MasterFireMaam
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Joined: 3/1/2006 From: Charleston, WV Status: offline
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I'd like to share something that fits with this topic. Many people can find a "submissive Creed" online that dictates how (specifically sister) submissive are to treat each other. The Fem Dom group I helped found, since we are a support group for Female Dominants, decided to set down on paper a Dominant's Creed. This is how we treat each other in our group. (I'm going to have to post it, then reformat it, so if you're reading and it looks like crap, give me a minute or two). It'd be nice if these things were universal. ----- (FAD) Dominant Creed and Dominant Scene Etiquette As a Female Dominant of FAD, I promise to treat my fellow Female Dominants within our Sisterhood with respect and practice honesty, integrity and tolerance within FAD. I will do my best to follow proper scene protocol and will always follow the Safe, Sane and Consensual credo. Respect – In this organization and in the leather community as a whole respect between Sisters should be an assumption, a norm, to be given freely no matter race, age, sexual orientation/preference, lifestyle orientation, religion, etc. Even if you choose to no longer respect a Sister on a personal basis, you should still conduct yourself in such a manner as to be respectful of Her kink, Her property and Her opinions and the right to have them. Honesty – In this organization and leather community honesty should be the preferred choice of demeanor. Lies and deceit are best left outside FAD. And, if you make a mistake, or find yourself in bad situation where you didn’t do quite the right thing, it is never too late to own up to it and apologize. People will respect you for that. Most of all, don’t lie about your intentions, skill, expertise or experience…someone’s safety, FAD’s safety, even your own, might be at risk. Integrity – In this organization and leather community backstabbing and pettiness do not lend themselves to camaraderie and empowerment; therefore, don’t practice them here. We all make mistakes and all know that it takes a bigger Woman to own up to them than to avoid them. Apologize for wrong doings, intentional or not. Make your word mean something. If you promise someone you’ll do something, follow through. If it winds up that you can’t do this, show the respect that we talked about, let someone know, contact the one you can’t follow through with. They may be a little miffed, but they won’t be nearly as disappointed or disillusioned as if you hadn’t let them know at all, and you’ll still maintain their respect. Tolerance – We have often heard the phrase “Your kink is not my kink”, but what does it really mean? It means that we must learn to be tolerant of people who have different wants, needs and desires other than our own. We must also try to remember that when people speak, they are speaking from their own unique perspective. Be respectful of others and most likely, they will be respectful of you. Scene Etiquette – Because of the immense diversity of Women, we have decided to adopt our own FAD rules for scene etiquette. We realize these lie on the conservative side, but better safe than sorry in the long run. In the end, we apply similar rules to the Ds/Ms lifestyle as we would expect from decent people in the vanilla dating scene. You wouldn’t try to “hook up” with someone else’s date, right? 1. subs that attend a meeting, demo, social or other FAD function with a Dominant are considered their property for the entire duration of the event, collared or not. 2. Don’t touch a submissive without permission of said submissive and/or their owning Dominant. 3. If the submissive is wearing a House Collar, you MUST ask one of the Protectors about play BEFORE asking the submissive. 4. If you would like to play with a claimed submissive at a function, ask permission of the owning Dominant BEFORE speaking with the submissive.If you find that you hit it off with a claimed submissive and want to get to know them better, talk to the owning Dominant before pursing more after-function play. While the submissive may not be collared, the Dominant may be pursuing a relationship.
< Message edited by MasterFireMaam -- 4/10/2007 6:45:19 PM >
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