May the Schwartz Be Near You

I’m not your dominant superman or obedient as a dog…but I have found a middle ground

Photo of the author, by the author, in a full-blown delusion that he is a gangster

I’m inching closer to something very different when it comes to dating, sex, companionship, and marriage

I grew up in the — quick kiss on the first date, make love around the third, commit to each other, engage, marry, have kids, go broke, then die….and not necessarily in that order.

We tend to get stuck on gender roles as opposed to what’s really at play — domination.

I will dominate you

When a man says he will rock your world… show you things you’ve never seen…or take you places you’ve never been, is he really trying to dominate you?

Sometimes.

Most men don’t think it’s their wife’s job to “do the laundry and bake cookies.”

But they do want to be their woman’s knight in shining armor…a protective, caring, loving, hero…the dominant one.

Why do men need to be dominant?

Because it’s a part of our upbringing, there are cultural expectations, and, on some level, many still…