Editing Female submission

{{Short description|Sexual activities with a female submissive partner}}
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'''Female submission''' or '''femsub''' is an activity or relationship in which a woman [[Sexual submission|submits]] to the direction of a [[sexual partner]] or has her body used sexually by or for the [[sexual pleasure]] of her partner. The expression is often associated with [[BDSM]], where submission to such activity is usually voluntarily and [[consensual]]. Submission usually involves a degree of [[Trust (social science)|trust]] by the woman in her partner. The [[Dominant (BDSM)|dominant]] partner is usually a man, but can also be another woman, or there can be multiple dominant partners simultaneously. The submissive woman may derive sexual pleasure or emotional gratification from relinquishing (to varying degrees) control to (as well as satisfying) a trusted dominant partner.

A 1985 study suggested that about 30% of participants in BDSM activities were females.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/BF01550846 |title=On the prevalence and roles of females in the sadomasochistic subculture: Report of an empirical study |year=1985 |last1=Breslow |first1=Norman |last2=Evans |first2=Linda |last3=Langley |first3=Jill |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=303–17 |pmid=4051718|s2cid=31730499 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/BF01541410 |title=The prevalence and some attributes of females in the sadomasochistic subculture: A second report |year=1994 |last1=Levitt |first1=Eugene E. |last2=Moser |first2=Charles |last3=Jamison |first3=Karen V. |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=465–73 |pmid=7993186|s2cid=28743901 }}</ref> A 2015 study indicates that 61.7% of females who are active in BDSM expressed a preference for a submissive role, 25.7% consider themselves a switch, while 12.6% prefer the dominant role<ref>{{cite thesis |degree=Master |title=Through Pain, More Gain? - A Survey into the Psychosocial Benefits of Sadomasochism |year=2015 |last1=Silva |first1=Andrea Duarte |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages=41 |url=https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/48652 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611045214/https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/48652 |archive-date=11 June 2020 }}</ref> but a more recent survey from 2017 indicates that women tend to self-identify as Submissive, Slave, Bottom, or Masochist (SSBM) and always perform submissive roles while men tend to self-identify as Dominant, Master, Top, or Sadist (DMTS) and always perform dominant roles.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martinez |first=Katherine |date=2018 |title=BDSM Role Fluidity: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Investigating Switches Within Dominant/Submissive Binaries |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28854056/ |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=65 |issue=10 |pages=1299–1324 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2017.1374062 |issn=1540-3602 |pmid=28854056|s2cid=23833868 }}</ref>

==Eroticism==
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Submission can take the form of passivity or [[Obedience (human behavior)|obedience]] in relation to any aspect of conduct and behavior. Submission can be to a partner in an [[interpersonal relationship]], such as allowing the sex partner to initiate all sexual activity as well as setting the time and place and [[sex position]]. It can also be in relation to the type of [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] that the partners will engage in, including non-coital sex such as [[anal sex]], or [[BDSM]] or [[sexual roleplay]].

Some sex acts require a woman to be passive while an active sex partner performs sex acts on her, and this may be seen as a form of submission. Obedience may be a part of a sexual roleplay or activity, and can also be in the relation to the style of dress, if any, or behavior or any other manner. In fact, any act that is performed on a passive woman, such as undressing her, may be regarded as submissive behavior on the part of the woman.

Submission may be manifested in a multitude of ways whereby a woman relinquishes sexual or personal control to another, such as acts of [[Service-oriented submission|servitude]], submission to [[Erotic humiliation|humiliation]] or punishments such as [[erotic spanking]], hair pulling, [[caning]] and [[Flagellation|whipping]], [[Forced orgasm|forced orgasms]] and [[Female ejaculation|female ejaculations]], [[Erotic sexual denial|orgasm denial]], [[Urolagnia|golden showers]], pussy torture, [[Chastity belt|"forced" chastity]], [[wax play]], spitting, or other activities, at times in association with [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]].

Female submission can take the form of engaging in sexual activity with a person other than her normal partner, as in the case of [[Swinging (sexual practice)|swinging]] (sometimes called wife swapping), [[non-monogamy]] or [[prostitution]]. Female submission can also take place in the form of clothed male, naked female.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Clothed Male, Naked Female (CMNF)? - Definition from Kinkly |url=http://www.kinkly.com/definition/643/clothed-male-naked-female-cmnf |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Kinkly.com |language=en}}</ref> The level and type of submission can vary from person to person, and from one time to another. Some women choose to include occasional sexual submission in an otherwise [[conventional sex]] life. For example, a woman may adopt a submissive role during a sexual activity to overcome a [[sexual inhibition]] she may have. A woman may choose to submit full-time, becoming a lifestyle [[Master/slave (BDSM)|slave]].

Many people derive [[erotic pleasure]] from the submissiveness of a female partner,<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is Female Submission? - Definition from Kinkly |url=http://www.kinkly.com/definition/1180/female-submission |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Kinkly.com |language=en}}</ref> which they may regard as a [[sexual arousal|turn-on]]; and some people regard obvious passivity as a form of feminine [[flirting]] or [[seduction]]. Some women submit to the sexual wishes of their partner for the pleasure of the partner, which may itself result in sexual pleasure for the submissive woman. In other cases the submission is solely for the pleasure of the partner where the woman does not receive pleasure as such from the activity.

==In literature==
Female submission is common in traditional literature.<ref>''Comparative Literature: Theory, Method, Application'', by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek. p.181.</ref> ''[[Story of O]]'', published in 1954 in French, is an [[erotic]] tale of female submission involving a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer named O, who is taught to be constantly available for all forms of sex, offering herself to any male.

[[Wonder Woman]]'s origin is closely tied to the world of BDSM and feminism. Its creator [[William Moulton Marston]], an ardent feminist and practicing psychologist did not view female submission as an act of weakness or defeat. He used to see it as an act of love and respect.<ref>{{Cite web |last=83Launa |date=2016-07-20 |title=The BDSM Origins of Wonder Woman |url=https://jackfisherbooks.com/2016/07/20/the-bdsm-origins-of-wonder-woman/ |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=Jack Fisher's Official Publishing Blog |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Breast torture]]
*[[Cuckquean]]
*[[Dominance and submission]]
*[[Dominatrix]]
*''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]''
*[[Fisting]]
*[[Gorean subculture]]
*[[Male dominance (BDSM)|Male dominance]]
*[[Male submission]]
*[[Nyotaimori]]
*[[Top, bottom, switch]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
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*[https://www.amazon.com/Submissive-Women-Tales-Female-Submission-ebook/dp/B006WBRN9C ''Submissive Women – Tales of Female Submission'' by Monique Lassen. ASIN: B006WBRN9C.]
*Henryson, Dean (2014). ″Girl Fighting Exposed.″ Createspace. {{ISBN|978-1493767496}}.
*{{Cite journal | last1 = Feng Sun | first1 = Chyng | last2 = Wright | first2 = Paul | last3 = Steffen | first3 = Nicola |title = German heterosexual women's pornography consumption and sexual behavior | journal = [[Sexualization, Media, and Society]] | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 237462381769811 | publisher = [[SAGE Publications|SAGE]] | doi = 10.1177/2374623817698113 | date = January–March 2017 | doi-access = free | url = http://iu.tind.io/record/797/files/1532_German-Heterosexual-Women-Pornography.pdf }}
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