Friends - lets not argue about this one - or rather let not the argument create any bitterness. Julie's posting (of someone else's script) struck chords with me and with others. Its not an accurate account of anyones individual journey, but doesnt it highlight the significance of mesmerism - by images, suggestion, or even dedicated hypnotic processes. When I was young I was "indoctrinated" (shall we say?) into the idea I was an object of pleasure for men. This mesmerism stayed with me during my married life and eventually contributed to the breakup of that marriage. Moving on, I dont want to label myself as an object of pleasure for men - I've actually grown out of it. In course of doing that, I was mesmerised, or mesmerised myself, into the idea of growing breasts. In psycho-shorthand maybe - a "displacement activity". I no longer succumb to the need of having a smelly, grunty man take his pleasure with me, but I maybe still nurture an idea of femininity. It is important to understand ourselves and the influences which claim hold over us. We can go with the flow of those influences - even claim to the outside world we have no choice in the matter. Or challenge them if that suits our idea of progress better.
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