ztrade, I think you're talking about different things here. Some of which I don't see as falling on the spectrum of "domination".

My take is that being the Dominant is about leading and making decisions for the negotiated activities in the scene. If I was assuming a role that you describe as "you specify what they do, and they do it", which I take as following a script, then you are no longer a sub but a bottom and I am no longer a Dominant but a service top.

"Seduction" and "coercion" are forms of manipulation. In a scene, which is a fantasy, they should be occurring within negotiated boundaries. For example, if someone said they had a hard limit of wearing panties, I would not try to "seduce" them into wearing some. But if no such limits was established, then, as a Dominant, I may lead my sub into doing that.

Where I fall? I'm a Dominant and that's how I like to run my scenes. I can just top someone, but I don't like being a service top. I feel too much like a puppet and that isn't something I enjoy. I do use various techniques, including seduction or "forcing" to get a submissive to do something I want, but I don't do it to the point where I would violate someone's limits.