ShaktiSama
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I'm in a D/S relationship with a much younger man at the moment. I do not do a lot of ageplay per se, but the difference in age between us is certainly a locus of power and I am willing to work with it at times. I think the role of Mommy has the same purpose for male submissives that Daddy does for female submissives. It's an issue of sheer physical attraction to some degree--some guys will always be more attracted to a woman over 30. Such men are attracted to older women all their lives, whether they are 15 or 50, and they will always tend to eroticize women in Mother or Crone roles more than women in Maiden roles. Obviously there's an emotional component there as well. Impossible to put it all in a single box, but it usually has something to do with how Mommy makes a small boy or girl feel. When a mother cradles her child, the child feels tiny, safe, warm, overwhelmed/overpowered, and absolutely adored. He is close to Her heart, beautiful in Her eyes, worthy of Her attention, receiving Her loving discipline when he is a bad boy and inspiring Her joy and pride when he is good. (I'm assuming there's some of the same energy happening in "Daddy" play as well.) I can easily see how working within those roles could be a deeply healing and/or deeply erotic experience. "Mother Goddess" is probably the most ancient archetype of female dominance known to humankind. So...no, don't think there's anything "weird" about it per se. Certainly it's no weirder than any other roleplay that people do in BDSM... Just as an aside, on that subject...I realize that some people have some serious issues about real-life child abuse, but I think the idea that ageplay is analogous to real incest or child abuse is...pretty much insane. It's the exact same sort of thinking that holds that any BDSM game between consenting adults is somehow analogous to any real non-consensual criminal act, be it kidnapping, rape, blackmail, interrogation, torture, medical malpractice or slavery. I wish people would stop talking about it in threads like this--real child abuse is what squicks me out, not ageplay between consenting adults!
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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