“Dominance in BDSM is present when one individual, has the informed consent of another to be in control of that person within agreed limits and at agreed times as long as that informed consent persists”.•
This is the third of my BDSM definition blogs. I’m trying to produce these on the basis of inviting comment and criticism from the BDSM community, especially from the site I take part in most, the UK’s Informed Consent.
The debate on this definition (actually a slightly different version of it – I’ve re-edited it to be
compatible with my definition of submission – is on this thread)
Please vote on the poll below to tell me what you think of this definition, and do comment here if you wish – I am really interested in people’s views, for or against!
*NB – I am assuming agreed limits and times could extent to “no limits” and “always”, as in a master/slave relationship.
Related articles
- Definitions – so what is a BDSM Slave? (belasarius.com)
- Definitions – submission in BDSM (belasarius.com)
- BDSM Definitions – summary page (belasarius.com)
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I voted that this definition needs work. You captured the technical side of it, but where is the passion? It is like describing the universe in mathemtical terms–it’s a bit dry. That is just my opinion.