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Why Humiliation Is Exciting To Many

September 29, 2021 By Ms. Rika 3 Comments

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I hope you have been enjoying Rika’s Lair, my monthly column dedicated to thoughts and experiences  regarding power dynamics in Service-Oriented D/s relationships. Look up “Ms. Rika” in the search box  for links to all my articles in KinkWeekly! 

I’ve participated in a lot of discussions regarding the use of humiliation and degradation within power  dynamics. Many consider the fact that many submissives enjoy being humiliated or degraded as being a paradox. I don’t see it as a paradox, I see it as a very rational, and expected, reaction. Here’s why: 

I tend to think most people who enjoy humiliation, don’t enjoy humiliation itself, but LOVE being  humiliated. In other words, it’s the fact that someone else is deliberately humiliating them that gets the chemicals flowing. 

I’ve talked about it before – I believe that there is a process of rationalization whenever we willingly and  voluntarily accept something from a partner that isn’t what we normally would desire. We must justify,  to ourselves, why would allow this to happen to us. This is true when a sub is punished, or “tortured”  (non-abusive), or required to do chores, follow protocols, or any number of other things. The fact that  power dynamics are consensual, leaves out abusive / truly-forced reasons – leaving only the rationale  that the dominant has the authority to inflict this upon the submissive – and, upon accepting that  authority, leaving the submissive feeling “helpless” to resist. 

So, voluntarily accepting something from a dominant that we normally would not accept, triggers a  feeling of being under the dominant’s control and authority. That’s something subs want. That’s  something that makes their submission feel more real. Subs don’t have to enjoy the activity – but they  absolutely enjoy feeling the dominant’s authority. 

This is behind my assertion that punishments always reward submissives…even if the punishment is  something that they hate…and that people who think that you need to make the punishment severe  enough for the sub to change their behavior to avoid it, are fooling themselves. The more the  submissive dislikes the activity they feel compelled to allow, the more “real” the authority feels and the  more titillating the experience. See my previous article entitled, “Punishment Is Always a Reward” in  Kinkweekly, for a more in-depth discussion regarding punishments. 

Humiliation is something most of us would try to avoid. It’s not a pleasant experience. But if a sub allows  a dominant to humiliate them, they stimulate the feeling of submissiveness and powerlessness under  the authority of the dominant. It promotes the dominant to a more powerful position in their mind,  which is arousing and enjoyable. 

There is a Yin to that Yang: Dominants are afforded the opposite end of that rationalization: They know  that the submissive would normally avoid humiliating situations. However, they are not only allowing  themselves to be humiliated, they’re do voluntarily within the context of their power dynamic. The  rationalization that the dominant must have the authority to levy the punishment, supports the  dominant’s feeling of control and power. Humiliation becomes a playful experience. How much can a  dominant push a submissive? How far does that rationalized-authority extend? 

In this light, it’s obvious why humiliation is desirable – and what the submissive and dominant may gain  from it. It’s not a paradox at all. It makes complete sense!


Ms. Rika is a lifestyle dominant, educator, and author; living in the suburbs of NYC with her  husband/slave. She has written several popular books on her approach to adding Dominant-Centric,  Service-Oriented D/s to relationships. You can find her books (in both print and eBook formats) at  Lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/msrika), or at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, the iStore, Books-A Million, Kobo.com, or anywhere books are sold. Search for “Ms. Rika”. Write to me at  Ms_Rika@hotmail.com

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  1. empoweredsub says

    October 4, 2021 at 10:48 am

    What’s the difference between humiliation and degradation?

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    • Rika says

      October 5, 2021 at 11:19 am

      Degradation is the lowering of stature…to de-grade someone lowers their position. You COULD be humiliated by being degraded…but humiliation is usually more about the reason you are being degraded (we can’t do the job well, we scored too low to maintain position,

      Humiliation is an abasement of pride…it’s something that may embarrass you. It plays against your sense of self-worth.

      So you could be humiliated by being degraded…but not usually degraded by being humiliated. Make sense?

  2. kinkster10 says

    October 4, 2021 at 10:48 am

    adore your perspective

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