Service-oriented submission

In BDSM, 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. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

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. ^[1] Many derive satisfaction from being focused on the needs of another, rather than themselves. ^[3]

Service-oriented submission can be performed in either servile, or dignified ways.^{[ citation needed ]} Bootblacking is a service-oriented task performed within the leather subculture. ^{[4] [5]}

Bootblacking may sometimes involve boot-licking as part of the activity. ^[6]

The satisfaction of service submission is often combined with the pleasures of fetishes, 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, enjoys being "lower" than the dominant, or any combination.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Erotic humiliation
• Financial domination
• Maledom
• Master/slave (BDSM)
• Service top
• Sexual roleplay
• Top, bottom, switch (BDSM)

References

1. Sciortino, Karley (January 31, 2018). "A 'Lifestyle Slave' Is More Than a Sub Who Does All Your Chores for Free". Vice .
2. Shahbaz, Caroline (2016). Becoming a Kink Aware Therapist. Taylor and Francis. ISBN   978-1-315-29532-9. OCLC   960040878.
3. Easton, Dossie (2001). The new bottoming book. Janet W. Hardy, Angela Beck (New ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Greenery. ISBN   978-1-890159-87-0. OCLC   793001222.
4. "Bootblacking by Niki Smith". Oh Joy Sex Toy. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
5. "A Top's Guide to Being in the Bootblacking Chair". Deviance & Desire. 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
6. "Inside the Surprisingly Intimate Fetish of Boot Licking". www.out.com. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2021-10-12.