It doesn’t mean it is normally the right thing to do for the master or slave. It doesn’t mean that exercizing that right would cause either party to better meet their needs ot that either party would even meet their needs to the same degree.

To me, I question the definitions of the one asking the question about whether it was about M/s or D/s. To me, the question was rigid and had a simple answer. I have found real life relationships to necessitate negotiation and compromise, for me. People do what they do. I do what I do. Much of what I do doesn’t neatly fit into M/s or D/s. Words are what I use to communicate with, and are extremely important. Using terms interchangeably that have different meanings is not something that is helpful for me.

I appreciate and agree with the responses of this thread as speaking to what they felt the question to be for them in there experiences and relationships.