ShadeDiva
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Joined: 3/31/2004 From: Sacramento, California Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Sinergy I have to agree with this on a number of levels. I am not a sadist. I taught martial arts for years and know how to dish out pain. Mr. Tiny doesnt jump to attention every time I tie up my submissive and do things to cause her pain. However, the look in her eyes and on her face and the sensations in her skin as I run my fingers lightly across her reddened behind cause an almost transcendant mental state / peak experience for me. I have difficulty describing it, I love the hell out of sex, but I dont really see my bdsm activities as having a sexual basis. Apart from the fact that everything in life, to me, has a sexual basis. Sinergy Well now, see I'd disagree with that. I AM a sadist - and a fucking wicked and mean one at that - just in a *good* way! *chortle* And you might not like the label but I'd apply thsat liberally to you as well, you would be a sadist in my eyes, 100%. This is why I say *mixed up* when I say I am puzzled why sex gets mixed up in either domination or various words. To receive sexual stimulation or gratification from sadistic acyts is NOT the *only* definition of the woird sadist - it's just the one that most folks seem hell bent on thinking about when they hear the word. Most of that is because the majoproty of people don't know all the things that the terms and words they use actually *mean* and they get stuck on *one* variation and don't take the time or energy to remember how malleable and varied our words that we so casually toss around *are*. Case in point: Main Entry: sa·dism Pronunciation: 'sA-"di-z&m, 'sa- Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Marquis de Sade Date: 1888 1 : a sexual perversion in which gratification is obtained by the infliction of physical or mental pain on others (as on a love object); compare MASOCHISM 2 a : delight in cruelty b : excessive cruelty So you see, the mere fact that you respond in a positive manner to her expressions or indictations of feeling any kind of pain, do in fact, in MY little book, make you a sadist 100%. That being said, there are levels to one's sadisticness and nature, being a sadist doesn't mean you are wanting to hear gut wrenching howls of agony (though yanno ... in the *right* setting with the *right* person* that could be intriguing I'm sure, LOL!), even if you enjoy making them uncomfortable that is sadistic, IMO. Hell I think folks are mental sadists, those are the folks that lovvvvvve to keep folks off balance, on their toes, and not sure what's gonna happen next! Yup! That's right! All you folks that love mind fucks are in MY opinion, a form and type of mental sadist! tee hee! As for sex and BDSM, I see it as this: BDSM for me, is NOT about sex at all. It has sexual undercurrents and undertones that course throughout it and are entwined, yes, but that is merely an underscoring of the actual power dynamics taking place it is more a manner for us to see in a tangiable manner the act that is taking place rather than the sole defining force of it. It is a piece, but not the whole. Being sexual does not automatically equate getting off or turned on or sexually stimulatedbut it does help to highlight and underscore the actual surrendering and the accepting of power that is going on, and can be used as a tool to promote, encourage and used to show how far reaching the power is that they have just given over to you. For me, to make it all about sex would lessen it's intensity and spirituality considerably to the point I doubt I would have much interest in it. Sexuality is a powerful tool and trigger, but I firmly believe humans are far more about sex, they simply seem to be more confortable limiting themselves to making most things be about and revolve around sex. Then again, I am DEFINITELY not wired like most folks. lol. I don't see sex like 99% of humans do, nor do I understand why people put so much emphasis and weight on it. I enjoy sex as much as anyone else, but I refuse to let that define me or make my decisions for me or control me as an adult sentient human. If I'm going to say I'm a sentient being then I damn well better act like it I suppose is my deal. And yeah, I've never been someone to say I was so in lust or so turned on that I knew I shouldn't do *it* (whatever *it* might be). I simply refuse to allow myself that excuse for making a stupid decision. Same thing for being drunk or what have you. If I'm going to be stupid, then I will be damn honest with myself that I am CHOOSING to be stupid. LOL! Again I'm just not wired like most folks seem to be. Needless to say I was a strange teenager LOL! Wait, I'm STILL strange, LMAO! ~ShadeDiva
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