re: #162 Justanotherhuman

Sgt Swanton is the cop I saw on TV. This is a report from last night in The Statesman. He’s on video.

statesman.com

One thing about those photos from above “honoring” biker gangs. They often have “charity” runs to curry favor with the public and divert from their criminal activities. Just guys having fun, yo?

I never understood women who thought these “hyper-masculine” types had anything to offer them. Seemed more like masochism to me.

Just so.

In Escape From Freedom Fromm couched D/s (Domination/submission) in terms of ego.

Both sides of D/s relationships, in his estimation, have damaged egos. The dominant strengthens their ego by absorbing that of their submissive(s). The submissive(s) strengthen their ego by being absorbed, becoming part of the gestalt that the relationship creates.

It’s more complicated than that (How does a snarly individualist like myself become a dominant in this scenario?) but I think Fromm was on to something.