[QUOTE=BDSM_Tourguide][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=DarkRed]It's possible to be a dominant without also being a sadist. Rules can just as easily be enforced through disciplinary actions like standing in a corner, writing lines, or enforced domestic servitude.[quote]

I totally agree TG, although I believe psychologists have slightly muddied the waters by making a distinction between sexual sadism ( sexual arousal through inflicting pain) and authoritarian sadism ( sexual arousal through the abuse of power); the later definition one that my name sake ( De Sade) would have abhorred as he detested all forms of authoritarian abuse,believing strongly and ahead of his time in the rights of the individual.. Dominance, sadism, humiliation, degradation, all are best understood as separate parameters, that may however co-exist within an individual to varying degrees.