Dom/mes, Masters, Mistresses, slaves and subs, where is your pride?

[_ID_]

Perhaps you are mistaking brattieness for flirting. Additionally some see the brattiness as a challenge to overcome.

While I don't put up with it, I know people who seek it. I also know submissives who do it because they seek someone who can overpower them mentally as well as physically.

Your call for pride in the lifestyle is one that I think can and should be heard, but not everyone is going to heed. We have many married folks who come online as an outlet for their station in life. As a result, they don't have the same sense of respect for this lifestyle as you or I might have.

[The Lord Winter]

Perhaps you are mistaking brattieness for flirting. Additionally some see the brattiness as a challenge to overcome.

While I don't put up with it, I know people who seek it. I also know submissives who do it because they seek someone who can overpower them mentally as well as physically.

Your call for pride in the lifestyle is one that I think can and should be heard, but not everyone is going to heed. We have many married folks who come online as an outlet for their station in life. As a result, they don't have the same sense of respect for this lifestyle as you or I might have.

No, flirting is what I would consider playfulness, and unless the submissive or slave is inviting the authority of the one to whom he/she is speaking by misbehaving to test the resolve, at which point... yes, it becomes a challenge.

As I mentioned in the reply to Guerra, however, I'm referring to the collared subs and slaves who blatantly misbehave and use their collar as a shield. It's the whole "I can behave however I want because you can't stop me. You're not my daddy/mommy" mentality.

I agree with you that the call should be heard, and unfortunately, not everyone will heed. More's the shame on that note, because our lifestyle needs the respect it is due if it is to continue to survive in today's world.