Master/slave Mastery--Protocols: Focusing the intent of your relationship

By Robert J. Rubel Ph.D., M. Jen Fairfield, Robert J. Rubel Ph.D.

Many get tripped up over the very concept of written protocols. We've met many Masters who believe that writing out the way they want things done removes creativity from the relationship. That's not the way we see it.In our experience, a protocol manual is much more than documenting rules of service. Writing a protocol manual helps you examine and refine your relationship and your relationship management style. The very process of creating a manual such as this reveals the kinds of service Master really wants from the slave and the kinds of service the slave can actually deliver. In that light, writing a protocol manual is an exercise in clarifying the intent of your relationship.Biased as we are, we assert that protocols help to reprogram both the Master's and the slave's brains. They help you create habits. Protocols don't merely define how you look on the outside, protocols help shape how you think on the inside. Since protocols specify the way Master wants this particular slave to do things, and since people are different from one another, protocol manuals are person-specific.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986352195
• ISBN13: 9780986352195
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Red Eight Ball Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Example of a protocol manual, complete with errors.

This seemed like a great book, something that would give information on protocols and what types of protocols to put in a manual, how to bring protocols to a greater forefront of your life and relationship, etc. This wasn't really how the book played out there. The first couple of sections were decent (although there were a couple of passages that were a little triggering, but that's my own thing to work through). The remainder of the book was just excerpts from their manual, which is fine, but a lot of it could have been explained in better detail (and proofread a bit more clearly). There were also multiple instances of very white-cishet business (referring to cities outside of the US as "exotic", etc.). It was still an easy and decent read, and gave me lots of information and ideas on what I don't want in my dynamic, so for that it's worth an additional star.