Talk:Servitude
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Subservience is currently a a redirect to Servitude, but I'm not sure that they're really the same... [[User:AnonMoos|AnonMoos]] 18:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC) | Subservience is currently a a redirect to Servitude, but I'm not sure that they're really the same... [[User:AnonMoos|AnonMoos]] 18:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC) | ||
:No, they're not. Subservience is cringing obsequiousness such as an extreme sub exhibits, but that falls short of servitude, which is very little short of slavery.--[[User:Taxwoman|Taxwoman]] 23:15, 19 December 2006 (UTC) | :No, they're not. Subservience is cringing obsequiousness such as an extreme sub exhibits, but that falls short of servitude, which is very little short of slavery.--[[User:Taxwoman|Taxwoman]] 23:15, 19 December 2006 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :My thoughts were more along the lines that subservience is a conspicuous overt attitude, i.e. a stated willingness to defer to another person and comply with his/her wishes -- while "servitude" in a BDSM context is focused more on actually performing services, perhaps not so much on expressing a generalized anxious eagerness to please. [[User:AnonMoos|AnonMoos]] 09:59, 21 December 2006 (UTC) | ||
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Subservience is currently a a redirect to Servitude, but I'm not sure that they're really the same... AnonMoos 18:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- No, they're not. Subservience is cringing obsequiousness such as an extreme sub exhibits, but that falls short of servitude, which is very little short of slavery.--Taxwoman 23:15, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
- My thoughts were more along the lines that subservience is a conspicuous overt attitude, i.e. a stated willingness to defer to another person and comply with his/her wishes -- while "servitude" in a BDSM context is focused more on actually performing services, perhaps not so much on expressing a generalized anxious eagerness to please. AnonMoos 09:59, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
