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I believe submissive fantasies, sexual freedom and the right to set one's own limitations are crucial to a dialectic process of identity building in SM which applies both to men and women. - Maria Beatty
Skin Two UK - Issue 21
Maria Beatty
Film Maker & Professional Sub
I define myself as a masochist and submissive under the domination of fantasy, imagination and the stuff that dreams are made of. As New York City's premier submissive, I have brought a seemingly unending threshold of pain to New York stages as well as its dungeons - presently at Pandora's Box, an upscale house of dominance/submission, fantasy and roleplay.
I also live out the dark side of my sexuality on film - exploring the thin line between fantasy and reality, art and erotica. My recent films The Elegant Spanking and The Black Glove explore the boundaries of dominance and submission in its artful escalation of pleasure and pain, bondage and menace, fetishism and footworship in a totally new and classic approach to lesbian S/M erotica. The masquerade of dominance and submission is performed in the spirit of decadence, sexual freedom and spiritual abandonment.
The image of female submissives is commonly thought to be a patriarchal construct which disciplines and deprives them of a voice of resistance. They are often judged as being weak, unassertive and self-destructive.
I believe submissive fantasies, sexual freedom and the right to set one's own limitations are crucial to a dialectic process of identity building in SM which applies both to men and women.
Submissive fantasies about the human body being rendered helpless and restrained, dominated, humiliated and punished make me feel sexy and strong. They liberate me from inferiority complexes in life, from oppressive types of behavior which translate into straight plotless intercourse and sexuality.
I adore and worship strong women. I'd get down on my knees anytime for a woman who knows what she wants and how she wants it. My partners are usually women but gender is not where I draw the line or set my boundary. Through mutual respect, trust, honesty and safety comes surrender, risk-taking, growth and the desire to explore the unknown. Then comes the illusion and the thrill of being taken and owned.
My latest film in progress is, Le Petit Marquis (made in collaboration with Mistress Leslie Savage), examines the possibility that the Marquis de Sade was, in fact, born female. However, due to his mother's embarassment at giving birth to a female child, she forces him to dress and act the role of a young boy, punishing him/her severly for any remotely feminine behavior.
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