Most of you probably know about on-line dominants and their submissives and how they operate. It's a harmless and mutually enjoyable form of on-line BDSM that often blossoms into loving, long term, and long distant relationships. However, along with the range of new exciting and titillating things that the internet offers, one of the most intriguing surely is the 'money slave' and his 'money master/mistress'.

A money slave is basically a man who is submissive on-line. However unlike his regular on-line submissive brothers, his domination comes at a price—a monetary that is. His dominant will order him around, often instructing him on everything from when he's allowed to eat, sleep and shit, to when he's allowed to wank off; frequently telling him how totally worthless and inferior he is; debasing and deriding him constantly, and in return the slave will shower his mistress or master with expensive gifts and money—hence the name. It's actually generated a whole lot of new nouns. Men and women who engage these money slaves are said to be 'wallet rapists' or 'cash masters/mistresses'. While money slaves are also known as 'paypigs', 'cash cows', or 'human ATMs'—again, for obvious reasons.

In one case I read about, the man actually allows his cash mistress access to his online bank account. Apparently, it gives him an extra thrill to risk being cleaned out by her, completely, at any time.

Like many BDSM practices I suppose a part of the excitement is in the perceived risk.

Gloria Brame, author of "Different Loving: The World of Sexual Dominance and Submission", however, portrays dominants and submissives as compassionate loving individuals for whom pain is pleasure and physical bondage is psychologically liberating. I understand this completely, and so I find it difficult to reconcile this formula when thinking of the relationship between a cash slave and his on-line beneficiary.

One money slave site advertises:
"Do you feel the need to spoil Sexy, Intelligent, Dominant Women, crave to shower them with gifts? Or maybe you need a really tough Bitch to keep you in line and put you in your place? Or perhaps you're a loser who can't stop wanking it, and you know you need a Dominant Lady to take control of your bad habits, to train you to gain pleasure from something more worthy, like giving Her gifts and cash.

Well, inside this site, you will find an interactive forum, a toplist, and NiteFlirt listings featuring the sexiest, most intelligent, Dominant Women on the internet, and no matter what you think you need, or what you think you're looking for, the Ladies listed on this site will take charge and tell you what you REALLY need. Don't think about it, you will simply obey. "

It's a joke as old as Adam, 'A woman sits on a fortune', however these parasites are cashing in big time without even once having to drop their well filled pants or smudge their lovely lipstick coated mouths. Is it prostitution? Well, it's certainly selling sex. However, this isn't like regular prostitution, or even paid phone or internet sex. The service rendered is minimal and the payment excessive. There are not set fees; no rules or guidelines. No, "Here's the money, now here's what I want." It's all too often an insidious mind game where the balance of power will be tipped totally in the dominant's favour. In fact the devotion shown by many of these money slaves is almost cult-like.

So, is this simply a new and edger kind of BDSM play, or is it just another symptom of our greedy society—where unscrupulous people feel comfortable and justified about manipulating others for their own monetary gain?

How exactly should we evaluate this phenomenon? I leave you to ponder.