Humbled Females
~ Base Tenets ~

Humbled Females explores inner and interpersonal dynamics, focusing on submissive females and the men who actively lead them. Our goal is to provide a safe environment for open and honest reflection and community discussion, for those who live or seek or wish to understand this relationship dynamic.

We respect other relationship dynamics even as we focus on the one that interests us the most.

We hold these tenets as givens:

The Self

Life is too short to spend it unfulfilled.
That which is not growing is dying.
Developing an ego is a necessary part of our development, but our ego is not who we are; in our ego we see ourselves as in a mirror, reflected, the way others see us. We find our true selves as we shed our egos.
Who we are at our core - our innate primal needs, wants, and instincts - is revealed to us in part through our fantasies and kinks. There is fundamental truth and power in the worlds we create for ourselves and the worlds to which we respond.

"Being humble - behaving with humility - is not the same as being weak, spineless, wimpy, or the like. Indeed, humility requires great mental strength. It takes strength to overcome all the human training that teaches us to be proud, vain, and self-important."
                         ~ Guy Baldwin, Slavecraft, p. 103

We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way.
                         ~ Audre Lorde

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
                         ~ Frank A. Clark

"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers."
                         ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

The Submissive Relationship

It takes two to tango. An interest in Mastery and submission is not a solo hobby.
It's a relationship dynamic.
Of what use is a Master if a submissive female can manage all facets of her own
growth journey?
Open communication and trust are vital.
When a Master lives in obedience to his true self and to the universe, his submissive female can trust in his leadership.
If submission is a gift, so is Mastery.
Meaningful submission is born not of weakness but of strength. A Master helps to strengthen and empower a submissive to have a choice and still make the choice to obey.
If it's safe, sane, and consensual, feel free to explore it without judging it.

"When the student is ready, the Master will appear." ~ Buddhist proverb

"Master doesn't make a slave. He only creates the environment in which the slave will happily reveal itself to Him."
~ Slavemaster's 7, on bornslaves Yahoo group, 8/16/08

"Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and accepting it and being true to it, whatever the pain, because the pain of not being true to it is far, far greater."
~ Nicholas Evans, The Horse Whisperer

Our Place in Society

Submission and feminism are not mutually exclusive.
We can exercise healthy respect for societal equality of the sexes while celebrating
a female's personal choice to surrender her will to a dominant male.
A woman who holds a position of leadership in the working world may crave nothing more than to surrender all to a strong man at home.

The base tenets of this community have evolved over time and under new management.
For a historical look at the origins of this community, see Original Base Tenets.

The images on this page are enhanced photos of a statue of a woman grinding grain
from the Egyptian 5th dynasty.

Humbled Females ~ Base Tenets ~

Humbled Females
~ Base Tenets ~