Question: Can you please do a post naming the different types of Dominants? There are so many different types, so there’s a great deal of curiosity.
Answer:
It is important to break this down into each side of the slash, so here are the general descriptions for some of the more common Dominant types. (Disclaimer: there is no one right answer/definition, this is based on generalized experience; labels should always be the START of a discussion, not the end of one. Your label may vary to a degree, and it’s always important to fully articulate your labels, what they do/don’t mean to you, and describe your ideal dynamic to a potential partner.)
- Pleasure Dom: A Pleasure Dom is a dominant partner who focuses on providing pleasure and fulfilling the desires of their submissive partner.
- Master: An extreme iteration of Dominance; someone who enjoys higher protocol dominance, often involving many rules and punishments.
- Top: The person who is taking an amount of negotiated control during a BDSM scene.
- Sadist: a person who enjoys inflicting physical or psychological pain for pleasure.
- Brat Tamer: Dominant who enjoys getting control over the challenging brat type; finds enjoyment in the push-and-pull.
- Sexual/bedroom Dominant: A Dom who looks to explore sexual experiences and fetishes from a Dominant position during those acts.
- Daddy Dom: Enjoys dominating and providing care and guidance to submissives who identify with the term “little.”
- Owner: someone who is figuratively owning another as “property” within the confines of the relationship and/or the BDSM community that they belong to. This can extend into objectification.
- Rigger: One who uses rope as their tool and often ties as part or an entire BDSM scene. Often, the rigger takes control of the rope bunny in other ways, as negotiated beforehand.
As you can see, Dominant roles are just as diverse and creative as the individuals who take them on. This list only begins to explore the possibilities — there are countless ways to embody dominance, from the deeply structured to the intensely sensual, the lighthearted to the deeply intentional.
