Miki wrote:
fluffypoppet wrote:
Michael Mikey wrote:
I’ve got a lot of insecurity and shame wrapped up in my sexulity. I hate it but it’s there. I think when I’m around a domly person I don’t have those feels.
Oh... this is good. Doms are so good at creating space for self-acceptance.
Umm, Michael Mikey lists as a "sub male".
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Other than that I had avoided commenting on this topic -- until now-- because it is just another semi-veiled dom-bashing exercise that paints them all with a broad brush. Truth is, there's good and bad in every human being and to over-generalize... tends to include the one doing the broad brush act into a similarly broad definition. Judgemental much? Mirror not enough?
How about a matching thread with another made up word "Sublyness" -- lets see if anyone understands my assigned definition to a likewise made up (nonsensical) word. Of course a made up word can have any of a number of perceived meanings and since it's "made up" ---none of which can be right or wrong.
I don't:
- think identifying positive traits I associate with or have observed in Doms is inherently critical.
- think discussing our preferences or aspirational desires is definitively negative or judgmental.
- see it as problematic to try to define new terms that have emerged and Domliness has popped up in my experience outside of this forum thread. The English language is a living language which means it can expand and grow to suit our cultural needs.
I do:
- agree that there isn't a right or wrong definition for the term. It is too new for that.
- agree the OP took this thread in a negative direction.
But, I can be oblivious to subtext, so maybe I just wasn't observant enough and the whole topic should be off limits.