Nine Levels of Submission

[gagged_Louise]

I don't even see it stated anywhere in the text that these nine groups form a definite progression, with the meaning that one step/group is inherently better (---) In fact, the way she describes the 9th "class" (what you might loosely call "total slavery") she seems to have strong reservations about that one - she says it might only exist in fantasy and sees it as probably a by-product of brainwashing or misleading religious ideas.

Could it be said clearer that she's not putting up a ladder where one kind of submission is always finer than the ones that came before?

My own bond with Liz doesn't really fit any one category here, partly because there's no mention of switches (which she is) or trans people (me)

I honestly don't see my own kind of submission to be a total match to anything she describes - and it seems to me that's a major point both you and Dragon's muse have against her: you both feel she'd be trying to squeeze you into her scheme. I don't think the text does that, and it uses a number of independent parameters, not just one which would run the whole show. In any case, seems plain your dissent is with her text rather than with me.