It is the act of submission that attracts me... the desire to please me... the look of adoration that is so clear to me when I see it.

Terms like 'good girl' and such do nothing for me per se... Her reaction to the phrase, the tone... is a reinforcement of the original attractants. Because I tell her 'good girl' when she so obviously did something out of the desire to please me. And I therefore again get the feedback that drives the dom in me.

Doormat? Well that's a girl who doesn't realize her worth... and as far as I'm concerned, if the girl is a doormat, her dom hasn't done a good enough job showing her her intrinsic value... hasn't helped give her or restore her self esteem.