Q&A Forum - May 2012 (The best of Elise)

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In Nick Broomfield's documentary "Fetishes恋物 — a strong sexual focus on one thing" (reviewed by Ms Kathleen in the March 2005 edition of Predominant), one of the clients of "Pandora’s Box" in New York City was an African-American male who wanted one of the white women to dress up as a Southern plantation owner and treat him as her slave奴隶 — a person kept in total obedience. According to this documentary, this was a rather common role-playing fantasy of African-American men. Likewise, a Jewish man requested for a woman to dress as a Nazi Gestapo agent and interrogate him. There are some deep psychological reasons for these types of fantasies and such role-playing can actually be emotionally healing.

Some people find that they can better cope with the past if they confront demons through role-playing. To these men, the horrors and injustice of the past has found its way into their sexuality. The white Female Plantation owner and the Female Nazi represent authority (evil authority is often the subject of sexual fantasies) to the African-American male and the Jewish male respectively. These men are in search for a powerful woman and these roles represent power and authority. It is much like the male who wants to role-play that he is a young boy being dominated by his Female fifth grade teacher. All of these fantasies are about Women in Authority. For the majority of men, it is more about submitting to the female gender, regardless of the racial implications.