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In the terms of [[BDSM]] scenes or interactions, a '''bottom''' or '''submissive''' refers to the person who takes on the submissive role for the duration of a scene. This term is associated with being on the receiving end of bondage, discipline, and sadism. (Note: this term has significant connotative differences from '''submissive''' or [[slave]].) They may be involved in such acts as [[sexual bondage|bondage]], [[flogging]], [[humiliation]], or [[servitude (BDSM)|servitude]] from the [[top]].
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==Adjective==
  
The term originates from a more general use of the word, especially among the [[gay]] male community, to mean receptive partner. See [[bottom (sex)]] for this meaning.  
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''Being'' [[submissive]] is wanting to or being willing to submit to orders or wishes of another. Showing in inclination in this way.  An overriding desire to be pleasing.  Willingly submitting without resistance to authority.  Being subservient or servile.
  
A bottom is not necessarily submissive, and vice versa. At one end of the continuum is a submissive who enjoys taking orders from a dominant but does not receive any physical stimulation. At the other is a bottom who enjoys the intense physical and psychological stimulation but does not submit to the person delivering them.
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==Noun==
  
It should be noted that the bottom is most often the partner who is ''giving'' instructions - the top typically tops when, and in the manner, requested by the bottom.
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In [BDSM]], ''a'' '''submissive''' refers to the person who takes on the submissive role for the duration of a scene or is a submissive partner within a [[power exchange]] relationship.  
  
In order to explore BDSM sex, it is essential to be careful and choose a top who will be responsive to one's needs, feelings, and limits. (See [[safeword]].) Failure to choose a trustworthy top can be very dangerous, and even a trustworthy but overzealous top can inflict severe pain or injury by failing to pay attention to the bottom.
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This term can be associated with being on the receiving end of bondage, discipline or sadism but need not necessarily be any of these.
  
In [[Japanese bondage]], a bottom is referred to as ''[[uke]]'', a term from martial arts.
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The term [[submissive]] as a noun is mostly synonymous with [[sub]] but some people use it more widely to denote anyone disposed to be submissive and would therefore say that a submissive might be a [[bottom]], a [[sub]] or a [[slave]].  Not all slaves feel themselves to be submissive, however and not all bottoms are submissive.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
*[[Dominant]]
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* [[BDSM Roles]]
*[[Switch]]
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* [[Bottom (BDSM)|Bottom]]
*[[Domination and submission]]
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* [[Sub]]
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* [[Slave]]
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* [[Dominant]]
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* [[Switch]]
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* [[Masochist]]
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* [[Domination and submission]]
  
 
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Revision as of 10:47, 6 April 2005

Adjective

Being submissive is wanting to or being willing to submit to orders or wishes of another. Showing in inclination in this way. An overriding desire to be pleasing. Willingly submitting without resistance to authority. Being subservient or servile.

Noun

In [BDSM]], a submissive refers to the person who takes on the submissive role for the duration of a scene or is a submissive partner within a power exchange relationship.

This term can be associated with being on the receiving end of bondage, discipline or sadism but need not necessarily be any of these.

The term submissive as a noun is mostly synonymous with sub but some people use it more widely to denote anyone disposed to be submissive and would therefore say that a submissive might be a bottom, a sub or a slave. Not all slaves feel themselves to be submissive, however and not all bottoms are submissive.

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