AAkasha -> Buy me gifts. Spoil me. You don't deserve me! (2/1/2009 11:19:43 AM)
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I think it is safe to say some form of the "princess" persona (to some, a version of a "financial domme" or a "gold digger") appeals to a sub with a very specific fetish. To some degree, when a man responds to these kinds of demands, is it safe to say he is getting his 'fetish needs met' as he is doing this BY CHOICE? I think there is a type of fetish (I am not judging it, but the ones that judge it MOST harshly are other subs apparently) where the man eroticizes and enjoys the feeling that a very unobtainable "princess" type femdom shuns him, humiliates him, makes him feel useless and unworthy despite his efforts to win his attention by sending her gifts; he is turned on by feelings *used*. He is not turned on by feeling used by anyone (getting suckered into a financial scam in real estate won't make him hard), but being used by a woman who he finds incredibly sexy. The moment he feels that shame and humiliation washing over him that he's buying a gift at the demand of this woman, despite the fact that she's going to laugh at him and probably still ignore him, he's hitting the height of his "subspace" - for him. That said, one could argue the "fair transaction" exists in this scenario anyway. He may read 10 web sites of "gold diggers" and he stops on the one with the pictures and the language that makes him feel most humiliated and used, and he makes the decision to follow the command, send the "gift" and feel the shame. One can argue that for every 1 guy that sends the "gift," 50 others enjoy the humiliation of pretending to do it, and indulge heavily in the masturbation and fantasy while never spending one dime. (there are the other percentage that try to engage in a conversation with the "gold digger" to push the fantasy farther and keep it going as long as possible, trying to get the humiliation up front, rather than having to make the purchase to feel the shame; still, others, may want to experience the shame of, "I cannot afford to even by you a token gift, how pathetic am I? Please respond!"). The idea that maybe a sub seeking a relationship will fall deeply into this trap, to me, is silly. A man who is seeking a relationship would just shrug off these, "Buy me gifts, you pathetic little wimp!" demands, because it does not appeal to his fantasy or his desires for a relationship. Yet, obviously it appeals to the fantasy of SOME men, because these women are having success with it. They are not having success because they lay out a simple, fair, honest profile or web site with a very boring picture of themself doing laundry at home saying "I would really like to get a new blending. Slave, please send one. Thanks so much, you know I appreciate it." They are having success because they manufacture a very elaborate fantasy that appeals to a very specific fetish where a man feels absolutely humiliated for purchasing a gift for a woman who is "too good for him" - and he knows it. He may choose to read the fantasy and pretend he sent the gift, or just not send it. He certainly has a full marketplace of "princesses" to look at, and he can select both the "style" of demeaning language she uses as well as her physical look and age. I would imagine some men like to buy gifts for blondes only, while others prefer brunettes. Some like to send gifts to women who show off thier ass in a "you don't even deserve to lick my ass crack,"attitude, while others like to see pictures of women dangling a spiked high heel as to threaten them with trampling or walk on their face as they affirm the man deserves no other kind of attention. The men do not buy these gifts in hopes of receiving a very thoughtful courtesy hand written thank you note that explains how the blender was needed because the housewife could not find the model she liked at Target. They would rather hear that they were stupid and pathetic for sending the blender and that other men sent MUCH BETTER gifts and the man is still a pathetic limp dicked loser. Or something of the sort; he doesn't want equality or courtesy when he's trying to fulfill this specific fantasy - that's my point. My personal anecdote to this point of view. I am not a financial domina and I don't engage in any "bitch goddess, spoil me" beahviors. In more than ten years of having a high traffic femdom web site though, I can say without a doubt that most men (95%) casually ignore any wish list by a femdom that is presented in a very polite, non pressure manner. If the language is changed and the demand for gift is unreasonable, condescending, cruel, and includes a definite sense of superiority and DEMANDING nature, the impact on the response of (some) men is immediate. I don't think that "reasonable subs" are being taken advantage of, I think that subs who get an erotic thrill from going through the act of feeling used are engaging in a consensual fantasy. I know this by reading the responses of the men that follow the instructions; they are engaging in a dialogue specific to a fantasy. My final point is this. To the subs that are mad that it seems some women are taking advantage of men with that kind of in-your-face superior, "Spoil me, I deserve it!" style, don't think that men like YOU are being "duped" into it. The fact that this style doesn't even get your half-hard means you aren't enjoying it and will not support it. HOWEVER, there are men who enjoy that tremendously and it is by choice they open their wallet, and they do it because of the erotic rush it gives them. The process of sending the gift is the power exchange for them. The fact they are NOT winning her favor at all is part of the erotic process for them. The fact that no sweet handwritten thank you note comes is part of the process. The fact that it's traditionally unfair or downright RUDE is part of the appeal. If a man continues to engage in this gift-buying behavior and is not enjoying himself or has a sense of self-hatred or spends beyond his means, I don't blame the woman. I blame his self control and other issues. It is his choice to do this behavior. This is not an "elaborate scam" or even a bait and switch. The lady says, "I am a princess. Spoil me. Send me a gift, you loser!" (with that exact language in some cases) and they buy that bill of sale the moment they send the gift. There are hundreds of other web sites presenting other femdom view points and styles, and he has chosen to respond to that one. Instead of paying $50 for a half hour of phone sex, he is paying $50 for a gift and the erotic process of buying it, sending it, and imagining her laughing at him when she gets it; one could argue that he got hours worth of erections and fantasies while the previous example only received 30 minutes. Akasha
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