For people who wonder about a D/s relationship and feel it is degrading to the submissive partner, this may clear that up. True D/s involves much love, respect and trust. Here is what one Master wrote and we agree with it completely. To us, this epitomizes everything that should be in every D/s relationship. As it is often important and often even necessary for one human being to have certainty and a clear understanding of the intentions, desires, motivations and needs of another, I offer this testimony in trust and sincerity. I am a dominant man. I am just that. I am not dominant because of any superiority on my part. Not because I feel I am more intelligent or wiser. I am not dominant because of the strength or mass of my body. I am not, nor would I want to be dominant with all women, yet to you, I am Master. I am your Master only after earning your trust and I embrace your submissiveness. I have looked into your heart and mind and clearly see your desires and passions. You have thrown away your fears and inhibitions. You tell me of the needs of your heart and body. You have given me total access to your soul, and I accept the responsibility and honor. You are a submissive woman. You are just that. You are not submissive because of any weakness or inferiority on your part. You are a treasure to be cherished. I have the strength of body and mind and the instinctive need to protect, possess, defend and provide for you. You are instinctively stronger of will and heart. Your belief in me gives me courage and direction. Your strength disperses my doubt. Your needs and desires encourage and give purpose to my efforts. We have halves of a whole. We complement each other and make each other complete. My desire to dominate you is instinctive. It is not to degrade you nor is it degrading to you because your are totally secure in your femininity. We each recognize and accept our own worth, and our need for someone to trust, and to fulfill our desires. You are sure, strong and proud in your womanhood. You do not submit as acceptance of inferiority, but from strength and passion. You expect a man to stand strong; you desire and flourish in the strength and control of a man. In return you present control of your body, unqualified trust and honesty, and the faithfulness of your heart. You submit because I have earned your trust; because I have opened my heart and soul to you; because I have listened to your words with my ears and heart, and have learned to anticipate your needs and emotions. Because I have proven worthy in your eyes, you have given me the only true treasure of life: you have given me dominance over you. What you give is not abnormal, but pure, natural and the rarest gift a woman can give a man. You have given me complete and unshakable assurance of your commitment to me. Your submissiveness is a magnificent gift and sacred responsibility. I accept this from you with humility and joy. I understand the rarity and purity of this gift. I recognize it is your body and soul, your heart and mind. I dominate you only because you have allowed it, and when I see you kneel before me, in my mind and heart you are raised above all other women, and all the treasures of the earth. What you give freely cannot in reality be bought.