Submission is associated with submission and domination.
Submission is a concept that refers to the reduction , capitulation or submission of one person to another. In order to fully enter into the establishment of the meaning of the term, it is important to indicate that it comes from the Latin word submissio , which means “submission” and that it is the result of the sum of three components:
- The prefix sub- , which is synonymous with “below” .
- The verb mittere , which can be translated as “send” .
- The suffix cion , which is used to indicate “action and effect” .
What is submission
It is possible to associate submission with subordination , obedience or compliance . For example: “The government gave a lot of money to the media to achieve their submission” , “For the owner of this company, the submission of the employees is very important” , “We cannot continue accepting the submission of women to the man: we have to demand gender equality.”
In the context of law , submission is called the acceptance of what one of the parties to the dispute intends. This does not mean that the right of the other party is recognized, although it allows the litigation to be terminated. Upon submission or compliance , the magistrate concludes the process and is responsible for issuing the corresponding sentence.
In mixed martial arts, submission is known as a movement that immobilizes and causes great pain to the opponent.
The concept in mixed martial arts and wrestling
In mixed martial arts and wrestling , submission is called the movement that achieves the immobilization of the rival and causes great pain to him, forcing him to surrender.
The term is also used to refer to surrender when it is due to this type of movement: “The Brazilian fighter won by submission in the first round.”
Submission in sexuality
Submission, finally, can be a sexual practice or fantasy that also implies the simultaneous development of domination . In this sense, one person dominates the other, exercising some type of power or control within the framework of the relationship.
The subject who surrenders to submission, therefore, must accept the rules imposed by the dominator.
The term in cinema and literature
To all of the above we must add that there are several cultural productions that use the term in question as their title. This would be the case of the short film “Submission” , which was released in 2004 and was directed by Theo Van Gogh , who shortly after the work was broadcast on television was murdered by an Islamist radical. And this production told the case of a Muslim who had not only had to face the submission imposed by the people around her but also serious situations such as rape.
In the same way, we cannot forget that “Submission” is also the title of a 2015 novel by Michel Houellebecq . It is a work framed within the political genre that is framed in the France of 2022 , when the leader of the supposed Muslim Brotherhood party wins the elections and that means that he undertakes unexpected measures. Specifically, it will end equality between men and women while establishing polygamy.