Just discovered this thread after I'd started an almost identical one over in the next room, so I'll be doing a bit of catching up.

Quote Originally Posted by BDSM_Tourguide


In a more general sense of the word, though, a submissive is not typically interested in a TPE type relationship. She will enter into a 24/7 domestic relationship with a dominant and will be more interested in the aspects of serving, both/either domestically and/or sexually. She is not so much interested in having her life micromanaged, nor is she desirous of corporal punishment, heavy scenes of bondage or strict discipline.
I think you're mistaken in conflating submission and masochism. I know a totally owned slave who is micromanaged and controlled, but who doesn't want or get any punishment stronger than a sharp word; contrariwise, I know any number of submissives who want extreme bondage and pain, but are always in control even when they're saying "Beat me harder!"

IME, there's no correlation between levels of submission and levels of masochism. In terms of pain, the only consistent difference between sub and slave is that a slave may accept pain that is completely "wrong" and unerotic in order to please hir Owner, and even feel fulfilled by doing so, where a sub would be saying "Red, red, this isn't working for me."