Brandy,
You seem to ignore something.
Society.
The only submissives I have met have had extremely low self esteem, are usually women that have been raised in a manner that makes their self worth very low unless they have "a man"
When I think submissive I don't think the terms you are saying, I am thinking of a person that essentially gives up their "rights" and go into abject misery, just so they can "serve" their partner.
I am curently mixed up with a girl that falls into that latter category. She is very submissive, and is often upset with how she is unhappy, but at least her lover is happy.
That sounds like a crummy relationship to me.
But when you talk to me you are talking to someone that finds men attracted to women that are bound up and helpless, to have a couple of screws loose.
Oh I know of the whole "trust" thing, but to me this is just taking it a bit far.
What doesn't help me is many of the styles of the bdsm community I like
The term "submissive" strikes me in the same manner as the work "sissy", though to a lesser extent.
Ah hell, why can't people just love one another without one domineering the other? LOL
On a side note, I accidentally came across a video on you tube with the word Scissors grip or something in the title.
Essentially a body stockinged female wraps her legs around some normal clothed dude, and proceeds to squeeze her legs and crush his neck. His head turns beat red, and he does not look like he is enjoying himself. But this is love? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Heck to me, this is disturbing. Then I saw the several other videos that were much the same, and with different people.