Total Control + Total Responsibility By definition, a ‘slave’ is a piece of (movable) personal property (a.k.a. 'chattel') owned by another person. A slave can be bought, sold or traded. While a slave may be cherished and cared for, a slave can also just as easily be misused and abused. Of course an owner can love their slave; nothing in the book says that an owner cannot love their slave. However, slavery does not require love. Slavery is about control: the utter and total domination and control over another human being's life. Slavery is also about responsibility: the utter and total responsibility of another human being's life.There are only two basic elements required of slavery: 1.) a slave. 2.) an owner who is willing to accept the responsibility of the possession of a slave. Illusions. For the would-be slave: Trust may be an issue prior to slavery, but it is an illusion. Physical attraction may be an issue prior to slavery, but it is an illusion as well. In fact, everything and anything a would-be slave requires or desires, apart from their true and total commitment to actually being a real, owned slave, is an illusion. Slavery is NOT about 'romance'. Sure, an Owner could romance and seduce a slave if they chose to, but romance and seduction are not 'part and parcel' of slavery itself. Slavery is about Ownership and servitude; any other element involved is something other than, or in addition to, slavery. If a 'slave' insists upon a requirement or a condition for, or on, their Ownership - they are seeking something other than slavery. Yes, it all sounds so terrifically unfair, doesn't it? An Owner can require and involve whatsoever they like in the 'relationship' and a slave must endure and indulge whatever an Owner's whim might be. Hmm... That almost sounds like, well: slavery! Doesn't it? -- Excerpt from RLSlavery.com