What is Power Exchange?
By Mara Vale · Reviewed by Elena Ward · Last updated
Power exchange is the consensual transfer of control from a submissive to a dominant, either for a single scene or as an ongoing arrangement.
Power Exchange in context
The submissive grants authority; the dominant accepts responsibility for using it within the agreed limits. Because power is given rather than taken, it can also be withdrawn.
Short exchanges last one scene. Longer ones, sometimes called total power exchange, extend rules and rituals into daily life and need regular check-ins.
Related terms
- BDSMBDSM is an umbrella term for Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, and Sadism and Masochism: consensual adult play built on power exchange and intense sensation.
- NegotiationNegotiation is the conversation before a scene in which partners agree on what will happen, which limits apply and how to stop.
- FLR (Female-Led Relationship)A female-led relationship is a dynamic in which the woman holds the main authority in the relationship, by mutual agreement.
- ProtocolIn BDSM, protocol is the set of rules, forms of address and rituals a submissive follows in a dynamic, such as how to greet or speak to the dominant.
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