Does the submissive have all the power in a D/s relationship? | Infinite Devotion Episode 56

Does the submissive really hold all the power in a Dom/sub relationship? Dawn and I take on a comment we keep hearing.

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A statement keeps showing up in our YouTube and Instagram comments: in a Dom/sub relationship, the submissive is the one with all the power. Dawn and I sit down to talk it through, starting with what power actually means and why the ability to say no doesn't put anyone in the lead. We get into consent and safe words, the walls-up energy that can hide behind that statement, and why Dawn never wanted the power in the first place.

I explain why I see our dynamic as an exchange rather than a transfer: Dawn surrenders to my lead, and I surrender to her emotional truth, including admitting when she's right. Dawn shares how she learned where to deploy her no, the summer when nearly everything I brought her got an instant no, and how she sits with fear until the truth wins. We close on the humility it takes for me to see my own mess, and the solidity it takes to stand in the truth when her fear is big.

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