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Humiliation
In BDSM, humiliation is one
psychological technique a top may use on a
bottom. It is generally considered
edgeplay because it touches strong emotional
buttons.
The word humiliation comes from a Latin root meaning earth.
To "humiliate" someone is to bring him or her down low to the ground.
Humiliation is a highly subjective issue, and depends greatly on
context. Although there are many examples of humiliation as a
technique, success in training all depends upon the slave and what they
find personally to be most degrading. While in a
dominant-submissive scene
or relationship, the submissive takes a subordinate role and
may be called "slave", "boy
", "dog" or something similar. The submissive may also make
displays of subservience, such as lighting
cigarettes, walking a pace behind the dominant, only speaking when
spoken to, etc.
Humiliation play can involve physical and/or verbal methods. Some seek
to be demeaned by acting a role, while others enjoy to
be 'tonguelashed' and to be constantly told of their low status, and
even be made to repeat this back to the humiliator. One example may be
as simple as having a slave call their Master "Sir" or "Master." For
some, this in and of itself is utterly humiliating, while other slaves
may find that is not humiliating whatsoever. On the flip side, having a
slave wear a collar and perform submissive acts in public or within the
confines of a scene with other people may seem humiliating to some, but
normal and natural to others.
However, a dominant may take care over insulting the submissive. Terms
like "fat", "ugly", "stupid" or "worthless" could be considered abuse
if this is not part of the understanding the top and bottom have
negotiated for their role play scene.
Depending on the roles and persons involved, terms like "
slut", "tart", "bitch" and "whore" may or
may not be considered humiliation. For some people, such names are a
way of achieving ego reduction, entering
bottom space, or getting over sexual inhibitions.
A classic technique to put a submissive into bottom space is to combine
humiliation with pleasurable physical sensation, including sexual
stimulation. Someone who is already inclined to be subby can often be
put into a very submissive mental state by simultaneously turning that
person on physically while humiliating them.
Sexual roleplaying may or may not
involve humiliation. For example, one bottom who plays the part of a
dog may enjoy being mock-forced into it and the top will emphasize the
lowness of the bottom's status as an animal. Another dog-player would
rather play the role of the dog without any element of humiliation.
One such form of sexual roleplaying is
objectification, where the bottom is cast in the role of an
object.
It is also widely accepted that there are individuals who seek
humiliation as a form of emotional release, thus, doing things like
eating out of a dog dish, being forced to always kneel, displaying
oneself or being forced to cross dress, are just methods a Master can
use to bring their slave that much wanted emotional release.Personal experiences See also
(This entry in the BDSM Dictionary incorporates text from the
Humiliation article in Wipipedia.)
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