By: Dale

Once upon a time, many years ago, I read Macho Sluts (it may have been banned in the US for a time which made it all the more'dangerous') I then kept the book on the headboard of our (past relationship) bed. I am fairly sure I could not have had a conversation with my now former gf about any of the desires I was having nor could I sort out the 'reasons' for those desires. I do think I looked at myself as somehow broken and my ex as even more broken. I do know I was attracted to some of the descriptions in that book and almost fascinated by all the ways women could interact with each other surrounding sensuality, and consenting power & desire. I have never thought of myself before as a stone butch but, in more recent years, I have played around, mostly in my mind, with my queer identity and my desire to have (consensual and temporary) ultimate control over a sex scene with a 'bad ass' woman. It's odd that this seems more possible the older I become and the more comfortable I become with the ideas of sexual dominance & submission. So, with all that out there, thanks, Sinclair, for kicking up a shit storm for me again surrounding the nature of desire. (I do mean that in a good & respectful way)