I like to be dominated.
Not all the time mind you, but once in a while I get the driving urge to be submissive to a strong master. I have never found a man that can be a "normal" long-term partner and really convincingly switch to dominant. Having them be separate men seems preferable to me anyway.
I am an attractive woman and have always known it. Some people think recognizing that makes me stuck up or self centred. All I am saying is that I can look in a mirror and see that I am more than a little bit pretty. I am 5'7" with straight dark brown hair (almost black) and big green eyes. I am fit and slender but curvy with a medium sized onion booty and perky 34D boobs. Physically I am the whole package. Ever since I was 15 years men have been looking at me more than the other girls. I am used to boys/men being solicitous with me. They are always eager to please and loath to say or do anything that might put me off. They fall over themselves to respond to any desire or displeasure I express.
I guess my parents were fairly permissive as well. It wasn't a pretty princess kind of upbringing, just very laizzes-faire. But they were straight-up with me. Mom told me I was a lot better looking than most and there was no point denying it but that doesn't make me better than anyone else. She was right on both counts.
I know guys are giving me special attention and I use it to my advantage sometimes but I see it for what it is. Having people always trying to do what pleases me and telling me what I want to hear isn't the worst problem in the world. Yet that is not the person I am and it can be a barrier to personal connection. I get real pleasure and fulfillment from giving to others. I don't want to live in a bubble.
In socialization terms I am a beta. Relatively strong and secure, I just have a natural affinity for the role of follower. I don't crave power or authority. I crave acceptance and accomplishment which cannot be found in meaningless obsequious compliments. The only way I know for sure that I am giving pleasure is to spread my legs. And so I have fucked a lot of guys. Women especially assume I am insecure and am seeking male validation. Actually by casting themselves as subservient most men put themselves in the role of inferior and therefore not a legitimate source of validation anyway. What I am chasing is the opportunity to please and serve.
Of course, some guys come across as stronger and more confident. But once they get a taste they eventually obsess over me and either become like the others or behave like possessive selfish assholes. Obviously I am not unique in my attraction to confident authoritative men. But they seem more elusive for me than most or maybe I want more. Even the men who are confident with my friends become stuttering sycophants when they see me in a bikini. I enjoy a position of strength while craving to be taken in handed and submitted.
I first became consciously aware of this aspect of my personality when I was dating a man named Paul. He was a graduate student when I was a sophomore in university. Paul was not dominant per se, at least not in the way that I have subsequently come to crave. He was just more authoritative than the boys I had dated before him.
Paul and I met at a typical university party. We had been dating for a couple weeks when we both had to do some shopping. I was anxious to check-out a new store and he came with me. I tried on a nice sundress and was probably trying to seem more mature than I was when I asked him if it made me look sexy. His immediate response was "It's nice...but sexy? No."
Before he could say anything more I threw a hissy fit dragging out every trope in the book. "You aren't supposed to say that to a woman." "Women aren't obliged to dressy up slutty for misogynist men." "I am not just a sex object." "Men are pigs." Blah, blah, blah. To be honest I had never thought much about what those things meant. They had just been drilled into me by feminist culture. If I am honest with myself I was being bitchy and counting on the fact that men always caved in to me. Even if he had caved in and told me what I wanted to hear I wouldn't have believed him at that point so it would have been nothing more than an opportunity to give him shit again.
Paul just said. "No your wrong. I didn't say any of those things. You asked if I find it sexy and the answer is no. Pretty yes, but not sexy." Then he said. "I am leaving. I'll go get the car. If you want a ride home I'll be in front of the store in 10 minutes." He turned and left.
I scrambled back to the change room completely forgetting about any interest in shopping. And I made sure to be out front in 10 minutes feeling very solicitous. When I got in the car we were silent until we were close to my apartment. I started to speak. "I'm sorry for overreacting, its just that..."
He cut me off. "No 'just' anything. You are gorgeous and you know it. I don't mind telling you that because its true. But I have no interest in lying to you or in having you tell me what I should find sexy. I am not and have never tried to compel you to dress one way or another. You are the one who asked."