undergroundsea
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Joined: 6/27/2004 From: Austin, TX Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: firefey i suppose it requires a better deffinition of compensation. In my prior post, by compensation I meant some form of a material or service based barter given in exchange for domination. My context for this statement was the reference to barter of skills in this thread, as well another discussion in which I recently participated. In the other discussion, a female sub asked whether it was the norm, as she was told by multiple men, that a sub must compensate a dominant for his dominance by providing a blow job? In principle, I think this question is relevant for the question of barter because it reduces to whether a sub must compensate a dominant for dominance? In my opinion, the compensation may be necessary if the dominant is topping or dominating for the sake of the sub and does not get as much from the experience. If the dominant does get similar value from the experience, then I think compensation is unnecessary. If a dominant does expect compensation, a sub can either respond with the compensation or seek another partner who finds the experience itself worthwhile. All this said, supply and demand issues may allow a dominant to require or be offered compensation despite finding the experience enjoyable. quote:
i find that even my most rewarding, emotionally satifying relationships have some manner of resiprocity. one must feel they are getting out of a relationship at least as much as they put into it, otherwise the relationship is a burden. this doesn't mean i require someone to give me gifts of any kind of intrinsic value in order to have some of my time. but i do need to feel that my time was well spent. it is a thing of value, and those i choose to give my time to should also impart something a value to me. again, not nesessarily an object. money or service. I agree that each person must get enough reward out of the relationship or a particular aspect of the relationship for the same to continue. I think this is true for social relationships in general. I think this reward is a net sum of sources of satisfaction and sources of dissatisfaction towards the relationship. Reciprocity is a good word to describe what I meant when I said that a sub can in return give to the dominant the type of satisfaction she feels. That is, the dominant can have the same motivation and reward with respect to the relationship as does the sub: the relationship and company, and the pleasure had by engaging in BDSM with a desired person. Cheers, Sea
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