DeviantMan -> RE: is a switch 50 50 or more one way than the other (5/30/2011 5:51:10 PM)
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Personally, I will not identify someone as a Domme/Dom or sub by what they enjoy doing, or receiving, in the physical meaning, as much as their lean towards ordering, or being ordered. In De Sade's novels, that have inspired a great deal of what we now see as BDSM, the Dominant figures were not sadists by default. In fact, there are several scenes within the books, where they order their servants to whip, or even rape them. Yet, they remain the Dominant figures, even when they are at the receiving end. In short, I am a Switch, not only because I can enjoy certain levels of pain and humiliation, in both the providing, and receiving ends, but mostly because I enjoy giving orders as much as I enjoy taking orders during a scene. Is that a 50-50 balance? There is no such thing as measured balance formula. I want to believe, for myself, that I am in that "Golden line" of balance, though I'm pretty sure I'm constantly jumping on each side's 75%, depending on my momentary impulse, and my current partner.
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