goodgirl85
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Joined: 4/16/2007 Status: offline
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I have to disagree with you Bobkin, when you say safewords are of no use with a responsible Dom/me. Having them in place, (if it is what both parties agreed on) makes the Dom/me responsible in that particular relationship. He gives the submissive the power to use it if she needs it. (using he/she pronouns as a generalization). Sometimes, having the power of the safeword is what actually part of what makes me have the courage to go through with a scene (still new as far as all that goes). I have a safeword and a caution word, the typical red/yellow. I'm still finding my own limits and am with a new partner. If I don't know some of my limits, then there is no way for him to know them. You strike me one to many times with a belt, whip, w/e the instrument and its going to turn good pain into bad pain. Maybe He's semi lightly hitting a certain area of me, no particular spot in mind, but has hit a spot that is starting to get sensitive, hes not a mind reader. He also isn't going to know if my leg cramp ups, of my shoulder starts to act up unless I say something. Being a good dom and stopping/slowing when safe/caution word is used is only half of what makes them work. A submissive has to be responsible and smart enough to realize that she has to say the word in order for him to know something is wrong. I know most submissives dont like safewording, Im one of them, but when shoulder starts acting up because Im tied to a coffee table on my hands and knees and my bad shoulder muscle starts giving out on me, then well I dont have a choice but to safeword. Having safewords in place doesn't make anyone a bad or good anything. If safewords are in place, and a submissive doesnt safe word when something is wrong, thats a bad quailty to have in a submissive. If a Dom doesnt stop when safeword is used, thats a bad quality to have in a Dom. Doesnt mean the quailty cant change. A submissive can learn (maybe the hard way maybe not) that she needs to safeword when she feels it necessary. A dom can learn ( the hard way or not) that he needs to stop when the safeword is said.
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