Originally posted by red~vixen
So, do i think it is right to dominate a low-self esteem submissive......generally speaking, no, i do not, because it takes a great deal of esteem and inner strength to hand the controls over to somebody else.
I agree with red~vixen. It takes a lot of inner strenght to be a submissive. I would go as far as to state that in some relationships the submissive wields even more power than the dom (the limits they set are more tangible).

Other interesting questions: How many submissives in this forum are aware of the strenght they display by their own submissiveness?
How do we balance our different levels of self-esteem with our need to submit?
Can our need to submit be satiated by an improvement in our self-esteem?

I know these questions may be considered subversive by some of the doms in this forum. I am not trying to start a revolution!