Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
...context is most certiantly important...all I was pointing out was that dominance and submission exist in all aspects of life as biologically natural components to human interaction and are not limited or confined to a contextual side bar within a strictly "bdsm" sexual relationship alone.

I was not sugesting that one's "identity" as a dominant or submissive majically becomes diminished somehow just becuase situations require one to dominate and or submit to one extent or another outside of said bdsm identity inclussive context.
That was a very interesting observation, as while it isn't truly related to my original question, it was a worthy tidbit of food for thought.

As for the various answers generally speaking, I admit that while I have some better ideas of how I might define (or leave labels aside) myself, I appreciate the input since it's true that depending on what you read "definitions" of certain terms can be confusing, which was why I thought that asking people who are into BDSM (which in itself is a very large umbrella word) might offer good info.