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	SD! : Web boards : Ritual : "Calling a slave 'it'" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Calling a slave 'it' (64) Mon 1 Oct 07, 11:34 PM Dragonfyre UK, 2 yrs Y! I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this topic, but here goes. I've read a few posts here where the owners refer to their slaves as "it". Am I the only one here who feels uncomfortable seeing slaves referred to in that way? I'm still fairly new to the lifestyle and still learning (in fact still learning if I can own a slave at all, having tried and failed in the past), so I don't know if I have the right mindset for it just yet. Having read Dave Pelzer's "A child called it" books, whenever I read a post referring to a slave as "it" I just get a jarring feeling down my spine (that's the best way I can describe it!). I know that Mr Pelzer's childhood and consensual slavery are two completely different things, and I'm aware of the concept of objectification, but it just doesn't sit right with me. Does anyone else feel the same way, or am I on my own on this one? Dan 1 Oct 07, 11:47 PM VadFarkas US(IL), 20 mths I feel the same but then there are a lot of different terms here that might sound strange. I'm not criticizing by any means, it is an individual choice. Vad Farkas Ringsmith 3 Oct 07, 10:39 AM 789-619-957 AU, 18 mths i am slave to Master JB. Master often refers to me as 'it'- as i am 'it' a thing, His possession. i am proud that Master can speak of me this way. - i am slave. 3 Oct 07, 1:03 PM TrainHer60 2 yrs I feel that some slaves respond to it. It's definitely more extreme than usual and not something that I currently do with my girl because I don't see any aspect of her personality that would respond positively to it. If, however, it did push her deeper into her submission then I would do it in a heartbeat. I think it's just a case of different strokes for different folks. TrainHer - Proud Owner and Master of ~exotique~(SLRN 000-695-388) 3 Oct 07, 2:16 PM Mitdasein US, 19 mths Dragonfyre wrote: Calling a slave 'it' I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this topic, but here goes. I've read a few posts here where the owners refer to their slaves as "it". Am I the only one here who feels uncomfortable seeing slaves referred to in that way? I'm still fairly new to the lifestyle and still learning (in fact still learning if I can own a slave at all, having tried and failed in the past), so I don't know if I have the right mindset for it just yet. Having read Dave Pelzer's "A child called it" books, whenever I read a post referring to a slave as "it" I just get a jarring feeling down my spine (that's the best way I can describe it!). I know that Mr Pelzer's childhood and consensual slavery are two completely different things, and I'm aware of the concept of objectification, but it just doesn't sit right with me. Does anyone else feel the same way, or am I on my own on this one? Dan I personally feel that owning a human being is vastly different than owning other types of property. But like other people on this thread have said, that's just me. I don't see anything wrong with it if the Master prefers it. It can help, I suppose, the Master to feel at ease with his/her ownership. Mitdasein House of Daedalus "For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but expedient; from the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule.". - Aristotle http://dominationandmastery.blogspot.com/ 3 Oct 07, 6:08 PM 000-719-381 US(OK), 7 yrs Y! "it" would be fine with this it, if that's what its Master/Owner wished to call it. a slave is a possessed object, granted a human being, but still its Owner's object of possession. slut phylassia on my knees 3 Oct 07, 7:12 PM slave_tsina 2 yrs i struggle with the phrase "just a slave" as in "you are just a slave". i don't know why that bothers me so much...it just does. slave tsina 3 Oct 07, 7:44 PM Red_Spark UK, 2 yrs I sometimes call my slave 'it'. Not something I do all the time, but just depends on the moment, my mood, what result I'm aiming for, and what I judge to be appropriate at any one particular moment. My slave has a developed sense of being an object and item of property, and tends to respond positively to being called 'it'. Of course, it's different for different relationships and there's no right or wrong approach, only what suits you! 3 Oct 07, 9:54 PM Dragonfyre UK, 2 yrs Y! Just to point out I wasn't criticising anyone for calling their slave 'it', each to their own and so on, but something about it jars with me and I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way. Thanks for all the responses Dan 4 Oct 07, 2:27 AM iinarihoudai US, 20 mths slave_tsina wrote: i struggle with the phrase "just a slave" as in "you are just a slave". i don't know why that bothers me so much...it just does. slave tsina To me that phrasing trivialises what we do. Makes it to be something of no account, not to be concerned with, something without worth. That's how we use such phrasing in other situations. iinarihoudai "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." -Jesus Christ, Hebrews 11:1 www.livejournal.com/users/dannasamanoiiko 4 Oct 07, 2:54 AM slave2master US, 2 yrs Dragonfyre wrote: Calling a slave 'it' I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this topic, but here goes. I've read a few posts here where the owners refer to their slaves as "it". Am I the only one here who feels uncomfortable seeing slaves referred to in that way? I'm still fairly new to the lifestyle and still learning (in fact still learning if I can own a slave at all, having tried and failed in the past), so I don't know if I have the right mindset for it just yet. Having read Dave Pelzer's "A child called it" books, whenever I read a post referring to a slave as "it" I just get a jarring feeling down my spine (that's the best way I can describe it!). I know that Mr Pelzer's childhood and consensual slavery are two completely different things, and I'm aware of the concept of objectification, but it just doesn't sit right with me. Does anyone else feel the same way, or am I on my own on this one? Dan my Master has never referred to me as an "it". i believe if a Master truly cherishes His slave, He will see her as more than an "it". Next page