Epytropos -> RE: How to be more dominant. (9/20/2011 1:41:25 AM)
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The padawan thing is doing it for me lol. You remind me of someone I mentored... anyway, I've never read any of the official BDSM texts outside of stuff like the Marquis de Sade and Venus in Furs, so if you want a direct line I'm not your man, though I've seen the things Cynthia linked here and elsewhere several times so if you're a believer in democracy they're probably a good bet. Indirect stuff, on the other hand, THAT I can most definitely do. These are books which I think had an impact on me as a dom and as a person. I might be wrong, and I'm probably revealing more of myself here than is tactful, but here goes nothing. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Brave New World by Alduous Huxley Babylon Revisited by F Scott Fitzgerald Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez There are no doubt others. These are the ones that spring immediately to mind. I think every book I read affects me somehow. These, though, I think had a more direct effect on me as a dom than did others. They might help you, they might not. I don't know you well enough to say. ***It should be noted that I would not say that any of these made me more or less of a dom. They merely impacted my philosophy of the role. While I probably have become more domly in the time I've spent in the lifestyle, that's probably more a function of time than reading materials.*** Anyway, you seem well-intentioned so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here. I've seen people make more drastic changes with sufficient motivation. Good luck with your journey. Feel free to message me to discuss the literature, incidentally - I've quite run out of people to do that with and I'm on the point of starting a reading group and officially turning into my mother...
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