IT WAS EVIDENT FROM the beginning of my career, that the women who wrote to me seeking my advice concerning the emotive turmoil in their romantic relationships, at some point in those romantic relationships, had relinquished their devotion in Making Love to their man as an expression of passion for him and the taking of pleasure in him, to that of a bargaining chip and a ruse to use in opposition of him.
What predominantly alarmed me as the letters steadily came and the years continued to progress, was that while the overall circumstances were frequently different, the end results were always the same: sweet glistening love had eroded into a decayed contaminated indifference, and Making Love to their man was demoted to merely sex with Just Him, and another I-have-to in their romantic relationship.
Each of the women who came to me for advise felt a permanent emotional disconnection from their man, but none of these women understood 'The Why' that had proceeded that emotional disconnection~~~and what complicated my quest in seeking to identify this dilemma that was happening to so many woman in their romantic relationships, was that I researched books and articles published by countless relationship experts who knew a great deal more than I did, and never once did I find a single reference from any of those experts to even as much as a recognition of 'The Why', let alone an answer to it.
Long after these letters from women seeking my advice on how to repair the loss-of-intimacy in their romantic relationships had filled my post office box and email address, I became very involved in a serious romantic relationship; the first, since my days in college. One evening my man did That Something for about the zillionth time, and this feeling within me came from the inside out, and contemptuously erupted. He never listened, he never understood, he had the brain of a genius and the common sense of a moron and I was going to make him pay until he finally fucking got it.
The words I spewed at him were out of my mouth and set-off, and as I stabbed my frustration repeatedly into his heart, I unexpectedly identified 'The Why': that there is a turning point in every romantic relationship where the woman makes a conscience choice to sever the intimate connection she has with her man, and make that connection a bargaining chip and a ruse to use in opposition of him, and no longer in sweetness and devotion in Making Love to him.
From the moment a woman chooses in anger and frustration and in blame and loathing, to sever that bond-of-intimacy, everything she does with her man in their physical relationship becomes encrusted by her female poison as it gradually leaks into her heart and contaminates her love for him. I have traced this choice of one woman and the demise of her romantic relationship, as far back as a pile of sweaty underwear, t-shirt and dirty socks that her husband had dropped onto a recently mopped bathroom floor one too many times.
Every woman knows that it is so much easier to spew her female poison at a man than to own-up to what it will take to extract it. But what most women have never understood, is that this is 'The Why' of the loss-of-intimacy in their romantic relationships.
The world is full of men, and their many manly transgressions are as common in every romantic relationship as a cold is in winter.
Men don’t call when they are supposed to. Men toss their brown-tracked underwear on the floor instead of taking time to make it into a laundry basket. Men don’t want to miss a poker night with the boys because their sweetie has the flu. Men feed the kids pizza and soda and allow them to stay up too late on a school night. Men can memorize every NBA team score that is flashed on Fox Sports, yet they never remember how many boxes of juice to pick-up from the grocery store, even when it is written down on a detailed list. And every woman adds-up her man’s transgressions, and when she has finally had enough, she severs the emotional bond she has with him~~~in the bedroom. She brings all her female poison: her anger and frustration and her blame and loathing, and she lays it on the bed between herself and her man. And gradually, over time, sweet glistening love erodes into decayed contaminated indifference.
Keep your female poison out of the bedroom. It is 'The Why' of the loss-of-intimacy in your romantic relationship. You can find so many clever ways to make him understand what you need from him without irreversibly damaging that intimate bond.
Women are the reason love happens.
We are increasingly the reason why it ends.
Taken from:
"Creative Screwing: a woman's guide to becoming an erotic enchantress of superlustful sex"
Copyright 2007/2008/2009 Nannette LaRee Hernandez

















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Login or register to post a commentThis is a very compelling
This is a very compelling topic and commentary. I am unsure if I agree with your term "female poison" but I can think of a handful of female friends who fit the exact description you talk about.
One friend has sex with her husband only if he does "his chores" when he comes home from work, and she does the deed begrudgingly so! It really sickens me the way she emasculates him by associating his "deserving of sex" with his ability to do the dishes without asking. WTF?
If anyone ever did that crap to me, I'd be so out of there!!!
I mean, it may be unfair for me judge because I have never lived with a man nor have I ever been married, but as God as my witness If I ever do find myself in such a place I REALLY hope I don't let my wires cross like that!!
I have been blessed with a family who has a very healthy and open view of sexuality. My aunts for example always talk about their husbands with so much respect and admiration and they NEVER withhold sex because of unresolved household or communication issues.
I am lucky to have learned from their example. AND they LOVE LOVE LOVE sex!!! And talk about it healthily.
I mean, the women you speak of rob themselves if you think about it.
I think though that what you define as "female poison" is really a matter of BAD communication skills mixed with unrealistic or unreasonable expectations. And since women are often groomed to be people pleasers (in the worst sense) we sit on our emotions and resentments until they boil over into our sex lives. The worlds become unnecessarily enmeshed.
The whole issue is really sad and is one of the reasons why marriage scares the shit out of me.
Awesome post.
You are 100% Accurate
and like you, and how you are sickedn by your friends behavior toward his man when it comes to sex, I, too am sickened by many things women have told me on how they use sex to control a man.
Women are the glue, we are the power which holds so many things togather. Ask ANY MAN, hetrosexual or gay, and he will admit that it is THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE which give him balance. Therefore, why must we use SEX as a KNIFE in a man's back, rather-than a soft place to fall.
I learned how to love a man, from my mother---and like you have experienced, my parents are in love. My mom is 14-years-older than my step-dad---and they have been married 12-years and they are like two teenagers: they go out on dates several times a month, they will drive over to San Diego for a weekend night and 'hang-out'. When my mom, when she was married to my biological father, was the sweetest thing to him---she made his favorite meals, she rubbed his feet, she typed his university papers. My Mom has been sweet to her men---THAT she gets the sweetness back.
No relationship is perfect, and yeah, men can be total DOGS. But if a woman has a good man, a good man who cares for her---why would she even want to make sex an award for him, for his doing chores? Sex is for A WOMAN'S PLEASURE as mush as for a man's! Too bad so many women do not see that!
And yes, I meant bad communication by using the term 'female poision'---if I didn't make that clear for the reader, can you please email me as to how I can, as my book is heading for publication and I want it to be as clear as possible. Thank you.
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
This epidemic from a different vantage point
Reading this post I felt compelled to comment. You are articulating some reasons for the exact same WHY question I have been asking myself.
Here is a brief history of my curiosity:
1. I began playing the online game Second Life nearly two years ago.
2. Although happily married, I discovered online romance with other men in that world that blew my mind...and eventually caused me to open my marriage.
4. I began writing a blog about online romance in Second Life. http://cindykesey.wordpress.com
4. I recently began looking on Craig's List for couples or men who might want to have a casual romantic relationship.
5. I've been SHOCKED at what I've discovered: there are many many men looking for sexual partners because they are not "getting any" from their wives--but they don't want to leave them for various reasons like love and children.
So why are so many women not having sex with their men? I must admit that before SL and the opening of my marriage, I wasn't really having much sex w/ my husband of 12 years either. And it was exactly the reason you'd said: I had created emotional distance between him and me that caused me to practically abhor physical contact with him, and thus limit it. That isn't to say I didn't love him, I had just severed that romantic feeling for him.
He and I had to both take a long, hard, honest look at ourselves & our relationship. We made a conscious choice to make it work--or at least work on it for the number of months equivalent to the years we'd been together: 12.
We are now happier than ever. We realize we can't rely on the other to bring us every single happiness in life. He will always throw his dirty underwear on the floor. And I'll always nag him about mowing the yard. That's life. Deal with it. And figure out a way to make sex fun again. There is a pretty good book that might help: "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work."
Whatever you do...do something. Because you both deserve the blame--and the responsibility for fixing it.
~Cin
"The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next." - Helen Keller
We Forget
what we were like when we were first trying to 'get' our man---how sweet and carefree and open to romance and sex and to GIVING that we were. It is an epidemic---because WOMEN are the ones who keep The Love going.
You are so corrrect in everything that you've said here. And while I DO NOT, IN ANY WAY sanctify cheating, I know that most men who cheat, do so for one reason: no sexual contact from their wife/lover. To a man, SEX=LOVE. And that FACT will never change. It is in a man's DNA...
"We generate and create in our life, the results that we believe we deserve."
More to it...
When I started reading this piece, it sounded as though you were reading my journal. Only I feel like the reasons for the "end" of making love are not so simple. It's not the underwear on the floor, or the toilet seat. Those are the symptoms. The true disconnect comes from my needs not being met. Sure, he needs sex. But I need affection and communication and security in order to feel that level of intimacy again. These are key to our partnership, and when they started to fade, so did my passion. I've only recently been able to identify my needs and really thought that was half the battle. But having him understand those needs and truly want to meet them, that's the challenge. I want a fabulous sex life, and even more, I want to feel like it's making love again. But I also need a partner tuned in to my needs. And that is the journey I'm on.
The Why???
This was a GREAT topic. I work in a predominantly male field so many of my friends/coworkers are men. I happen to be the friend many of these males open up to(I should start charging them and get a couch)and I hear many men say they are not interested in cheating on their wife and they still love her, but they get little to no sex at all from her. They are hurt, frustrated, and don't know where to turn. Many of these men are very well educated and are great communicators and have good relationships with their wives, but sex is not as often as they want it. Most of them say their spouse tells them they are too tired, not interested, going through menopause, etc. Other than the sex, they get along great and have good marriages.
I believe the longer a woman lives without sex, the longer she believes she can still go without. However, men truly enjoy sex, look forward to it, and they feel more positive and have more confidence in themselves when they get it on a regular basis. We as women need to be sensitive to that and figure out...Why not?? we like it too!!!
kimmiegirl
One sexologist said that you
One sexologist said that you just have to keep trying and doing it and the more you do it, the more you will want it.
I often wonder why God made us so opposite from each other! I don't think most men want to cheat either but when the opportunity presents itself and needs are being met at home, well it leaves them wide open to temptation.
Great comments. YES, you should charge them!
Great Post!
XOXO,
Freda
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"Those Who Say It Can't Be Done Need To Get Out Of The Way Of Those Who Are Doing It!"
intimacy and intimate surprises
You bring up some interesting ideas. As someone who's been married almost 15 years, and who has friends going through divorces becuase they felt a loss of connection with their partner, I think intimacy is something that ebbs and flows. Intimacy takes time. It takes a concerted effort. It's so much easier to pay attention to the overt demands of jobs, kids, family and the stresses of every day life than to step back and take time on the "non-essentials" - being connected at a more personal level with a partner. How much easier to just talk about what's for dinner, to give the perfunctory kiss hello and goodbye, to watch TV in bed and zone out.
The fact is, intimacy takes work. And that's counter intuitive. It also takes time, the time to focus on one another.
That's why I just launched www.intimatesurprises.com. I finally realized that my husband and I need fun, the unexpected, we needed to get back that feeling of surprise when we were first together. But most of all, we needed to put our relationship first and take the time to enjoy each other again. Especially in the bedroom. Not quickies or "we haven't had sex in six days, it's time" sex. But time devoted to discovering each other again, to enjoying each other. So far the response has been amazing and the testimonials are exactly what I was after - women are having fun, setting aside time with their partners to laugh and enjoy sex as something they share, something that can still be exciting and unexpected. It's the best payoff going.