Such things as safewords, contracts, negotiated limits, and anything else which recognizes/acknowledges/formalizes limits on the owner's power tend to be viewed as negative things in TPE.Source: <a href="http://www.enslavement.org.uk/tpeLet's">http://www.enslavement.org.uk/tpeLet's</a> take out all the italicized portions to get to the heart of the matter...A TPE (Total Power Exchange) relationship, sometimes described as absolute lifestyle D&s, is