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In a Husband - Wife scenario, I can't think of many reasons where husband would need to be emotionally manipulated into sex when bio-physiologically a woman can easily physically manipulate him to sex or tease him into a position whereby she can get her groove on. I find the idea of women emotionally manipulating a husband into sex as likely being a manipulative way to perhaps become pregnant when a man doesn't care to be a father - i.e. inheritance situations for say an old affluent type with his latest edition young trophy wife.
Wait a second though, hmm, Hollywood portrayed it. Wasn't that the premise of Margaret Mitchell's tempestuous Scarlett O'Hara character in Gone With The Wind? If I recall, Rhett Butler even though married didn't want anything to do with her anymore, but she yanked his chain enough to get him mad enough to carry her up the stairs and have at it. To which Scarlett awakens the next morning with childish glee and satisfaction with a slightly psychotic contented look upon her face. Or am I getting the sequence of events out of order?!? (Any help here is appreciated as its been some time since I watched the movie).
Either way, it would likely be one of those bat**** crazy women, because most any woman could simply resort to physically manipulating a man to sex if she has a modicum of intelligence of human male physiology and hard wired biological response.
Though, one wonders what Potiphar's wife did when she actually wanted Potiphar?
And perhaps Mrs. Rip Van Winkle would have done so, if she would have known he was going to disappear for forty years asleep somewhere off in the forest?
See I had to delve into mythology and Hollywood to find scenarios that would seemingly follow this train of thought. Thanks for the Brain Teaser!
Oh, and in my best Mike Myers as Austin Powers voice I'd like to say to, moveto2014, "I've got a snapping turtle I'd like to introduce to you!" (jkg)
Last edited by ciceropolo; 06-19-2014 at 08:23 PM..
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I guess you don't fish and haven't had to deal with one. I'd suggest asking one of your D&D boyfriends to take you fishing...but perhaps they don't fish either.
I'm a New Yorker...the only fish I see are the ones at the Asian supermarket. I don't have any boyfriends because I don't see the point anymore of having one, but thanks for the helpful suggestion.
As for "manipulation" being bad, it generally is, but it's not so black and white. You can "manipulate" someone to quit smoking, or to study hard and earn a degree, but in these cases, the ends does justify the means.
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Originally Posted by srjth
Maybe he has a low sex drive, maybe he's Al Bundy, maybe they don't spend enough time together because he works a lot...
Let's say she guilt trips him, to start. Is it bad?
Well, that show did try to redefine what "nooner" meant.
It's an old traditional thought saying about couples...
Men offer wealth, status, and financial security
Women offer beauty, sex, and offspring.
And yeah, men have certainly manipulated women with money
I haven't read the entire thread, but it appears that most of the male respondents are projecting their own positive, even eager, attitudes toward sex onto the husband in the OP's scenario.
In general, I think emotional manipulation is a bad thing. I also think it can create serious problems if spouses have seriously mismatched sex drives. Emotional manipulation isn't going to fix it.
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