Quote Originally Posted by Dslave
That is actually one of the reasons I posted this. There IS a particular protocol that seems to be expected over the net that doesn't seem to really be in place in the real world and I wondered what people thought about Doms and Masters "demanding" respect from the moment they meet you when in real life it seems (though, I could be wrong because my dealings with other Doms/Masters other than my own are limited as I am not very active in the "community" any further than going to PE clubs once in awhile) that Doms and other people's Masters prefer to earn your respect rather than have it given to them.
D, I'd venture to say that any dominant that demands respect from the get go is indeed not respecting others, nor methods of human social interaction. Basically, I have yet to meet one of these dominants that wasn't selfish, unstable or socially inept.

When I first came into the world of bdsm I ran into a lot of these so called dominants. It took me a bit to realize that while they may title themselves a dominant, they lack understanding of some of the basics tenets of domination. Most of them want all the rights with none of the responsibilities. But there are a lot of people like that.