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well the other day I was wonder on how to answer the question what does the Dominant get out of it.. when one of the member one of the BDSM groups I am in posted this.. and I found this in a nutsehll is the best answer.
borrowed this article from another group I hope you each enjoy it.
What is a Dominant?
A Dominant can be summed up in one word: RESPONSIBLE And if you want,
you can stop right there. That's all there is to it. Scratch any true
Dominant and you'll find a responsibility junkie.
You'll find a man that feels, even at the most inopportune moments,
that, he is responsible for what has gone on. Egotistical to be sure.
The true Dominant feels that things beyond his control shouldn't have
been beyond his control - and that if people would have listened to
him the economy would be in better shape.
The true Dominant wants control, but then, so do the wannbe's or even
worse, the TRYtobe's. What makes the true Dominant different is that
he understands that to one degree or another everything he touches
carries with it the responsibility for that touch. Whatever task or
challenge the True Dominant takes on, he worries that things might
get out of his control and that he may not be able to fix what has
gone awry.
As a hunter, he looks at the world through the eyes of a predator. He
looks at submissives as his prey. But he knows that the wanting is
easier than the getting and that the getting is easier than the
having. He knows that any fool can go to the pet store and bring home
an exotic animal. But what sets him apart from a fool is that he
knows that is only the beginning - that once home, he is in charge of
that animal's welfare and that he is responsible for what happens to
it while in his charge.
Was it sick when he bought it and they didn't tell him? He feels that
he should have been smarter and known more about what he was buying.
Is it alive, but not growing and happy? Then he feels that he's not
giving it the correct environment. Did lightning strike his house and
burn it down along with his animal? He knows that HAD HE left it in
the store, it might still be alive today. He knows that he has NO
RIGHT to damage that which he touches. In other words, he knows that,
had he not touched it, he would not be responsible but that once
touched, he is forever responsible.
As a Dominant in a relationship, he claims by right to set all the
standards, all the limits and all the rules. But by doing that, he
sets himself up for all of the repercussions of that. He has a very
strict set of priorities:
1. Her Needs
2. His Needs
3. His WANTS
4. Her WANTS
He has taken the submissive by force - against her will. He has
overwhelmed her intellect with his, her will with his, her spirit
with his ... until she had no choice but to surrender to him. Now he
faces the awesome burden of fulfilling her needs, since by definition
she is submitting to his world, his rules and his limits.
The first question you might rightly ask is: Why would anyone in
their right mind take on that much responsibility when every single
action can have so many and such terrible consequences?
The answer to that question resides in how you feel about the
following
statement: "There is simply no substitute for the feeling of holding
the reins of power"
If you don't agree, you may stop now and run along to some BDSM chat
room and talk about the size of your flogger and the length of your
rope. You may be a decent TOP, but you're not a Dominant. If you're
still here, then read and understand this: It's all about the
responsibility, stupid!
To the Dominant, the submissive is his property to do with as he sees
fit. But always he carries the responsibility for what he's done. And
he carries the responsibility for what has been done to her in the
past, too. When he sets the rules, he has to set rules under which
she can not just endure, but grow and flourish. What this means is
that he has to get to KNOW her. He has to be able to understand her -
he should in time know her needs better that SHE does. And always act
accordingly.
So it comes as no shock that a true Dominant does not collar someone
after the third date. He may decide in that time that he WANTS her,
but he knows that he hasn't yet a CLUE what it would take to KEEP
her. A true Dominant is more likely to date someone for 3 or 6 months
and take the time to learn more about the responsibility he is taking
on. He should take the time to learn where her happiness lies. Learn
what she will do when it comes time that she is NOT happy. Learn what
will be required of HIM when that time comes. Learn if he is strong
enough and smart enough to do what it takes. If he learns that he is
dating a woman that is stronger that he can be, he politely begs off,
because in the back of his own squirmy mind, he hears the sage
advice: "son, you maybe could rope it, but you could never ride it."
But having said that, it's never an easy call. Partly because a
Dominant always wants more than he can get, but also because to admit
that to himself is to confront a weakness in himself that he's none
too proud of. Yes, it's wise to know one's limitations, but another
thing to admit them.
It also points out a fact overlooked by many Dominants: The problems
that he might be experiencing with his submissive may have been
caused by the last Dominant. He has to always be mindful that if he
ever does terminate the relationship with his submissive, she will
bear the scars of his control or his mistakes. In the relatively
small and closed society D/s people tend to moving, a Dominant should
always be aware that his reputation may be more enhanced or trashed
by what people see as the condition of his EX submissives than of his
current one.
Once he's decided that she is fair prey, he then sets about using
every tool at his disposal to overcome her common sense and force her
to surrender to his will. Then the real job starts. Using the
knowledge that he has gained about what it takes to keep this
particular creature in his captivity, he sets about to build her a
world (by setting rules and limits) in which she can grow, thrive and
decide to be happy.
And there's an important element. Only SHE can decide to BE happy.
While the Dominant must give her the tools that she will need to
build that happiness, he knows that only she can USE those tools to
BUILD her happiness. Now as much as he'd like it to be different, he
can't know everything about her. He learns along the way. He tries
something, observes the results, and applies what he has learned.
When something goes wrong, he assumes first and foremost that he has,
in some way, failed. He assumes that he didn't see a sign that he
should have seen, he assumes that he should have foreseen some
situation. He always assumes that the problem lies within him before
looking to her.
Why should this be so? Because he's in charge, that's why. He is the
one who set the rules and built the environment and in fact captured
her. Just like the Captain of a Naval vessel that runs aground while
he is off duty and in his cabin ... it's his responsibility. Not
always his fault but always his responsibility.
Is there a time to question her actions and her motives? Of course.
What went wrong MAY have been her fault. BUT, a true Dominant looks
there ONLY after assuring himself that he in fact DID do all the
right things. After eliminating his own fault (or contribution) then
and only then does he look to her. And even if it IS her fault, he
again looks to himself to see if his expectations were unreasonable,
his training or instructions inadequate, etc. and the process repeats
itself until exhausting all possible levels of his own faults and
responsibilities - then he make take what he calls 'corrective
action' First and foremost, the true Dominant fulfills his
responsibilities. What he demands in return is TRUST.
With each step he takes, the true Dominant may expect to earn a
higher level of her trust. This is the next important concept that
the Dominant understands: He constantly and always works to earn her
trust. When a Dominant gives an order he expects obedience. Instant
and without question. But he also understands that she will give this
obedience only when she trusts that no harm will come as a result of
her obedience. Physical, mental, emotional � any kind of harm that
befalls her in the obedience of a directive is surely and squarely
HIS fault - so she MUST trust that the order will not result in harm.
Can the action from the order make her unhappy? Sure. Can it really
upset her? That's ok, too as long as it is purely an emotional
reaction and not a sign of harm. When the order is given for her to
cut off her own hand. She refuses, it is quite simple to accept that
she refused because she knew, beyond doubt, that the order would
cause her immediate and irreparable harm. In other words, the
Dominant AND the submissive know that she does not, nor SHOULD
have ... that level of trust in him. On the somewhat less drastic
scale, the Dominant should not issue an order that pushes her beyond
her level of trust and in the event that she fails must always assume
(once again) that he is the one that set a condition that would cause
her to fail.
More importantly, the true Dominant knows that each failure is a set
back for her as well as for him, and that he will once again have to
work just that much harder to regain some lost trust, now that it's
right in her face that he is fallible and can make mistakes.
As the true Dominant continually works to build an ever higher level
of
trust, he will push her closer and closer to her limitations. This is
the next set of challenges for the Dominant. When he met her, she
most likely had a set of 'limits' beyond which she didn't care to go.
The Dominant set out, in his mind, to find out the difference between
what and where she WANTS to go in favor of what and where she is
CAPABLE of going.
The true Dominant will disregard her stated 'limits' in favor of his
own desires. He will, of course, do this gently and easily, building
trust all the while, so that in a perfect world, she doesn't realize
that she's passed her own limits and is well into HIS world.
Let's take two simple examples: Ask any potential submissive that
they'll tell you that dogs and children are 'hard limits.' And pretty
good ones if you ask PIG because ... well ..... Ewwwwwwwwwww!
Now, the first is kinda sick .. and illegal in a lot of states. The
second is VERY sick and illegal in ALL states.
One would rightly assume that any rational woman would refuse to have
sex with children and for more reasons than we care to describe here.
Except one: It would make her feel terrible. It would make her
violate the law and any standards any sense of decency or morality
that our society holds true. Why is that the only one we're
discussing? Simply to illustrate the point that the true Dominant
knows that there is NO level of trust that she could have in him, nor
is there any technique that he could use after the fact to make it
right. It is a limitation no different that asking her to fly by
flapping her arms.
In the first example, assuming you lived in a place where sex with
animals was legal (are there any places?) you still run the risk of
emotionally damaging her. Certainly it would in some way change her.
How is this different? Only that it is possible to foster in a
submissive the desire to go where lesser women can't go. To endure
things that would crumble a lesser woman. To be a better submissive.
It is possible that the Dominant would have the ability, the talent
and desire to get her to desire to do this and that he has the
talent, desire and ability to help her deal with any unexpected
repercussions
of the action ... because they too, would be his responsibility to
fix.
Editors note: As a PRACTICAL MATTER, the true Dominant would also
hesitate to take her there because it is entirely possible that she
finds out that after clipping the dog's nails and doing something
about his breath, that the DOG makes a far better companion than HIM.
More loyal, affectionate and certainly easier to pick up after.
But the illustration serves to pick up a point that a true Dominant
knows that others might not:
While one may order their submissive to do his laundry, when it comes
to pushing past her limits he does not order her to do this ... he
fosters within her a desire to do it. For herself. To see what she's
made of. The ability to foster those desires in a submissive is the
hallmark of a true Dominant.
It's all about the ability to foster within her the desire to be all
that she is capable of being in a way that makes her stronger,
smarter and satisfied with the life she has been given.
After all THAT, IF there's any energy left over, the true Dominant
can get her to do things that HE likes because they please HIM. At
least that's what I've been told LOL
Editor's Note: The most used 'important word' in this document (and
the
single most important concept) is Responsibility.