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Con­se­quences of bad behav­ior, slave train­ing, and pun­ish­ment of a slave.  There are con­se­quences to bad behav­ior  in the bdsm lifestyle, Master/slave rela­tion­ship just as in the vanilla world.  The gen­eral rules of con­se­quences apply to slave train­ing and then some.  A slave girl is expected to obey her mas­ter and fail­ure to do so can lead to con­se­quences.  The con­se­quences of bad behav­ior should not only be geared to pun­ish­ing unwanted behav­ior but moti­vat­ing her to change behav­ior to one that is pleas­ing to her Master.

There are two types of con­se­quences to ill-advised behav­ior. One nat­u­rally occurs and the other is a log­i­cal con­se­quence imposed by oth­ers. The sec­ond type is the focus of this page and it an impor­tant con­cept in slave train­ing and devel­op­ing pun­ish­ment for her actions.

1) Nat­ural Con­se­quences of bad behavior:

Nat­ural con­se­quences are a neg­a­tive result of short-sightedness or lack of atten­tion. In nat­ural con­se­quences no one else is involved; your actions cause a con­se­quence. It is a vio­la­tion of com­mon sense rules of life. An exam­ple is, not get­ting fuel for an auto­mo­bile results in run­ning out of gas. It is a nat­ural price you have to pay for cer­tain behav­ior. Some nat­ural con­se­quences take an indef­i­nite period of time to have an effect. Nat­ural con­se­quences can be a learn­ing expe­ri­ence for indi­vid­u­als. Nat­ural con­se­quences do not involve another per­son; the con­se­quence is a direct result of behav­ior. It is often referred to as “the school of hard knocks”.

Nat­ural con­se­quences can be a very use­ful tool in train­ing a slave to accept respon­si­bil­ity for her actions and cor­rect faulty behav­ior. In other words “let nature take its course.” Show­ing a slave that some “bad things or bad luck” that hap­pen to them are a direct result of cer­tain behav­iors they have cho­sen is a pow­er­ful tool.

A Mas­ter that is aware of the con­cept of nat­ural con­se­quences can use it as a train­ing aid. If used prop­erly it not only improves obe­di­ence but also can help improve the self-image, thoughts and behav­ior of a slave.

Emo­tional responses are not nat­ural con­se­quences to an action. Dif­fer­ent peo­ple react dif­fer­ently to iden­ti­cal events.

2) Log­i­cal Con­se­quences of bad behavior:

Log­i­cal con­se­quences are a neg­a­tive result of fail­ing to under­stand or ignor­ing rules, laws, pro­to­cols and social restrictions.

Log­i­cal con­se­quences are applied by oth­ers to the offender (Mas­ter to slave). The influ­ence of the Master’s opin­ion and author­ity con­tributes to the power of the rules over the slave. The slave may not like the con­se­quences, but she accepts them because they apply to her as a slave and are intended for the bet­ter­ment of her.

Log­i­cal con­se­quences are not nat­ural reac­tions that hap­pen due to a behav­ior, there­fore they are usu­ally more com­plex and require a con­text in which they are applied.

 Vanilla world appli­ca­tion of Log­i­cal Con­se­quence of bad behavior:

In the vanilla appli­ca­tion of log­i­cal con­se­quences three things are con­sid­ered impor­tant to mak­ing it suc­cess­ful in cor­rect­ing behav­ior; 1) friendly atti­tude, 2) choice and 3) action/not words.

The con­cept states that a friendly atti­tude should be main­tained while dis­cussing alter­na­tives and choices of alter­na­tive behav­iors and there should not be a pre­oc­cu­pa­tion with win­ning or los­ing. There should be an avoid­ance of power strug­gles. The per­son being pun­ished should per­ceive that they have a cer­tain degree of influ­ence and choice to allay defen­sive­ness and resistance.

Once a choice of action has been cho­sen; action, not words are impor­tant and help insure fewer mis­un­der­stand­ings and a greater accep­tance of the punishment.

 slave train­ing appli­ca­tion of Log­i­cal Con­se­quence of bad behav­ior: (vanilla rules must be mod­i­fied for slave training)

The desired goals for apply­ing log­i­cal con­se­quences in slave train­ing is nor­mally dif­fer­ent than how it is applied in the vanilla world. In slave train­ing the objec­tive is to mold the slave’s behav­ior around the rules and pro­to­cols estab­lished by her Mas­ter and estab­lish or rein­force the dom­i­nance of her Mas­ter. The slave’s sub­mis­sion to the will of her Mas­ter is an impor­tant aspect to be con­sid­ered. There­fore, the con­cepts of atti­tude, choice and action must be mod­i­fied to align with train­ing a slave.

In slave train­ing, I think the fol­low­ing bet­ter describes the appli­ca­tion of atti­tude, choice and action:

Atti­tude– The Mas­ter should not apply con­se­quences out of anger. The con­se­quences should be well thought out and appro­pri­ate to “fit the crime.” The pur­pose is to mod­ify the slave’s behav­ior so that it pleases her Master.

Choices are another aspect of log­i­cal con­se­quences. In slave train­ing the con­se­quences should be designed to show the slave that their is a price to pay for dis­obey­ing her Mas­ter. She has no choice but to fol­low her Master’s rules and pro­to­col. She has no choice as well in deter­min­ing the log­i­cal con­se­quence that fol­lows her fail­ure to obey. She is sub­ject to what her Mas­ter deter­mines is a log­i­cal con­se­quence to her actions. By choos­ing slav­ery she has given that free­dom of choice to her Mas­ter. The choice of a con­se­quence to be taken can be dis­cussed between Mas­ter and slave, but the slave must real­ize that the choice of the con­se­quence belongs to her Mas­ter. Her only choice is obedience.

Another impor­tant aspect is that action, instead of words, helps ensure suc­cess and fewer mis­takes in the future. A log­i­cal con­se­quence is usu­ally more than just words; it involves a cor­rec­tive and/or puni­tive action. The action should point out the bad behav­ior and the cor­rect expected behav­ior should be made clear to the slave.

Com­par­i­son of con­se­quences to pun­ish­ments: (society’s view and the BDSM view of punishment)

Below in the first two columns the stan­dard vanilla world dis­tinc­tion between con­se­quences and pun­ish­ment is illus­trated. Pun­ish­ment is viewed as a bad word in cur­rent soci­ety; there­fore soci­ety expresses a def­i­n­i­tion of it in a neg­a­tive light.

I think the third col­umn bet­ter defines how pun­ish­ment can be used as a con­se­quence of bad behav­ior in slave training.

* denotes society’s view –

** denotes BDSM view

One impor­tant con­sid­er­a­tion is that log­i­cal con­se­quences should be uni­form for all slaves owned by the Mas­ter. That does not mean that the pun­ish­ment will be the same for each case. For exam­ple, if one slave has vio­lated a rule before and the other has not, a log­i­cal con­clu­sion may result in dif­fer­ent pun­ish­ments for each slave. In addi­tion, what may be con­sid­ered harsh pun­ish­ment by one slave may be mild pun­ish­ment or plea­sure for another.

The above is adapted to slave train­ing from Chap­ters 3 and 4 of the book “Adler­ian Coun­sel­ing, A Practitioner’s Approach, Fourth Addi­tion”, by Thomas J. Sweeney, Ph. D.