Quote Originally Posted by Nuadu
Could you, Tourguide, or anyone, explain what D/s means in the BDSM context?
The DS definitions of dominant and submissive are pretty much the same as the dictionary definitions. One person is in an assumed positions of power or authority or control, whichever word you like better. The other person is in an assumed position of subservience, servility, powerlessness, or is controlled.

As odd as it may seem, the person with the real control in the DS relationship is the submissive. On her word a scene ends, on her word limits are set, and so on.

But without getting into all that complicated mess, it's just easiest to say that in a DS relationship, someone makes the rules and someone follows them.