Dominant Archetypes
• Psychology Of Domination
I’ve seen in several places the mention of at least five Domme Archetypes. I don’t have the books with me so I’m going from memory, but the ones I remember are: the Nurse, the Amazon, the Governess, the Slave Trainer, the Queen and the Goddess. (Yes, I know that makes six)
I remember having read these it was no coincidence that I identified with the Goddess the most by quite a long shot, though I think that the Governess and Slave Trainer may be my secondary identies.
Goddess types expect to be worshipped and to be made to feel beautiful and important. They value obedience and the desire in a man to please her, often by enduring mental and physical pain and discomfort for her own sadistic satisfaction.
Being a Goddess also ties in with my Giantess and similar fantasies, since it’s easy to imagine a real life Goddess being huge if she wants to be.
I take from the Governess / Trainer role the desire to control and shape my male into whatever pleases me at the moment, be he a sex slave ready to worship with religious devotion any part of my body or a mere footstool.
Of course we all borrow from all categories and I find them quite flimsy on their own and somewhat irrelevant to how a lot of people do D/s. But it’s fun to think up primal Dominant stereotypes and identify with their qualities.
Do any of you have a specific archetype that you can relate to? Are there any others you’ve invented to describe yourself more accurately? Is the whole exercise a waste of time given how unique we all are?
Comments
I’m so glad you encompass so many qualities.
You know how happy I am when I get lost in worship. And what a comfort it is to me to know that you will nurture me when that is what I need.
Posted by: Richard | March 5, 2007 2:40 AM
I wonder if I have a bit of Nurse in me because of the nurturing I like to do, but I’m not really into the whole nurse look at all, or the medical stuff
Posted by: Alexandra | March 5, 2007 2:48 AM
I don’t really picture you wearing one of those funny little caps.
I just took it as meaning I could count on you to take care of me if the need arose.
Posted by: Richard | March 5, 2007 12:08 PM