Slave

In BDSM, a slave is usually person who gives up total control to someone who they are in an agreed-upon dynamic and/or relationship with. The term slave is not gender specific. You can use “female slave” or “male slave” to make a distinction between genders. While all slaves are submissive, the term often implies a deeper level of authority granted to the dominant partner, sometimes called a Master. In these dynamics, the slave may agree to give the Dominant significant influence over aspects of their life, such as behavior, appearance, routines, or other personal choices. But these arrangements are still based on consensual agreements and negotiated boundaries. The term is often used to signal a strong commitment to service and authority within the dynamic, rather than a universally defined set of rules. What “slave” means can vary widely between individuals and relationships. ### Slave in Core BDSM In traditional BDSM/Core BDSM, the definition above may be considered incomplete or misguiding because slave is a title attributed to a submissive who enters a Total Authority Transfer, therefore effectively and irrevocably transferring all of their agency to their Dominant (who has the title of Master or Mistress) becoming their "property". It is, of course, a consensual process that must be negotiated at length before being entered into. Once the slave consents to the Authority Transfer, they are considered to be entitled to no further right of consent, their only recourse to the will of their Master being to withdraw consent to the dynamic as a whole, therefore ending it. Most often the judgement, feedback, and personality of a slave are highly valued by their Masters, who employ a considerable amount of time, effort, and work in the development and happiness of their slaves. A Core BDSM slave has nothing to do with historical slavery or any form of coercion.