Dominance

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Dominance, or domination, is the state that exists when one person or group has power over another. It is the condition or fact of being dominant; the act of exercising controlling power; using or assuming authority.

Social "Dominance hierarchies" are found in many animals, humans. In general terms, dominance is the state of having high social status relative to other individuals, who react submissively to dominant individuals.

In individual terms, domination is achieved through taking control of a person or situation through usage of some means (physical, mental, financial, etc.).

Personal dominance is largely about controlling the environment. Where that environment involves partner, a healthy result is a D/s relationship but that requires that the other partner is submissive and consents to the domination.

In BDSM dominance relationships, the power or right to give orders or make decisions is consensual. Dominance by coercion or force, without the consent of the people being dominated, is normally called oppression and is not part of BDSM.

A person who exercises personal power over another in a relationship or on a regular basis, outside of BDSM scenes, is called a Dominant (also, Dom for a man, Domme or Dominatrix for a woman).

The opposite of dominance is submissiveness.

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