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Total Power Exchange
Total Power Exchange, or TPE for short, is a derivative
of the concept of power exchange in a
D/s relationship. The term
refers to a relationship where the dominant
has complete authority and influence over the
submissive's life, making the majority of decisions. TPE is
sometimes referred to as 24/7 though these terms
are often considered to have different definitions. TPE is also often
used to mean either the state of being a slave or
being internally enslaved.
The phrase Total Power Exchange was coined by Steven S. Davis in the
newsgroup alt.sex.bondage during his
debates with Jon Jacobs in the mid 1990's.
In 1997, Davis gave this definition:
: "A TPE (Total Power Exchange) relationship, sometimes described as
an absolute lifestyle D/s relationship (that such
relationships can
actually be neither "total" or "absolute" is agreed; these are ideal
states to be worked towards but which will not be achieved, which is
why TPE may be better seen as a process or goal than as a state), is a
relationship in which no impediment to the exercise of the owner's
power is accepted (some may, of course, exist, and what prudent owners
do is to avoid direct collisions with these impediments, while working
to overcome those that can be overcome (since the laws of gravity
can't be overcome, a sane owner isn't going to ask a slave to fly (w/o
appropriate equipment, of course), nor will a sensible owner try push
a slave into things that are hard limits for hir (but the owner might
push a slave up against what the slave thinks are hard limits but
which sie can in fact overcome)). Such things as safewords, contracts,
negotiated limits, and anything else which recognizes / acknowledges /
formalizes limits on the owner's power are inimical to TPE."
Both TPE and Jacob's preferred term, Absolute Power Exchange,
or APE are problematic terms for some people, including many
who pursue exactly these types of D/s relationship, since the
relationship is subject to the physical and the emotional limitations
of the participants and therefore cannot genuinely be total nor
absolute.
Most adherents to TPE or APE philosophies agree that the
distinguishing feature is that the limitations are not "chosen" by the
submissive or slave, and the word enslavement (especially in
Internal Enslavement) has become more popular as a term which
focuses on the submissive's, or slave's, state of mind.External Links See Also
(This entry in the BDSM Dictionary incorporates text from the
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