Originally posted by GaryWilcox
...'Can their choices for themselves be trusted?'...
That's part of the reason I doubt I could ever be the 24/7 Dom. No blood oath, no contract, no handshake will ever give me proper consent to 'do as I will' to a sub. Her showing me a trigger-- something she wears, a looks she has, something that implies her consent-- gives me license, but being a human being requires me to take care not to put a fragile mind in harm's way.
Just when I thought this thread could not get any more interesting GaryWilcox writes in to equally remind doms and subs that regardless of our level of self esteem we must strive to know ourselves (and our choices) better and that bdsm may be the greatest learning ground about our own humanity.

*Gets on her feet to give the newly-minted moderator a standing ovation*