Leatherist -> RE: Male subs sometimes dramatic? (3/3/2008 10:58:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: laurell3 I didn't read the responses Lashra, but honestly I think this type of drama that you used as an example is incredibly difficult for men to grow to accept. It has nothing to do with role, I haven't met a man yet that didn't turn a performance issue into a huge deal because it is for them. I don't know if he has drama issues with other things, but this one I really think he probably needs understanding and time to accept that he is going to suffer decrease in sexual performance with age. edited for spelling...ok yeah decease wasn't the word I was looking for thanks sea! Hi Laurell, Yeah, it's true but there's a solid psychological reason behind it. Men are for want of a better word "pro-active" we are happiest when we are doing something, we are active in our approach to life. I want to see if I can word this in a way that is clear and in offensive. What follows is gross generalisation but more or less accurate: Female submissives more often desire to be found pleasing than to actively please. Male submissive more often desire to actively please and be useful than to be found pleasing. Or another way: Female submissives want their owners to make use of them, and to be pleased with them in that usage. Male submissives want to be of use to their owners, and for their owners to be pleased when they are. The key I'm trying to underscore is that the male mind-set, submissive or dominant, is geared to being proactive. Doing something that is pleasing, as opposed to being pleasing by doing something. Is that clearer than mud? When a man, dominant or otherwise, is unable to perform a task it becomes an issue of worth - many men, for example, have a minor insecurity if they aren't particularly good at handwork - building cupboards and spice racks, or dungeon furniture. Most men are creative and competitive together - and this finds expression in sportsmanship, the noble laborer myth, and so on. On a primal level it can become a feeling of inadequacy when we don't match up to these ideals and expectations we have for ourselves. SixFoot Coleridge Which is why so many fem subs act like you just poleaxed them when you ask them for active preformance and excellence. It takes a real bastard to make you work, rather than just lie about and have things done to you. [;)]
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