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LittleWench -> RE: Slave rights (12/13/2007 2:17:27 PM)
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stating that anyone who called themselves a slave was role-playing because based upon your own perception of what slavery is, such a role was unattainable
No that is not what I said at all.
I didn't give my own perception of what slavery is, I stated that slavery is not legally recognized in western countries. My own perception is defined as my own interpretation, I am giving you the facts of the law in western society. It is not legally recognized. You cannot be owned legally. You do have certain unalienable rights. I can choose to experience my reality however I wish (I can choose not to exercise the rights that my country gave me) but that doesn't change the reality (the fact that I have those rights and they may be exercised on my behalf whether I like it or not).
When another posted that he had never seen a "real slave" because women (his context didn't include men) aren't submissive enough.... I made the suggestion that was perhaps because legally there is no such thing as "real ownership". My comment merely places the responsibility of "feeling the slavery" on both parties, not just the submissive. I could not feel like a slave to a man who himself is a slave to the laws of this country.
I read a story online a few nights ago about a western female reporter who did a story on slavery in an arabic country, slavery as in the traditional historic view, non consentual, no rights, legally bought and sold, property. When the story was published in the US there was a huge influx of caucasian women who went over and had themselves kidnapped and sold and turned into slaves because no where in the US could they experience it as fully as they could in a country where it was still a recognized practise. It was a pretty good read.
What I am saying is that due to the reality of slavery not being recognized in our society, if you wish to experience that, it takes a little leap of faith in order to feel as a slave would. I don't think I ever said weal or twue, merely stuck to the legality and reality it defines, not the reality I define.... world of difference. I never onced belittled anyone who chose to identify as a slave. I was not belittling that leap of faith, that roleplaying at all, indeed I said it was wonderful, nuturing, erotic, hot and fulfilling. My Master made me bark like a dog for 15 minutes last night because my barking was not as good as it should be for a pet.... no matter how much I might want it to, that doesn't make me a puppy dog.
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