In
BDSM
BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...
, service-oriented submission (or sometimes servitude) is the performance of personal tasks for a
dominant partner, as part of a
submissive role in a
BDSM relationship.
The submissive is sometimes said to be ''in service to'' the dominant. Service-oriented submission is part of a spectrum of submissive behaviors, and not all submissives are service-oriented.
In domestic service roles, the submissive can receive pleasure and satisfaction from performing services for their dominant, such as serving as a butler, waitress, chauffeur, maid or housekeeper.
[ Many derive satisfaction from being focused on the needs of another, rather than themselves.
Service-oriented submission can be performed in ways that are either ]servile
Servitude may refer to:
Persons
* Conscription
* Indentured servitude
* Involuntary servitude
* Penal servitude
* Service
* Service-oriented submission
* Slavery
Property
* Equitable servitude, a term of real estate law
* Servitude in civil la ...
, or dignified. Bootblacking is a service-oriented task performed within the leather subculture.
Bootblacking may sometimes involve boot-licking as part of the activity.fetishes
A fetish (derived from the French , which comes from the Portuguese , and this in turn from Latin , 'artificial' and , 'to make') is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a human-made object that has power over ot ...
, the pleasures of humiliation, or both. A submissive may rub his or her dominant's feet because the sub enjoys providing the service, has a foot fetish
Foot fetishism, also known as foot partialism or podophilia, is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. It is the most common form of sexual fetishism for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts.
Characteristics and related fetishes
Foot fet ...
, enjoys being "lower" than the dominant, or any combination.
See also
* Erotic humiliation
*Financial domination
Financial domination (also known as Findom) is a current variant of Femdom.
Constellations
In this fetish lifestyle, in particular a practice of dominance and submission, a submissive (''cash piggy'', ''finsub'', ''human ATM'', ''money slave'' o ...
*Master/slave (BDSM)
In BDSM, Master/slave, M/s or sexual slavery is a relationship in which one individual serves another in a consensual authority-exchange structured relationship. Unlike Dominant/submissive structures found in BDSM in which love is often the co ...
*Service top
In human sexuality, top, bottom, and versatile are roles during sexual activity, especially between two men. A ''top'' is usually a person who penetrates, a ''bottom'' is usually one who receives penetration, and someone who is ''versatile'' ...
* Sexual roleplay
*Top, bottom, switch (BDSM)
The terms top, bottom, and switch are used to describe roles for the duration of a sexual act or they may more broadly denote a psychological, social, or sexual identity, or indicate one's usual preference. The terms top, bottom, and switch are al ...
References
BDSM terminology
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