In this week's video tip I talk about what training is to a submissive and the value it has to a D/s relationship.
When someone thinks of slave training, what is the first thing that pops into your mind? Is it a submissive on their knees going through the paces that their Dominant puts them? Is it Gorean-style positions and changes in speech?
What would you say if I told you that training is everything that you do for your Dominant when directed to do so in a certain manner? Take a basic request of making coffee or tea. If you are told the specific way your Dominant takes their coffee or tea and then proceed to do that every time it is requested you are being trained to make his or her coffee or tea. This is training.
The term training can also be used for the time period where you learn the protocol of a new environment. Much like your orientation period at a new job (which is likely also called training), you learn what is acceptable and expected of you during your work hours.
Training can come in all forms. Some Dominants go through steps to teach their submissive proper protocol within the home and the rules of the house. Other Dominants give their submissive rules that they have to learn and then use a punishment and reward system to instill them.
There is a really big hype about training when there doesn't need to be. Every single behavior change or attitude change is part of your training. I bet that there are things that your Dominant would consider training that you don't. Are there actions or activities you do that are now a habit that wasn't before? Can that be attributed to training?
The important thing to remember with slave training is that is it an agreed upon change or set of changes that the submissive undergoes to improve themselves for their Dominant or themselves. You do not have to be in a relationship to undergo training. You just have to have a desire to better yourself.
As a follow up to this post I wrote " Dominance as a Slave Training Tool to Better Submission."
Also Available
Simply Service Newsletter May 2008
Inside this edition:
- Is Slavery Real? by Darren
- Productivity Tools
- Training Outside of the Box by Bootpig
- porkchops Rules of Bedding: Inside Info from a Retail Whore
Books That Might Interest You
Master Nage's Guide to Training Consensual Slaves
Protocols: Handbook for the female slave
