BDSM Orientation

[kimbra_ailis]

Curious....
Have you always been Dom, Sub, Switch?
Maybe your typically Dom male but will sub for a mistress? Or your typically a Sub female but willing to be Dom for a certian person

Dominate Male but will sub for a mistress... past/pressent
Dominate Male but will sub for a master.... past/pressent
Dominate Male have not been sub but would for the right person
Dominate Male always

Dominate Female but will sub for a mistress... past/pressent
Dominate Female but will sub for a master.... past/pressent
Dominate Female have not been sub but would for the right person
Dominate Female always

Submissive Male but will dom for a female... past/pressent
Submissive Male but will dom for a male.... past/pressent
Submissive Male have not been dom but would for the right person
Submissive Male always

Submissive Female but will dom for a female... past/pressent
Submissive Female but will dom for a male.... past/pressent
Submissive Female have not been dom but would for the right person
Submissive Female always

Switch male perfer being dom for male
Switch male perfer being sub for male
Switch male perfer being dom for female
Switch male perfer being sub for female
Switch male prefer being dom for male and female
Switch male prefer being sub for male and female
Switch male no preference for male
Switch male no preference for female

Switch female perfer being dom for male
Switch female perfer being sub for male
Switch female perfer being dom for female
Switch female perfer being sub for female
Switch female prefer being dom for male and female
Switch female prefer being sub for male and female
Switch female no preference for male
Switch female no preference for female

[Emma]

I am... a submissive, pervert, masochist.   I'm owned by Alebeard and likely give him more grief than he would like but he is persistent and each dynamic ours included, is unique.   I also am occasionally inclined to submit to a few other dominants, male or female if they have special energy.   So many people are afraid to push the envelope or really just be who they are inside.  I love strong, controlling, confident, perverted, energy.    I do not like topping or being in control in a bdsm or sexual situation.    Given the wrong situation, I am anything resembling submissive and can happily eat a half hearted dominant for a nice snack.    I was trying to answer the poll question by writing this but I dunno if i did really.. i'm a hybrid I think and just enjoy perverted, edgy exploration.   I wanna know whats in that dark space just beyond the 'do not enter' sign...  =}

[Quixote]

Dominant male, but not always.  I've subbed for a girl before, but not as much as I'd like.  I'd enjoy exploring that side of me more.  On the few occasions I've subbed, I've had a really good time, but I tend to attract mostly submissive girls who don't really have the capacity to be as scary a domme as I'd like if I'm gonna be submissive, and since I'm much more of a dom I find a girl's sub side much more important.

[kimbra_ailis]

I know the question is harder to anwer for a sub than it would be for a dom....

Personally I going with switch. I often have the attitude of being dom yet I prefer to be forced into submission. If the dom is not strong or talented enough to make me submit, I am more than likely to dom him. I dont like his weakness.
If it comes to other girls, I tend to be dominate. I dont like women stronger and I am willing to prove I am strongest....

[Sprayman]

Dom male always as an adult. Prior to about age 20, I was less sure of myself and might have gone another way but the situation never occurred, so I'll never know. I became involved with Martial arts at 14 and joined the military at 17 and both helped to define my personality as Dom. Strong women, including Dommes are attractive to me, or they were when I was younger anyway, but only because I wanted to see if I could force them to submit to me. Made for some interesting adventures.

[mothbrad]

I guess I'm more sadist than dominant, although in a relationship with the right person, I'd take the dominant role.  I'm not really into the idea of 24/7, and I know there are plenty of women out there who are masochists without needing to have someone tell them when to wipe their asses, who are really who I would look for.

I have pretty much no interest in men sexually, except maybe in a co-dom situation, so could never enjoy domming or being sub to a man.  Also, no masochistic tendencies have come up.  However, there are a couple of situations I can think of where I wouldn't mind being dominated by a particular type of woman, where there was a female sub also involved in the scene, so long as the girl got most of the attention!  This would only be for a 'scene' though - not as an ongoing thing.

[Dr_BuzzCzar]

Dominant sadist for many years. Tried very hard to do the two-lives routine but was woefully unsuccessful so gave that up about 15 years ago.

[DieselJester]

I tried subbing a couple of times but just really couldn't get into it.  Dom Male always for me.

[ghostgirl]

I know there are plenty of women out there who are masochists without needing to have someone tell them when to wipe their asses, who are really who I would look for.

i'm one of those, and i've found making things work with my beloved sadist is sometimes trickier than you might think. Sometimes i race through tears, a brief giggling fit, and on into euphoric, aroused bliss way faster than is fun for my partner. Turning up the volume on the pain usually works, but occasionally results in a broken fucktoy, dissociated and watching the proceedings from outside of my body, which is no fun for me, or him.

It's taken me a long time to admit to myself that i kinda like hurting people, too. :)

So i picked switch, but i really relate less and less to the D/s paradigm....it's more honest and accurate to just identify for a particular scene as top or bottom, iow active or passive player. i have no preference who i bottom for, it depends on the person and our chemistry. Usually i top for females or switch males; fetishy male subs freak me out.

[subnoxious]

None of the above, though I applaud your attempt to cover all/most of the ways this "orientation" thing could be sliced. Still, there are holes.

I am a bottom for the most part. I am a masochist. Some have even suggested me a pain-slut. I "submit" to the energy and dynamic when in public or private situations, should it be there. I am "submissive" during that same exchange, but typically not outside of that dynamic and exchange.

Could I find an "inner submissive" on a more regular basis? Maybe -- but I've yet to meet that man. He's gonna have to be all of me, and more in his own right.

I don't top, have absolutely no desire, even though that is mainly what I'm pegged to be, and I could probably make a decent living at being a dominant should I ever dedicate and apply my energy to such a thing. That would be merely for show... and for whatever the contracted party gets out of it.

[ghostgirl]

 I "submit" to the energy and dynamic when in public or private situations, should it be there. I am "submissive" during that same exchange, but typically not outside of that dynamic and exchange.

Nicely put.

[Eggert]

Dominant male always. I cannot imagine, not even in my wildest dreams or fantasies imagine to submit to anybody.

[mydarkerside]

Another poll I've missed somehow...

I am male, bisexual and a switch. I've been more Dom/Sadist in the recent past, but can enjoy being sub/masochist if the need... arises. Again (and again) it all depends on the mood in the room.

[krystallaw]

eggert that makes you a huge target for a predator.... am always dom, would like to be put in my place

[Eggert]

eggert that makes you a huge target for a predator.... am always dom, would like to be put in my place

Well, some have tried, especially when I was so much younger and better looking than today. In vain though.