How to Be a Powerful Sexual Submissive

Not your regular submission guidelines

Ena Dahl
Sexography
Published in
7 min readJan 20, 2020

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To submit to a partner is to trust deeply; when you do, you place yourself in the hands of someone who has the highest concern for your safety, pleasure, and wellbeing.

The submissive gives up control, willingly, because it pleases and empowers them. The Dominant acknowledges this responsibility and guides their submissive with care and reverence.

This is how it should be.

But, unfortunately, it isn’t always so.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

This title has been used extensively in the work of neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer and is part of her ‘Truisms’ series. The saying is true everywhere — also in kink-scene.

While the BDSM community is one that values communication, trust and mutual respect—which should be minimum requirements for any D/s relationship—the scene also occasionally draws those looking to take advantage.

Sexual powerplay has the potential to forge heightened levels of intimacy because it requires ultimate vulnerability. The more you dare to bare the higher the potential reward—and the higher the risk.

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Ena Dahl
Sexography

Multidisciplinary creatrix; conscious kink & sensuality coach, educator, author, energy worker & rope (s)witch.