Although I have grown out of it, I was very much a Daddy's girl when younger, in as much as all my partner's were older, father-figures, and I looked to them for guidance and (non-physical) discipline - but also for unconditional love, however badly I behaved. And I did push that bit... This was in a totally non-bdsm-aware context, but the relationships still hold true to that style.
I found Ms Brame's statements extremely un-informed.