Reprinted by Permission of the author
Note the following essay has been floating around the internet and email
lists under the title, "What is a Dominant" for many years. When I came across
it, the essay was tagged, "Author Unknown". I am pleased to share with D/s
ARts readers that the essay belongs to Michael P. Please visit Michaels
website and read more of his essays:
The Uncommon Webpage
of Michael P.
ONE DOM’S POINT OF
VIEW…
©1994 Michael P. All Rights Reserved.
I am a dominant man. I am just that. I am not dominant because of any superiority
on my part. Not because I feel I am more intelligent, or wiser. I am not
dominant because of the strength or mass of my body. I am not, nor would
I want to be dominant with all women. Yet to you, I am Master.
I am your Master only after earning your trust and I embrace your submissiveness.
I have looked into your heart and mind and clearly see your desires and passions.
You have thrown away your fears and inhibitions. You tell me of the needs
of your heart and body. You have given me total access to your soul, and
I accept the responsibility and honor.
You are a woman. You are not weak or inferior because of it. You are a treasure
to be cherished. We are not equal. I have the strength of body and mind and
the instinctive need to protect, possess, defend and provide for you. You
are a woman and instinctively stronger of will and heart. Your belief in
me gives me courage and direction. Your strength disperses my doubt. Your
needs and desires encourage and give purpose to my efforts.
We are not equal. We are halves of a whole. We compliment each other and
make each other complete. My desire to dominate you is instinctive. It is
not to degrade you nor is it degrading to you because you are secure in being
totally feminine. We each recognize and accept our worth, and our need for
someone to trust and fulfill our needs.
You are sure, strong and proud in your womanhood. You do not submit as acceptance
of inferiority, but from strength and passion. You expect a man to stand
strong and be a man. You desire and flourish in the strength and control
of a man. In return you present control of your body, unqualified trust and
honesty, and the faithfulness of your heart. You submit because I have earned
your trust. Because I have opened my heart and soul to you. Because I have
listened to your words with my ears and heart and have learned to anticipate
your needs and emotions. And because I have proven worthy in your eyes, you
have given me the only true treasure of life; you have given me dominance
over you.
What you give is not abnormal, but pure, natural and the rarest gift a woman
give a man. You have given me complete and unshakable assurance of your
commitment to me. Your submissiveness is a magnificent gift and sacred
responsibility. I accept this from you with humility and joy. I understand
the rarity and purity of this gift. I recognize it is your body and soul,
your heart and mind. I dominate you only because you have allowed it. I dominate
only because you have allowed me to and when I see your body kneel before
me, in my mind and heart you are raised above all other woman, and all the
treasures of the earth. What you give freely can not in reality be bought.
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This essay was written in February 1994 and posted to the Compuserve Human
Sexuality/Variations II© message board then later into the library with
the copyright after I was asked what my personal perceptions and thoughts
on dominance were. It started quite a ruckus even though I had a lengthy
and I thought clear preamble explaining that it was gender specific and only
related to me. It was and is a personal statement and not intended to be
a Dominant Manifesto or pontification. There were roughly 1500 messages on
that thread before it died out. Had I known my clearly stated personal
perceptions were somehow open to dissection and critique I probably would
have refrained from posting it. In the six years these words have been on
Compuserve© they have been reprinted at least 12 times that I know of.
Some were with my copyright and authorship acknowledged, some without and
others with another person claiming authorship. On one occasion a Gor related
site refused to accept my claim so I had to sic Compuserve© on them
and their ISP. When faced with a legal date stamp and the Bern Convention
copyright and the clauses pertaining to original intellectual works published
on the net they wisely corrected the situation.
Anyone who thinks these words say what they feel can certainly use them.
Do keep in mind that the internet, as large as it is, isn't a place so large
that ideas get lost. Quite the opposite is true. If you use the thoughts
of another then say they are those of another, like you'd present a poem
or a quote. A gift as well as the seriousness and sanctity of D/s are cheapened
with lies. It certainly shows what the real content of character is if words
given as coming from the heart are seen later as coming from deceit.
Please visit Michaels website:
The Uncommon Webpage
of Michael P.
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