Sinergy
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Well, the problem I see with the survey, after looking at it more deeply, is as follows. I go to a play party or a munch, where I am introduced to somebody who tells me they are a submissive. I have no empirical evidence to support this, and go entirely on their say-so. Not really a problem for me, I show respect to everybody and figure he/she may be a submissive, but they are not MY submissive and it is not my place to make demands. So I chat with them and I am polite, etc. Then another person walks up and introduces themselves as a Dominant. Fine with me, I say my name and am polite and chat and the like. At this same party, some Dominant is introduced to this same submissive and demands he/she go in the other room, get him a beer, and proceeds to insist that He/She be able to use the submissive as he sees fit. I have heard from some who believe that per BDSM protocol rules, the submissive should do these things without question since it is a Dominant telling them to do it. My point is that the determining factor for BDSM roles in the survey as listed is individual identification, so I am not sure how to go about answering the poll. I could go around the US introducing myself as the Simian in Chief, but I doubt I could get the military to invade Iraq simply on my say-so. Viewpoints on what a person's role in BDSM (or anything else involving humans) vary widely. A better starting point for these surveys might be "How do you define the role of Dominant in a BDSM setting." Same for submissive. This allows the discussion of protocols to work since everybody comes to some sort of consensus about what the terms mean before we start trying to define what the protocols applying to these roles are. Sinergy
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