Submission is a complex issue for many women. Although it is central to the practice of Loving Domestic Discipline, many women shy away from any mention of submission because it conjures up images of women meekly obeying their husbands, women who have repressed all their own personal characteristics and have become meek and servile. There are many women who practice Loving Domestic Discipline in their home, who receive a good spanking when they have misbehaved, but who will loudly deny that they are in any way submissive. Being submissive does not mean behaving like a doormat. Women who believe this are usually the ones who will be the first to deny that they are in any way submissive. This is because they misunderstand what submissiveness is all about. Being submissive does not mean losing your personality and becoming a doormat with no opinions, no ideas and no zest for life. Submission is not about that. Submission is about getting in touch with the deepest parts of your femininity, parts that many women deny or repress. When a woman does get in touch with these feminine characteristics that lie deep within her own psyche, she will suddenly and brilliantly flower, because all the energy that she previously dedicated to repressing parts of her own character has been suddenly liberated. All that energy can now be put to use expressing who she really is, as a beautiful and free woman, instead of being tightly locked inside her, crushing her own self identity