Slave (BDSM)

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Slave is a term often used in BDSM to connote a specific form of submissive. A sexual roleplaying "slave" could also be a masochist or bottom, but this is not always the case.

Connotatively it refers to very involved domination and submission (commonly abbreviated as D/s) relationships; a person who has surrendered their personal property and freedoms to another, who has become the property or chattel of their owner(s). This term is widely used, as it has a certain self-affirming weight.

Some practitioners feel the difference between submissive and slave is the degree of submission. However, many who are involved in Master/slave relationships see the difference as one in kind, not in degree. In particular, some slaves do not have a naturally submissive personality, but simply choose to surrender their will and volition to another.

It should be noted that the Owner/slave relationship is entered into on a strictly consensual basis. As long as the words "slave" or "slavery" exists on any paperwork or legal instruments no legitimate or legal ownership of the slave is involved. It is also worth mentioning that, in America, the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution strictly forbids and prohibits the practice of "slavery"; regardless of what descriptive word is placed immediately before the word.

Various forms of symbolism are sometimes used to affirm the Owner/slave relationship, such as wearing the owner's collar, being registered in a so-called 'slave register', adopting (sometimes legally changing to) a name chosen by the owner, or engaging in a public declaration or ritualized ceremony of some type. Some people draw up something they call "slave contracts" that often define the relationship in explicit detail, but (as mentioned above, and since they typically involve the use of the terms "slave" and/or "slavery" these have no real legal weight and are, therefore, not intended to be used in any court of law.

In some traditional rituals, after signing a "slave contract", many people celebrate the commitment to the relationship with a collaring ceremony, which can be simple or elaborate and friends are usually invited. The slave then wears a "collar", which symbolizes their status. The collar may be an actual piece of neckwear, or may be a bracelet or other piece of jewelry that symbolizes their slavery. These collars are generally never removed unless or until the relationship is dissolved, although some slaves exchange a "formal" collar for a more "subdued" (or less obtrusive) one in work and vanilla situations.

There is considerable debate over the exact definition of "slave" as it pertains to BDSM. Many people believe that you are a slave if you consider yourself one, whilst others believe one must be in the emotional state of Total Power Exchange or Internal Enslavement for the term to apply.

There are differences of opinion about whether one needs to be currently owned to be identified as a slave. Many in the Master/slave community do not feel that ownership is a requirement.

[edit] Slave training

Slave training is a BDSM roleplaying activity usually involving a consensual power exchange between two people taking on the roles of a master or mistress and a slave. Typically this involves changing the slave's behavior in a manner that is pleasing to the Master, perhaps instructing the slave to follow a set of rules that the Master/Mistress has set out.

Slave training is a learning process both for the slave (or submissive) and for the Master/Mistress, or dominant. Training will usually be set out and defined clearly before it begins. The Master will teach the slave how to speak, act and think in a way that is pleasing to him/her. The slave, in return, gets pleasure from being able to make his/her Master/Mistress happy.

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