For me, my master calling me his little slut, whore, etc is a positive thing, and shows he is getting pleasure from using me - to me it means that I am degrading myself for him, or allowing him to control and manipulate me; it can have very deep and intimate meaning when used between master and slave, dom and sub, etc

On the other hand, if anybody else called me a slut, or I was called a slut in a non-sexual situation, that is certainly an insult. Slut in that context implies low self esteem, absence of any moral code and promiscuity with little or no regard for personal emotional or physical wellbeing

I take issue with the fact that so many ignorant people automatically read BDSM as 'sleeps around with hundreds of people', and anyone involved in BDSM must therefore automatically be a slut; In fact I am in a loving monogamous relationship - the only difference from a 'normal' (god I hate that word...) relationship lies in the way we choose to express our sexual urges.

Gosh what a rant, sorry about that *breathes*