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Go for it if you LOVE football and fantasize about sex with its pumped-up players. For me, losing control during sex is absolutely not the same as giving your partner control, which can feel demoralizing and threatening even when your lover is gentle and chooses (on your behalf) not to cross the line into abuse. I simply cringe when guys assume dominance during sex, although I'm aware that many women love it. From my perspective, there's absolutely too much of that dominance everywhere in life, and it shouldn't be accepted as ordinary when what's supposed to be expressed in sex is partnership and mutual fulfillment. (These characters do get there, after a while.) How confusing it must be for guys, when we reject their dominance as mansplaining and worse--which it is--and then crave being called "baby" and being told what to do, when we're feeling sexy!
On the other hand, the protagonist here, a female tattoo artist dedicated to her art despite all obstacles, goes too fully overboard when her man makes mistakes in trying to protect her. She fails to understand that he's going overboard in an attempt to make up for what she has considered to be a grave, unforgivable mistake (even though his understanding of what happened in their past means he never made that initial mistake in the first place.) I also thought she was really inconsistent, as when she rails against his use of the word "pussy" as he lobs it at guys as an insult--but then loves it when he addresses her with the same word in bed. Or when she flaunts her body and taunts him as a roommate, then obviously expects him to remain stoic as a form of punishment she intends to inflict. To me, she has mood swings that, when directed at her partner, seem unrealistic.
Two stars: the first, for an accurate description of what it's like to be sexually harassed by your boss, a problem affecting fully half of women in the workplace--and for a solid writing style with no grammatical issues. Second, for her description of the mother/daughter relationship; I know of very few such relationships without historical trauma--including mine, both as daughter and mother--so that rang true for me.
Clearly just not my cuppa but if it's yours, full steam ahead!
On the other hand, the protagonist here, a female tattoo artist dedicated to her art despite all obstacles, goes too fully overboard when her man makes mistakes in trying to protect her. She fails to understand that he's going overboard in an attempt to make up for what she has considered to be a grave, unforgivable mistake (even though his understanding of what happened in their past means he never made that initial mistake in the first place.) I also thought she was really inconsistent, as when she rails against his use of the word "pussy" as he lobs it at guys as an insult--but then loves it when he addresses her with the same word in bed. Or when she flaunts her body and taunts him as a roommate, then obviously expects him to remain stoic as a form of punishment she intends to inflict. To me, she has mood swings that, when directed at her partner, seem unrealistic.
Two stars: the first, for an accurate description of what it's like to be sexually harassed by your boss, a problem affecting fully half of women in the workplace--and for a solid writing style with no grammatical issues. Second, for her description of the mother/daughter relationship; I know of very few such relationships without historical trauma--including mine, both as daughter and mother--so that rang true for me.
Clearly just not my cuppa but if it's yours, full steam ahead!