, by the way. I rarely submit to anyone easilly. It is a concious effort everytime on my part to let down my guard and allow it to happen. The very act of submitting, being it something simple or a very difficult task...no matter...it all makes me feel vulnerable somehow. After years with the Bastard, any struggle that occurs now is more playful, and not genuine. It works for us because it amuses him to win, and if he is not in the mood, one look is enough to make me simmer the hell down, fast. I am a control freak. I won't go into the background here, but through my life I have learned that if i want things done, then its best if ~i~ do it. I rely on my own strength and trust myself more then anyone else i have ever encountered. Giving up that control then, even for a brief period, leaves me feeling very exposed. It is an odd sensation to look at someone you know/likely care about (i don't do so well with strangers), know you can trust them, but STILL have to remind yourself over and over "they won't harm me". But everytime, i have to remind myself of this fact over and over before i can let down defences and let them in. Usually, this whole struggle goes on in my head, and is not something my partner has to work through at all. I also studied a fair bit of feminist stuff in early uni years. And it is a battle to balance the effects of that information with the action of submitting to a man (I'm not being mysogynous -I'm speaking on a personal level, and i tend to the domme side with other women). I guess on some level it is an extension of all this that i personally feel "lesser" when i am submitting. (flames to my email, and not here taking the thread off topic, please). I feel a loss of status, and the very act of submitting at all is degrading/humiliating, even before serious play has begun. I don't give in easy, therefore, cause i don't want to risk a loss of respect. Oddly enough, when the roles are reversed and i am topping, i dont feel my partner is lower then i am in any fashion...i just can't seem to retain that sense of equality when i bottom. I'm described by Bastard as a "socially Dominant Wench". I tend to hide behind such things alot. I am obnoxiously loud and outgoing...but it covers up the very shy and easilly embarrased side of my personality. And I jump in to take control of most situations to hide the fact that i really really want to find someone strong enough to take that control from me. The fight, and the loosing is absolutely thrilling to me. Yes, I am aware that this is topping from the bottom, apparently. All I can offer in my own defense to that is the few people i have actually tried this with seemed to find it highly asmusing in the "awww, isn't she sweet, *pat pat*" sort of way. I imagine if i ever had the poor judgement to try this with someone for whom it would not be in the slightest bit funny, i would quickly pick up on thier displeasure and feel instant remorse.
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