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Taken In Hand accolades“[S]ince the day I [discovered Taken In Hand] I have rediscovered my feminity.” “[Taken In Hand is] a necessary read... Very complex, lots of power shifts, combining respect with pain, and pleasure. Domination roles. Submissive roles. The whole shebang. I'm glad I found it.” “Taken In Hand... is the name of a website that I discovered less than two years ago and which made a big difference to my life. It made me understand what it was I wanted and helped me to come to terms with my own feelings and gave me the impetus to talk seriously to my husband about our relationship for the first time ever really. The site is about male-led relationships which do not necessarily have to involve spanking. The owner of the site is more interested in other aspects of male control. There are a lot of interesting articles on the site.” “Taken In Hand is male led but male intimately led. ... 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Alternative therapyWhen a women feels inadequate or has failed in some aspect of her life she often wants her man to help her overcome whatever fault or weakness led to her time of despondency. However while she might want her man to consistently provide ongoing encouragement with respectful, practical help or kind and strengthening words she does not necessarily want him to let every specific incident of gloomy introspection pass as if it had never occurred. Not always, but occasionally, there will be situations where prior to his provision of gentle comfort and useful assistance she will want him to lead her to a secluded location and there she would have him acknowledge her weakness by asserting his strength intimately and sharply upon her veneer of self assurance. On such occasions she does not want her failures to be concealed or brushed aside but, rather, she wants her vulnerability to be emphasised; hoping not to reveal herself, but yearning that with irresistible power she will be revealed. She wants nothing to be hidden and nothing to be withheld and as howsoever the man she loves would expose her, so she desires to be exposed, in order that his acceptance of her should be complete. Thus made vulnerable she kneels before her man in affirmation of his lordship over her and affectionately acknowledges whatever instruments he has chosen with which to provide the required rebuke. Restrained by his will and her own respectful fear she longs for him to caress her tenderly but not until he has first sensitised her soft and feminine curves with the application of a thorough and masterful volley. She is aware that often her man will become amorously aroused through the act of disciplining his woman because she understands that her eagerness to be pleasing, her submissive posture, quiet obedience and exposed vulnerability will combine with the energy he exerts in her chastisement to increase his desire to further his domination of her. Accordingly she does not comfort herself when he desists from his steady tattoo upon her feminine form for she knows that her man has not yet brought his task of discipline to a satisfying conclusion and she dare not rise nor massage her stinging pelt for fear of inducing his genuine displeasure. Behind her she hears him disrobe but she does not turn her gaze to enjoy the sight of his emergence for she is well aware that what will soon follow is not intended for her own relief. Indeed she knows that her man has, at this moment, no intention of providing her with tender and romantic sensual gratification and the only concession he will make to her comfort is the lubricant that he applies first to himself and then lovingly, if a little roughly, to the quivering yet receptive recess through which he will reassert his dominion within her. She knows that his entrance will likely be forceful and possibly intended to impart both humiliation and soreness, yet she would have him complete her punishment no other way. Thus even as she anticipates the discomfort she yields, offering her womanly curves to him as an act of contrition, surrendered to the fulfilment of his passion, silently encouraging his admittance and bidding him welcome. [UPDATE: Do you identify with this article? We are conducting a poll on this question, at the request of a reader. Click here for the poll. - Editor] Taken In Hand Tour start | next Have you seen the following articles? The subjection of women My wife cherishes me Greetings from a Spanish Taken In Hand couple Love and fear Is this really consensual? Giving up control is not easy On being the servant-leader in my relationship Taken In Hand has changed our marriage Barbie is the doll, Ken is just an accessory. Dominant to the last The joy of the master-queen dynamic When rape is a gift 2005 Jul 5 - 14:22 | login or register to post comments | latest article | previous article | next article | permanent link
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