daddysprop247 -> RE: is BlackSnake Moan a BDSM movie? (3/6/2007 10:31:28 AM)
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ORIGINAL: themischievous1 That's all well and fine and certainly each to his or her own, prop, but there is one thing that is a possible explanation for what you find pleasure in. If we grow up with a dynamic of abuse being modeled for us or we are in any way exposed to abusive relationships during formative years (what's formative may be up for debate, btw) then abuse can actually feel familiar and "right." Something non-abusive would feel alien and inappropriate. Something "healthy" and perhaps more mainstream would not tap into an unconscious desire to return to what is known and comfortable, no matter how dysfunctional what is known is. The above theory may or may not apply to your particular life situation but I do think it's important to state the theory because so-called "traditional relationships" do not have to be dysfunctional or abusive in order to qualify as what might be considered traditional domestic discipline, head of the household models of a relationship. no of course not, however what appeals and has always felt right to me personally are those "abusive", "dysfunctional" (tho i wouldn't agree with that description) types of traditional relationships. also when i say traditional, i'm not talking ward and june cleaver, but something much more harsh, gritty, primal....think old-fashioned orthodox islamic or even christian marriages. where a woman's choices are nil, and a man has absolute dominion over her. as for gravitating to such relationships due to early exposure to such as a UM, that could very well apply to some but not to me, as i actually grew up in a very "modern" household with an independent, career-minded, hear-me-roar Oprah-esque mother, and an unhappy, defeated father. it was my mother's dream that i grow up to be a ball-busting feminist just like herself, and it was (partially) seeing her relationship with my father that showed me just how very wrong and unnatural such a philosophy was.
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