Voice training is one of the most advanced stages of training of a slave. Voice training deals mostly with respect and the demeanor of a slave. It not just deals with the actual verbal speech of a slave, but also deals with the thought pattern of a slave.
The are many parts of the human voice and verbal speech. The tone of our voice, the choice of our words, how we speak, the volume of our voice can give a person a large mental image of what is going on within our minds. The best way for a person to express themselves is through speech. I personally, when training a slave, will require them to take a serious of speech classes which are usually given at any educational site, such as a local college, or public learning centers. Within these classes, the slave can learn many aspects of the voice. With our voices, most of us find ourselves comfortable expressing our happiness, contempt, sadness, irritations, fear, and other aspects of our emotions. The tone of our actual voice underscores the looks on our face, and the movement of our bodies.
Firstly, a slave’s voice is a privilege and not a right. Even though they may have something important in which to say, to teach, or even to ask, the use of their actual voice is a privilege in which they must earn, it is nothing which they should consider a right. If their voice is used properly, they should be rewarded for such, however if used improperly, they should have such privilege taken away, just as any other reward would be taken away for bad behavior.
Slaves should never make remarks or phrase a question, or offer ideas to express his/her own needs or desires. The slave themselves may indeed have them, but needs to learn to speak in such a way to not voice them. Their needs and desires are up to the Trainer or Owner to fulfill.
Before you begin “voice training” your slave, the first thing which you should do is figure out and create a set of guidelines for the slave. You should determine what you want and how you want your slave to speak. Once you choose the course for your slave, you must be willing to enforce it at all times, whether or not you feel the need or desire to do so. This is important, specially with verbal training.
Voice Training Section One: The use of the Title
The first step to voice training is the usage of the Owner or Trainer’s title, and usage of the word “Sir or Ma’am”. Even though the use of such titles, shows the high amount of respect and gratitude for which your slave has for you, and the respect for other Masters and Mistresses in which he/she may find themselves around, it should become as easy as speaking the first name of their partner in a normal vanilla relationship. They should not have to think about it. They should not even have to ponder such. The following is a brief guideline on the usage of “titles”.
- Within the confines of privacy, or in a kink aware environment, the usage of the title “Master/Mistress” to denote you, or the title of “Sir and Ma’am” to other Dominants should be mandatory. A slave should follow the usage of the title after every complete thought. Some people replace “Sir/Ma’am” with the words “Milord, or Milady”, using the old English way of speaking, to denote a difference between yourself, and other Dominants.
- During a Scene, a punishment, or a normal gathering in a D/s environment, the title should be spoken at the end of each completed sentence.
- There will be places where the usage of “Master/Mistress” may not be suitable due to the environment and the people around you. This is where you should consider the usage of the other titles, such as “Milord, or Milady”, or “Sir/Ma’am”, depending upon your decision. A slave should never refer to their Owner or Trainer as him/her or he/she. If they are speaking and must refer to their Owner/Trainer in public, they should do so by Sir and your first name such as, “I belong to Sir Steven”. If you do not wish the slave to use your First name, Then “Sir/Ma’am”, or “Milord/Milady” would work. Such is up to your digression.
- Some Owners/Trainers require the title to be spoke before and after each thought such as “Sir, Yes, Sir”, or “Master, yes Master”. This could also be used as a possible punishment for growing lazy with such usage of a title.