The Game This journal is from Madeline's growing collection of journals at Madeline's YesRoom (http://www.yesroom.com). In addition to more journals, you can find erotic stories and softcore site reviews at Madeline's YesRoom. Enjoy! ********************** The Game by Madeline 18 September 2000 This journal may be reposted to usenet and the web under the following conditions: (1) No fee is charged to view the journal, (2) a link to Madeline's YesRoom (http://www.yesroom.com) is included, (3) Madeline is e-mailed at madeline@yesroom.com informing her of the repost, and (4) the text is not altered, including this copyright notice. Thanks! -- Madeline ********************** I'm not much of a people watcher. I most enjoy myself in open spaces and fresh air, where strangers are unlikely to be. Malls, one of the better locations for people watching, are just too crowded and sterile for me. But I do occasionally drive into town -- to a mall -- to see a movie on the big screen. And while I'm there, I do one bit of people watching: I check out the teenage couples in the movie lines. In particular, I notice the disparity between the way the girls dress and the way the boys dress. The girls have obviously spent at least two hours getting ready for the date. They are fashionable. They are sexy. They are dressed to show off their bodies. Long legs, round breasts, and pert bottoms are clothed in tight, revealing clothing. The boys, on the other hand, usually look like they managed to find something wrinkled in the hamper to throw on five minutes before the date. They usually haven't bothered to shave. They are anti-sexy. They are anti-fashion. They hardly seem to deserve the girls who are giving them so much attention. On first glance, this looks like a bad deal for the girls. They spend hours to make sure that they look their best only to be accessorized by a date who looks like he slept in his clothes. It seems unfair. It seems sexist. But I suspect that the explanation, at least in some cases, is more subtle. Here's my hypothesis: The girls are all sexed up in order to boost their sense of sexual power. They want to tease. They want to flirt. They want to arouse. And then they want to set the limit of what their date is allowed to do. They want to have the upper hand. It is a fun, exciting game to play. It is also a dangerous game, as a weak girl can lose control of the situation rather quickly. If she gives up the upper hand, she will probably agree tonight and regret in the morning. But for a girl who knows what she wants, who knows her own power, and knows that she is always in control, the game is itself sexually gratifying. She determines whether her date may kiss her. Or touch the soft, bare skin on her leg. Or run his fingertips along the side of her breast. She decides. She is in control. And he knows it. The boys, in dressing down, are perhaps ceding the control of that game to the girls. They want to be teased. They want to be aroused. They are signaling that they are not the equal players in the game. They are not making themselves objects of desire. They are the servants, the worshippers. Of course, this game does not always work out as planned. The girls do not realize the full extent of their power. The boys get impatient and push too hard. The girls' self-confidence doesn't go deep enough; she doesn't realize that she ought to walk away. The boys do not realize that the teasing and the arousal is desirable for its own sake. And so the game is played badly. But the game still gets played. And I look on. -- Madeline ********************** Madeline madeline@yesroom.com Madeline's YesRoom http://www.yesroom.com Madeline's YesRoom offers high-quality erotic stories, Madeline's journals, softcore site reviews, erotic penpals, and chat. Updated daily!