Dominance and submission ( Cataphilist and Pageism -- male submitting to female, Passivism -- submission, Top / Bottom -- Dominance / submission ) A role of dominance or submission is used in sex play to increase the intensity of emotions and bonding of partners. Dominance in any arena usually involves control and / or discipline which is reinforced by threat of emotional or physical pain.
Dominance and Submission
Dominance and submission both seem to fall into a humans need for security. Clans of primates or groups of animals usually have a dominant figure who regulates the behavior of others. Nature seems to have designed the brain of most species to produce a pleasure response to either type of behavior if engaged in by parties who trust and care for each other. Submission may be induced primarily by accompanying forms of stimulus such as a loss , restriction, humiliation, bondage, cuckold, BDSM, light bondage, blind folds, sex toys are used to develop a fantasy or fantasy play for bdsm scenes. Laboratory tests on mice revealed that in a fight endorphins ( pleasure response ) are released in the injured mouse only at the point of submission. Thus submission, rather than pain, was the critical factor in creating a euphoric response ( see algophilia ).
Sexual dominance and submission are used to enhance the role of the characters in fantasy play. Costumes are often used to reinforce each role and makes physical or verbal abuse less necessary. Costumes that project power include policemen, military, doctors, and more general black leather. Accoutrements used to enforce submission are feminine lingerie, whips, slave or dog colars, and bondage equipment. A dominant who is only experienced in corporal punishment would not be a match for a submissive who follows orders perfectly and is not into pain. Alternately, a submissive who enjoys punishment for misbehaving or verbal warfare is not a match for a dominant who can't handle competition for control. Ball gags are used to control the perverbial verbal warfare along with prolonged manditory oral sex with hands tied behind their back.
Swinger clubs and conventions often have expositions or training provided for people interested in learning or experimenting with submission, bondage and dominance.
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