we refer to them as doormats.
Just my thought but I had always perceived a doormat to be someone who accepts that which she doesn’t really want…not as in punishment for an indiscretion but in life in general, a person who is not willing to speak up or act when things aren’t right for her.

there are plenty of submissive females who love to reiterate again and again that they submit by choice and not by need.
Again, just my thought….isn’t making the choice to fulfill a need still a choice?
I need to be healthy, and I choose to take care of my body in order to fulfill that need, I could make the choice to become a couch potato and have that need unfulfilled.

Why, especially here, should people who are deeply submissive be made to feel that they are subhuman and something to be avoided at all costs. Why aren't they, instead, praised and emulated? Why are those who are willing to do anything to please their master regarded as unhealthy and undesirable?
I personally, have never gotten the impression that anyone here feels this way. The feelings I have always gotten are more along the lines of jealousy…I have heard time and time again “oh you’re so lucky to have found the one, you must be so happy”

For me happy is the key word here…many people go through life simply existing, not truly happy (been there done that) it takes a strong person imo to know what makes them truly happy and to do whatever it takes to achieve this. I also think my idea of a doormat is very unlikely to find this happiness…probably about as likely as winning the lotto.

All just my personal opinions though