Contract of Submission

5.1. - The Contract of Submission

Upon entering slavery a freewoman shall be required to sign a general Contract of Submission specifying the terms, conditions and duration of her slavery. Her commitment to be a sexual servant is aside from her commitment to any particular Keeper. Her Contract of Submission is separate to any written agreement she may have with any particular Keeper.

When a freewoman determines to become an odalisque she should compose a document called a 'Contract of Submission'. This is a general statement about the fact and nature of her slavery. It should formally declare her consent, and it should set out the terms and duration of her submission to sexual service. In particular, it should set out her HARD LIMITS - it should clearly state where her boundaries are.

A Contract of Submission is made independent of any particular Master. Rather, the woman should simply ask herself, why sort of slave do I want to be? and she should then compose a short written statement setting it out in plain words. It should be something she composes herself. There is an example given in Code d' Odalisque, Article 5.5.

Once it is made the Contract of Submission cannot be changed. But it can be modified in effect by a separate document called a 'Plea for Mercy.' A Plea for Mercy can be made at any trime and it has force over and above the slave's Contract of Submission.

For example, let us suppose a freewoman decides to become an odalisque. She therefore writes a Contract of Submission. But then she is purchased by a new Master and he wants her to engage in golden showers (urine play). Her Contract of Submission does not say anything about it. So, she writes a Plea for Mercy asking her Master to spare her from golden showers, because she doesn't like it and really doesn't want it to be part of her sexual servitude. The Plea for Mercy modifies (and overrules) the Contract of Submission.

A Contract of Submission may be poetic as well as factual. It may be a statement of how a woman feels about her role as odalisque. It is, in any case, a personal statement. It is quite general in scope. Specific situations can be dealt with by a Plea for Mercy.