FlamingRedhead -> RE: Sexual abuse (4/18/2008 8:22:16 AM)
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I have been involved in Ds for a while now and early on I saw a correlation between sexual abuse and submission. I have only been involved in the lifestyle for a relatively short time, and I don't see a correlation between sexual abuse and submission because I don't know everybody's business. This topic was brought up on another forum, and many of the responders claimed to have grown up in a happy home. The more extreme the submissive desires, the greater chance of a past of sexual abuse. In my experience it is nearly 90% I don't know what you consider extreme, but from time to time, I would guess that most people occasionally fantasize about something that they know shouldn't be done in reality. As long as the person in question can tell the difference between fantasy and reality, unlike someone who is schizophrenic, I don't see what the problem is. It is common for a victim of sexual abuse to feel low self esteem. It is also symptomatic for them to be hyper sexual, trying to gain acceptance and love in exchange for sex. Conversely, when a woman who was a victim of sexual abuse feels safe in a relationship it is common for her desire for sex to dissipate... no longer feeling the need to earn love with sex. Sexual abuse is very common, and it would be almost impossible not to expect some sort of issue to develop from it. The behavior is learned because of the life messages that were taught. With a little counseling and a few positive influences, the lies that were learned as truth come to light, and the behavior will eventually stop. A common idea of many submissives and some masters is that a sub "earns" her masters appreciation and or love through obedience including sexual obedience. Again, an exchange of sex for acceptance. Such a sub is easy to manipulate, easy to get to do anything her masters wants since she feels if she doesn’t, she is worthless. ( I am not saying this is by any means true in fact) It's a hard lesson to learn that if you are not accepted in the beginning then there's nothing you can do to change it. I have encountered many subs who have "asked" for very extreme play in order to show how they would do anything for me, or to punish themselves due to self esteem issues. They would ask for the extreme, would even go through with it if pushed, but they really didn’t want it. They wanted me to say no, I value you too much to do that to you. When I said no, I would see noticeable relief and happiness that I didn’t want to do what it was they asked for. I say all of this because not many masters know to say no... Especially new ones. Submission that is based on achieving acceptance, in my opinion is not healthy. Submission based on a desire to please the one you love and who loves and cherishes you, is priceless. What I present to the forums is... Is taking a sexually abused woman’s submission ethical? Knowing it is symptomatic of a grave emotional trauma. You're making uneducated assumptions about nature versus nuture. Maybe the sexually abused woman's submissiveness is something her abuser sensed and took advantage of as predators tend to go for the weaker members of the herd. Also, if she had someone willing to help her work through her issues, it would improve her self-esteem, which is difficult to do on your own. Is submission a valid way to work out that trauma? Or just a way to allow someone to hurt themselves? There is no formula that works for everyone. It would be nice if the submission resulted in a happy, healthy relationship instead of more abuse, thereby proving that not everyone is out to get them. Otherwise, the cycle will continue. Is submission in reality just a way to reaffirm their feelings of worthlessness, or lack of worth without sexual exchange? In my experience, it's the opposite. Submission is trying to disprove that we are worthless without sexual exchange. The dream is to be owned and cherished, not used by everyone and tossed aside. What dangers do you see for the submissive who is acting out her emotions from sexual abuse? example... dangers of a master who does not care about her emotional well being etc... The danger is that she might keep falling for the same kind of person who reinforces all the negative things she believes about herself instead of being lucky enough to find someone worthy of her. Either here or in the 'nilla world, she's at risk of being seriously injured by someone until she learns the truth about herself, loves herself and starts demanding respect.
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