The Bear Dominant. The Bear Dom is typically a
burly gay or bisexual male Dominant who prefers diminutive and youthful
gay or bisexual male submissives. Some Bear Doms are attracted to
lady-boys and boyish females, as well. They are called Bear Doms mostly
for their tendency to exhibit hyper-masculinity and somewhat exaggerated
male characteristics such as a muscular or stocky build and abundant
body hair. Bear Doms are commonly encountered in the BDSM leather and
LGBT subcultures. Best match: The Painslut Submissive / The Little
Submissive.
The Collector Dominant. The Collector is focused on building a stable of submissives similar to a
harem. For the Collector,
quantity always trumps
quality. In
his way of thinking, the measure of a Dom’s standing is
how many submissives
he can accumulate, without much regard for who, or even what, those
submissives may be. It is relatively common for a Collector Dom to
attempt to collar a submissive
mere minutes after meeting her for
the first time in an online chat room or on a BDSM social network. Best
match: The Novice Submissive / The Pseudo Submissive.
The Daddy or Mommy Dominant. Daddy & Mommy Doms
find fulfillment in the relationship dynamic that exists between the
Dominant and submissive, who is usually referred to as
baby, babygirl, babyboy, little one, or other pet name that reinforces the sub’s child-like status in the relationship
. A Daddy or Mommy Dom craves a sub with the ability to
trust absolutely,
a spirit of wide-eyed innocence and playfulness, an eagerness for
guidance, and no-holds-barred adoration. Best match: The Little
Submissive / The Pet Submissive / The Brat Submissive.
The FemDom Mistress. The FemDom is
always a dominant female who utilizes a unique combination of
force and sexual
role reversal. She may prefer either male
or female submissives, and is sometimes referred to as a Domme, Domina, Dominatrix, or Mistress. A sub-category of FemDom is the
FinDom, a contraction of
Financial Dominant. There is often a significant element of
misandry (hatred
of men) which may be real or role-played involved in the FemDom Topping
style. Best matches: The Painslut Submissive / The Cow-Pig Submissive.
The Gorean Slave Master. A Gorean Slave Master, almost by definition, is a male Dominant who prefers
slaves
to submissives and subscribes to a highly stylized, authoritarian, and
ritualistic way of life described in John Norman’s science fiction
novels about the planet Gor. Goreans typically believe that women are
inferior to men and deserve to be enslaved. Gorean slaves are treated
as property, have no rights, and cannot own property of their own. Best
matches: The Kajira Slave / The Domestic Submissive.
The Ineffable Dominant. The Ineffable Dom is
typically a Dominant who has been in the D/s lifestyle for several years
or longer and has, mostly through trial and error, learned what does
and doesn’t work best in his D/s relationships. He has consciously
explored and borrowed traits and characteristics from the other Dominant
categories. The synergy created with each new partner brings new
facets to the Ineffable Dom’s unique (and sometimes indescribable)
Topping style. Best matches: The Warrior Princess Submissive / The
Acolyte Submissive.
The Lesser God Dominant. A Dominant who expects
and thrives on the worship of his or her submissives. This adoration
and worship, which can sometimes take the form of highly ritualistic
activities and behaviors, has but one purpose, which is the ego
gratification of the Lesser God. It is relatively common for the
households of Lesser God Doms to forsake all traditional forms of
religion in order to practice their own
home-grown religion, with the Dom at its head and subs as followers. Best match: The Acolyte Submissive / The Domestic Submissive.
The Sadistic Dominant. A Dom who enjoys or becomes
sexually aroused from inflicting physical or emotional pain or
discomfort upon his partners. Whether or not his partner is a masochist
(someone who enjoys pain) is usually irrelevant to the pleasure
that a Sadistic Dom gets from inflicting it. There is a wide spectrum
of sadism that can range from the minimally sadistic yet skilled
pain-inflictor on one end, to the abusive or pathologically dangerous
extreme sadist at the other end of the scale. Best match: The Painslut
Submissive / The Cow-Pig Submissive.
The Tin Pot Dominant. The TPD is primarily a
role player. He doesn’t consider what he does as a
deception; he considers it
role play.
For him, D/s isn’t a lifestyle; it’s entertainment. He sees it as
perfectly natural and appropriate behavior, mainly because he believes
he is interacting with others who are doing precisely the same thing.
Since he believes that
everyone is simply making it up as they
go along, he feels pretty confident in doing so himself. Best matches:
The Pseudo Submissive / The Novice Submissive / The Brat Submissive.
The White Knight Dominant. The White Knight Dom
wants to right wrongs, slay dragons, rescue subs in trouble, treat his
submissive like a princess, and become King – and he wants to do it all
before lunch. He is driven by a sense of chivalry and altruism that
transcends what he considers to be the sordid and tawdry business of
self-gratification. Making you happy makes him happy. The White Knight
lives
to find solutions to your problems, but the downside is,
not all problems are fixable. Best matches: The Warrior Princess
Submissive / The Acolyte Submissive.
