Femdom. Matriarchy. Female-Led Relationship. There are many labels for the belief system or relational dynamic in heterosexual relationships in which the woman is knowingly and fully given power over the man and thus drives the relationship. Much of it is the product of submissive male fantasy and doesn’t come close to actual reality, or take into account various aspects of actual relationships out here in the real world. In the context of fantasy, others don’t exist outside the 24/7 couple, there are no social or occupational obligations, all needs and requirements have been met or are simply not relevant to the context of the story, whatever its form — and there is no mention of past history of either of the partners: no ex-wives, children, pets, best friends, employers or employees, relatives, in-laws, health conditions, mental or emotional problems or affect disorders, and nothing invades the situation to detract from the fantasy. That’s why it’s fantasy.

Now, it appears we have something of a hyper-feminist movement finding acceptance in the femdom-oriented community. And why wouldn’t it? Like the bureaucracy’s adoption of Keynesian economic policy, given how it supported their ideals and allowed them to expand and strengthen their power, the extremist idealogy of hyper-feminism seems tailor-made for the femdom platform. But, like the US Government’s adoration of Keynes, it’s not the best fit, is largely ill-advised, and will really come to bite everyone in the ass eventually. Or has no one been paying attention to the economy since September 2007? Case in point.

It’s taken me awhile to get to this point, however. I’ve read the bulk of the research, spoken to many sources, debated the issues on various websites, and drawn my own conclusions. The research seems to be split in certain areas, though no scholarly or academic journal is quite progressive enough to conduct any sort of legitimate experiment regarding whether or not there is any sort of validity to the present research. That being said, I’ve decided to do just that. I’m beginning preparation on what will be a blind, longitudinal case study to discover whether or not there is a causal relationship between various variables tested to include: discipline and punishment, humiliation and objectification, teasing and denial, service that is rewarded versus that which is expected without praise, the inclusion versus exclusion of certain types of consensual, sanctioned and monitored abuse: verbal, psychological, emotional, and physical; behavioural modification to include: control and limitation, cognitive restructuring and repatterning, goal-oriented ‘deserved’ punishment versus cruel, sadistic and ‘undeserved’ punishment and discipline. (more…)