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"When you open your mind and hands and heart to the knowing of a thing, there is no room in you for fear"
--Patricia McKillip, The Riddle-Master of Hed |
I am going to start filtering some of my more private musings. Since blogger does not have a tool for that, you will need to visit my Live Journal and ask to be friended there. I will continue to post Daily Gratitude and other subjects here.
There is also a FAQ for my Journal at the same link.
on the difference between "pleasure" slave and "sex" slave
Sunday, August 31, 2003
@ 08:12
A conversation boy initiated last night reminded me of a passage in The Marketplace. After outlining all the general life knowledge and social skills required of a pleasure slave, the master of a training house explains why all that matters:
"Because pleasure, Sharon, doesn't begin and end between a person's legs," ....
"When someone has the money and time to invest in a pleasure slave, they're assuming that their new property can be alluring, captivating, submissive and utterly available. But they also want them to be interesting. A pleasure slave has to serve all the pleasures of their owner and share them from time to time."
---Laura Antoniou, The Marketplace
I think there are many people out there who want a sex slave (with or without SM elements). Most of these already have a primary relationship to fulfill their other needs. Some want a pleasure slave because it will help them in their business and their position in society to have an attractive, sexual escort, etc.
I tried to make it clear when I was searching for a slave that I sought a pleasure/companion slave, not a sex slave or houseboy. I think it confused some of the women I considered because they didn't understand why it mattered that we have similar interests, experiences, hobbies, etc. And I know at least one of them was upset that I didn't get around to beating her. She was certain that if I had just done that, I would have seen how valuable she could be. Except that we had nothing in common in life and I have needs well beyond the dungeon. Likewise I wasn't looking for someone to cook and clean and spend the rest of their time in a cage or their quarters. I needed someone who could be in the bedroom as well as the rest of the house.
I have boy because we are compatible spiritually, intellectually, and academically. We have a high percentage of matches in our SM interests and our core identities also match (i.e., master and slave). We have sexual chemistry and a common view of the spirituality of sex acts. He has skills as a sex slave, a house boy, and is able to amuse and pleasure me in countless ways. His ability (at 1am after a long day) to deconstruct television history to test a theory of the roles played by males in sitcoms is only one of the ways in which he serves me by stimulating my intellect. His eagerness to spend hours cataloging dozens of videotapes so that we know which episodes we're missing of several tv series is a skill most houseboys couldn't handle (not having his background in television studies they wouldn't know what format would best suit our future needs). His skills in the kitchen and his willingness to tend to household cleaning chores make him invaluable to a virgo who sees cleaning as a never-ending chore but values a tidy home. However, when work or physical limitations prevent him from tending to the house, my picking up the slack does not detract from his ability to serve me in countless other ways. Likewise if physical or emotional issues (on either side) prevent us from engaging in constant sex or SM, he can still stimulate, entertain, and provide pleasure. Maybe he was trained to be a sex slave, but he was made to belong to me and grow well beyond that limited training.
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