Thursday, March 29, 2012

Idol Gossip

“Ethically, I consider scene confidentiality equivalent to doctor/patient.”  And that is the biggest, steaming pile of crap I ever handed anyone—and myself.  New York in the Naughty Aughtys was rife with wagging tongues. It was almost as if I was in each sessions.

I was as guilty as the next domme at times, but in no way they worst and certainly not in the worst ways—demoralizing other dommes, giving away sensitive information.  Conversely, times arose when staying above the fray bit me in the butt.

Typically when a new slave entered my lair I asked them certain questions including their experiences—including negative experiences.  A lot of times slaves would immediately mention names.  “I don’t need to know their names.  I’m just getting a psychological profile of you to better understand you before we play.”  Early on, I spent a considerable amount of time deliberately trying to suppress names with the experiences, but I found that a new sub, trying to do his best, would become frustrated thinking he was already disappointing me.  I let that go after a while.  It wasn’t just that, however.  The lowest common denominator in bonding is mutual disdain for someone else.  It wasn’t long before I knew wayyyyyy more about my colleagues than I ever would have wanted. 

There was a lot of sycophantic, “You’re soooooo much better than her,” kind of thing going on.
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Of course this wasn’t relegated to just the “slaves” trying to curry favor.  In NYC there were a lot of guys who saw a bunch of dommes at any given times.  Sluts? Sure, but such is the nature of the beast. Then, there would be a lot of, “Hey, you know who I just saw? I bet you can’t guess what she did?” Smarmy? Perhaps.  On the other hand, if you have a funny story about a dominatrix you saw, who else are you going to tell except the other dominatrix you see?  Are you going to pop into work after lunch and tell your co-workers about how you were in panties, tied up, covered in piss, and this rockin’ hot domme totally cut a big fart in the middle of the session?