Quote Originally Posted by Dslave
I believe that a slave's level of commitment is much stronger. Just the fact that she must trust her Master with her life is reason enough for me to believe that.
If, as you suggested later, you're referring to SM scenes, I've seen plenty of subs get into situations where they were trusting the Dom with their lives. In the final analysis, anyone who lets someone else tie them up and play rough with them does that. Even excluding conscious malice, a careless or inexperienced Dom can hold the sub's life in hir hands without realising it.

In fact, subs are often taking a bigger risk. They may be playing with someone they only meet for occasional scenes, who they don't know well and who has only a casual commitment to their welfare. Whereas a slave knows hir Owner intimately and knows (one hopes) that the Owner feels responsible for the slave's well being.