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Threads on Dignity in O&P
Posted by Tanos on Fri 30 Oct 09, 1:55 AM to the Internal Enslavement blog
I've started threads on Dignity on the various O&P groups this week: on IC,
on TSR and
on Fetlife.
For reference, this is the first post of those threads:
Tanos wrote:
Dignity is not a very fashionable concept now. You might be
thinking it's a stuffy word or even pompous. But its use
in the
O&P Manifesto
is about self-respect and having personal standards, rather
than about self-importance.
I think it would be hard to find another word that breaks
down into as many worthwhile virtues as "dignity". Some
people have used "honour", but that's even more ambiguous with associations of self-importance or a tender pride that
must be defended.
O&P uses dignity, and the need to avoid undignified
behaviour, as guiding principles for owners and dominants
to promote the stability and proper functioning of the
household and its interactions with people outside.
Maintaining dignity requires the avoidance of lying,
cheating, lack of effort, or breaking one's word. It also
means not compromising on one's own freedom, including
making oneself dependent on others because of lack of
self-discipline, and not compromising one's self in the face
of resistance from submissives and social pressures from
outside the household. In short, it is beneath an owner or
dominant's dignity to engage in unworthy behaviour.
These are high standards to strive for, but
how do you see these concepts in relation to D/s and M/s?
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Edited Fri 30 Oct 09, 8:57 AM by Tanos
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Possession. Ownership. Consent. Responsibility. Respect. House. Service.
Dignity. Authenticity. Rituals.
O&P (Ownership & Possession) is a new structure built from familiar
D/s and M/s concepts, defined by the
O&P Manifesto.
There are O&P discussion groups
on
Informed Consent in the UK
and
on Fetlife.
The O&P Wiki contains articles about
O&P and related D/s, M/s, and BDSM topics.
You can also follow O&P
on Twitter.
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