"I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated.
I don't mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding."
-Anais Nin
I'm supposed to write an essay about it over the summer. I think I'll have plenty to write about..mainly because I love the quote.
Thoughts?
I don't think it suggests that she can't cope without a man...she basically says that she could, but she doesn't want to.
I don't mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding."
-Anais Nin
I'm supposed to write an essay about it over the summer. I think I'll have plenty to write about..mainly because I love the quote.
Thoughts?
I don't think it suggests that she can't cope without a man...she basically says that she could, but she doesn't want to.