Female Domination (Paperback)

by Elise Sutton (Author)
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Elise Sutton examines the prevalent male desire to be dominated by a woman. She explores from a psychological perspective why men have submissive desires toward the female gender, where these desires originate from, and how this common male fantasy reflects what is transpiring within society, as women are becoming more liberated and independent. Elise reveals that Female Domination is a large tent with many forms, expressions and lifestyles contained therein.

Elise takes the reader into the personal and intimate lives of forty couples, who are not unlike your family members, the people you work with or the people you socialize with, yet who practice different variations of the Female Domination lifestyle. Some couples like Female Domination to be soft and sensual, some like it hard and rough, some like it wild and trend setting, some like it romantic, some like it untraditional, some like it primarily in the bedroom, and some like it both inside and outside the bedroom.

Through the experiences of others, Elise depicts how the Female Domination lifestyle can build a bond of intimacy, defuse arguments, relieve stress, transport sex to a higher level than just the physical, empower women in society, and inject excitement into the mundane tasks of life such as household chores. Elise portrays how Female Domination can satisfy the inner male child, build up a woman's self-esteem, add spice to the bedroom, re-ignite romance, and cause a power exchange within the female/male relationship. Elise Sutton examines how society is evolving toward Female rule, one relationship at a time.

"Female Domination" discusses some intense and controversial sexual practices. "Female Domination" will no doubt arouse, titillate, shock and challenge. However, it is Elise's hope that above all, it will enlighten and educate.

About the Author
I attended a northeastern University from 1975-1978 where I received my Bachelor's degree in Psychology. I majored in Psychology and minored in Sociology. For my post-graduate studies, I specialized in the area of Human Sexuality.

As part of my research, I joined a pansexual organization that focuses on BDSM and D&S in loving, caring relationships. It was there that I had my first experiences with openly Dominant Females and submissive males.

I have researched Female Domination and male submission for over twenty years. I have counseled with submissive men and female dominant couples and I have interviewed many couples that practice this lifestyle in varying degrees. I have personally lived and still actively practice the Female Domination lifestyle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 298 pages
• Publisher: LULU (November 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411603257
• ISBN-13: 978-1411603257
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,297 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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229 of 260 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile Read But Serious Flaws, March 19, 2005

By	Dr. Kevin Rogers, Ph.D. - See all my reviews

I'm being generous and giving this book three stars for effort. The author tries hard to give a psychological basis for the supposed reasons for the male desire to be dominated. There are serious errors with her reasoning and claims however. My own research in sexual submissive desires reveals a high correlation with success and stress in men and women. That is, men and women in more stress-filled positions with more responsibilities tend to favor their mate being more sexually dominant. Other research too shows the same result.

90 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unerotic, Sophistic Read , January 15, 2006

By	Pauline (NYC) - See all my reviews

I am a woman that is more submissive but who likes on occassion to switch. I bought this book hoping it would illuminate a bit of the male submissive mind and perhaps offer more of the psychological drives of the BDSM lifestyle in general. Unfortunately, Elise Sutton presents a very rigid world, in which all women are inherently dominant and all men have an inherent need to be dominated. One could speculate from where that want of seeing men and women eminates, but suffice to say that the world is far more varied and richer than what Elise Sutton is failing to appreciate.

Moreover, there is definitely an unsaid undercurrent in the book that women *should* be dominant and to be otherwise is weakness. Rubish. I find that sentiment insulting to us many women who enjoy having a man take charge and "ravish" us on occassion. If anything, a submissive is very psychologically strong and dominant in most respects. The fact that the powerful like to be dominanted from time to time is because they are powerful enough to indulge in it and as an escapism--and not because of the at times geuninely preposterous supposed underlying psychological reasons that Elise Sutton is proferring on her readers.

In summary, the book is trite and overly simplistic in analyzing this otherwise complex subject and there is also a heavy tendentious take on this matter. We human beings are far more varied and our motives never clear-cut or fixed as this author seems genuinely believing.

115 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A LOOK AT THE GROWING PHENOMINOM OF FEMALE DOMINATION, March 27, 2004

By	Wayne C. Rogers (Las Vegas, Nevada United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bringing her expertise as not only a psychologist, but also a dominant female, Elise Sutton has written what I consider to be the best non-fiction book on female domination. Rather than going into the quality of writing here, as well as Ms. Sutton's insight into the subject matter (the other reviewers have done a terrific job with that), I'd just like to touch on some of the different chapters that delve into the vast area of female domination and how many couples choose to apply this growing trend to their own lifestyles. At the beginning of the book, Ms. Sutton carefully explores her own unique experiences in this field and the psychology behind man's desire to be controlled in the bedroom and outside of the bedroom by a strong, dominant woman. The author examines the history of female domination and the masochistic desires of the male, mostly from the mid-Eighteen Hundreds to the present. She then goes on to show how modern-day couples use female domination within their own marriages, incorporating discipline, English corporal punishment, cross-dressing, orgasm denial, cuckoldry, mental and verbal humiliation, water sports, and leather to add spice and variety to their lives. Ms. Sutton is the first to say that each couple is different and therefore must find what best works for them. The author also stresses that for any of this to work, there must be love, intimacy, communication, and trust between the man and woman. With honesty and open communication, the couple is able to experiment and thus find the things that bring excitement and a stronger sense of love and devotion into the marriage. One thing that certainly stands out is the growing phenomenon of female domination. As time goes by and the female species becomes more powerful in the work place and in less need of a male counterpart, the urge to incorporate female domination into one's marriage increases. During the next hundred years, the balance of power may very well shift to the female and man may find himself on his knees before his lovely Goddess, desiring nothing more than to please her in whatever way she desires.