Given what I have observed of the BDSM community in the past few years, I'm actually quite shocked that the blame regarding a dubious attitude toward switches is placed on other people's close mindedness. Some of the most amazingly intelligent and open-minded people I have ever met have been in this community and so I find it hard to swallow that the fault lies entirely with them.

I think that like any in-between label, switch is something that is very easy for those who are new to the path to grab on to. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying every switch is a confused noob, but I can definitely see the attraction for newcomers in a very intimidating world to cling to a label that isn't too confining and allows room for change.

I don't define myself as anything at this point because I am still of unsure of that myself. I would hate to rush into calling myself a switch just because I have many traits of both dommes and subs and have my moments where I enjoy both, and in so doing, just perpetuate the whole switches are confused thing.