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Yes, Ma'am: Erotic Stories of Male Submission
from: Cleis Press
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Binding: Kindle Edition
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
Format: Kindle Book
Label: Cleis Press
Manufacturer: Cleis Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: February 25, 2008
Publisher: Cleis Press
Studio: Cleis Press
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Product Description:
Experience the thrill of submission to the woman who dominates you day and night. In this collection, naughty boys get what's coming to them from wicked wives and stern mistresses. From a naked party plaything at the mercy of a room full of powerful women to being tied up and shown how to truly please the woman of your dreams, these men get fully teased and taunted, receiving the punishments they truly deserve and crave. Featuring stories from Alison Tyler, Debra Hyde and Ellen Tevault, Yes, Ma’am gives a whole new meaning to 'mean girls,' one that will be sure to delight and arouse you.
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Rating:  - Yes Ma'am
Whether you want to spy on boys getting dominated, or you want to share the experience of being a submissive male or sexually powerful woman, Yes Ma'am will arouse and provoke. The men of Yes Ma'am all have an unquenchable thirst to be subordinated by a strong woman. A celebration of female strength, both inside the bedroom and out, Yes Ma'am is enticing and startling, particularly to the uninitiated. For those who are usually in the submissive position, whether male of female, these stories are highly relatable and capture the essence of longing to be and actually being controlled.
Rating:  - Good anthology on the subject.
1 Introduction
The book is short stories anthology that narrates sexual interactions between men and women in which the common theme is the one of women assuming a dominating role (physical or psychological) upon submissive males. All the stories narrate the story from the submissive male perspective. It is a coincidence that one of the books I have recently read were the Bradbury's Martian Chronicles. Even though the subject at hand is different, all short stories share the same attributes of being, capable of delivering its message in a small number of pages, stories must be, in a way "memorable", and usually have interesting twist and turns through the story. Does the authors deliver? I would say yes... for the most part.
2 Technical Commentary
The book is well redacted with colloquialism restrained only where they were needed. The editor should pat herself on keeping readability up. Being English my second language, I can also state that advanced ESL students should be able to read this book without too much trouble (ESL at the high school to college, keeping in mind the subject at hand).
The stories in the book do tell different aspects of the "female domination" lifestyle. Thankfully, it does not constraint itself in describing the typical "dungeon dome" wearing leather with a full array of torture devices. The book expands from the customary imaging of the female domination theme by telling different types of male domination fantasies in which by doing so, keeps the the interest of the reader as it goes through the stories.
3 Subjective Commentary
Short stories are also "like a box of chocolates (to paraphrase Forest Gump)". There's always the one you'll like and the one that you do not. In this case my favorite story was "Tea for Three". I personally think that It was witty and unexpected which is just what I look when I read a collection of short stories.
The least I liked was "Zero Sum Game". I found it formulaic and laden with what you expect in a "dominatrix movie"; an odd choice for it to be the first story of the book. I have to admit that I got apprehensive after going through it because it sets the expectation on how the rest of the book was going to be. However my fears were put to rest after I kept reading through the book.
4 Conclusion
I would certainly recommend the book for people that might be interested in the subject because of the variety of situations that deal with the central subject. However, be mindful that if you have morality qualms on the subject, you are advised to move along. Even though it is a well written piece of literature, I can assure you that you will certainly not enjoy it.
If readers are looking for an anatomy class, this may not be the book for you either. Yes, there are explicitly sexual situations through out the book, but they are all tastefully written. In some cases there are no sexual situation to speak of because the story is dealing with the psychological aspect of domination rather than the physical one. This is one of the attributes that I appreciated as a reader, the fact that the book that it was not as "heavy handed" as other authors that have written on the subject.
In a nutshell: If you are not afraid on reading about those obscure corners of the human sexuality, You will enjoy these stories too.
Rating: - Fun and exciting!
This was a great anthology of well-chosen and well-written stories. Overall, an interesting view into malesub desires and dreams, told entirely from the malesub perspective.
Some of the stories were cool enough that they could have been much longer (and therefore that much more titillating!), like "A Different Kind of Reality Show." And some of them, like Alyson Tyler's "Flash," were perfect and perfectly wonderful as they were.
Some of them definitely needed to be filed in the "Don't try this at home, kids!" ("i 1t u 2 do sumfin 4 me") but reading about stuff that is seriously taboo like this made those particular stories even hotter.
Certainly staying on my keeper shelf for those moments of relaxation...And I think a fascinating exercise would be to read "Yes, Ma'am," "Yes, Sir," "She's on Top," and "He's on Top," just to see the shifting tones and voices, turn-ons and hotness in the different perspectives!
Rating: - Very Well-Written And Smart Fem Domme Stories
"Yes Ma'am" is a wonderful collection of male submissive/FemDomme stories that work both as excellent writing and erotica. They convey the intensity, the longing and the sensuality of D/s from a male submissive perspective; but many of the stories capture the humor as well.
Most kink-related stories fail because the people who inhabit the stories end up as caricatures. In "Yes Ma'am," you will recognize these people as fully realized, flesh and blood characters - who live to inhabit the edge of sensuality.
Rating: - Excellent collection!
"Yes, Ma'am" is a great collection of stories about female dominance and male submission. With 18 stories all by different authors there is plenty of variety. The women here take charge of men in lots of different ways and locations, and the men couldnt be any happier. Though the women are powerful and assertive, they have fun with their men without seeming hateful.
Jonathan tries to assert himself to Jennifer so she will allow him to take part in a threesome in Lee Ash's "Tea for Three". In "Secret Desires" by Ellen Tevault, Henry secretly lives out his fantasy of serving Loretta but is fearful of scaring her off. Valerie's new husband can only watch as she seeks pleasure without him in Dominic Santi's "Wedding Night."
If I had to pick one favorite, it would be Rachel Kramer Bussel's "Secretary's Day". Matthew gets to live his fantasy by working for the powerful Ms. Davis, where he has to take care of office tasks and duties of a more "personal nature."
There are only a few that didn't do it for me. Some are incredibly hot while others are just enough to get me going. With such a nice selection, there is bound to be a good amount of material to enjoy for people who like the theme.
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