I've had some thought-provoking personal discussions lately about this. It's a rather subjective thing, as these things are by nature, yet it seems more elusive than it should be.

For example, the first rule on this very forum requires content to be gentle femdom related but doesn't even define it. I've noticed that with multiple other GFD related subreddits, ironically. To be clear, I don't mean this as a criticism at all; I think it's just a good illustration of how difficult it can be to define and especially difficult to do so succinctly.

So, **how exactly do you define gentle femdom**?

What distinguishes "gentle femdom" from "femdom"?

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Edited to add after some discussion: The idea that some level of caring makes it "gentle" implies that kink done without care is the default. Since consent and boundaries and aftercare are really kink 101 and should always be incorporated, the idea that actions done without a special level of care are the norm feels wrong to me.