****** Mother Domination by Stephanie ****** =============================================================================== Mother Domination My mother domination over my bodily functions and "femaleness" led me to adopt some of the following beliefs as I was trained to believe: 1. Your period is basically good and you should enjoy it but you have a responsibility to know exactly how to care for yourself and your feminine hygiene needs as taught by your mom. 2. You need to monitor and control your vaginal secretions, urination, and bowel movements daily and do more so during your period to be healthy as a woman. 3. You need to only wear pads with belts (initially that was all that was available until I was 17) until you are married and then tampons should only be worn rarely. 4. You need to touch yourself daily on your breasts/nipples and clitoris/vagina and anus (several times weekly and daily during your period). 5. While I was never told to do so I believe I was encouraged by the directives from my mom to masturbate regularly and more than once daily (during my period) since age 13 when my periods started. My mom completely dominated me for 3-5 days before my period, during my flow days, and 2-3 days after my period flow stopped but she also dominated me and my 'femaleness' throughout the monthly cycle. I now know that is was not accidental that our bathroom door had no lock on it as this allowed her to "walk in unexpectedly" at any time. Since no menstrual sanitary pads were allowed to be kept in the bathroom but rather in the closet in the hallway outside the bathroom she was always camped out by the bathroom door whenever I entered the bathroom during my period and at other times as well. I could never decide a pad needed to be changed without going into the bathroom and checking first and answering her questions through the door about how much flow was on the pad and on which parts of the pad, etc. and she always had final say about whether she would give me a new pad after opening the door to allow me to change it. She did similar things when I used the bathroom to take a bath she might ask me to look at my inner folds and clitoris to see how much discharge was there and would often direct me to 'clean myself using a Q-tip brand cotton swab and baby oil' which was intensely stimulating for me sexually. I now know she had a way to peep through The door at see me at all times when I was in the bathroom. I always felt guilty if I ever did not do as directed exactly as she would confront me verbally on the other side of the door by making me have to lie which I could not do so I always did end up doing everything I was told to do..... while she watched me at all times....... When it was not my period she might ask me to comment on the stains, discharge and scent in the crotch of my panties as if she wanted to know if 'everything was healthy down there as a young woman'. My mom while on the other side of the bathroom door directed me in the following tasks: 1. Giving myself disposable enemas and holding it and releasing with permission only while sitting on the toilet. 2. Douching myself with disposable douches while sitting on the toilet with legs spread wide open (most likely for her view). 3. Inserting dildos of various kinds (sometimes with baby oil, KY Water soluble Jelly or Vaseline) vaginally or anally. I did this for several years without even know I was using a dildo or sex toy as she had names and explanations of various kinds which I had no reason to question (e.g., healthy vagina inserter, anal pre or post enema tool). I was told that girls and women never discuss these duties with each other, only with their moms. 4. Inserting a finger in my vagina and keeping it in with legs spread wide open for several minutes and removing it when directed and wiping my finger off on my current pad (during my period) or on the crotch panel of my panties (non- period days). 5. Trimming my pubic hair very short to expose my inner folds, clitoral hood, and vaginal opening completely on a monthly basis on the first day of my period. 6. Massaging my clitoris, inner folds, nipples and/or anus with baby oil while nude sitting on the toilet and/or standing with legs spread wide open. This occurred most often before getting into my bath. 7. This last one was most unusual but I did it like everything else I was told to do----I was directed to insert my middle finger in my vagina (either before peeing or after peeing) and keeping inside myself while having a bowel movement or enema. I was given two sanitary pad holders for my purse and one was for new clean pads and the other was for my soiled pads to bring home 'for disposal' like a lady and my mom told me it was 'unlady-like' for a girl or women to use the public restroom disposal containers. So I did as directed and brought them home wrapped in toilet tissue after folding and put them in the bathroom wastebasket (for inspection by my mom no doubt). Sometimes my mom would greet me at the door during my period by saying something like: "Honey, let me take your purse for you and empty it for you while you relax/study/watch TV/get a snack, etc." Her purposes for doing this were many --- Inspect my soiled pads to see if I "changed them at the appropriate time or not", remove any new clean pads from my purse so she always controlled when I could have a fresh pad, and three to decide if I kept my anus lubed well enough with the Vaseline Petroleum Jelly I had to carry in my purse---perhaps every other day or so she said she was concerned about me getting sore and irritated and I was asked to go in the bathroom right away to apply the Jelly to my anus while she directed me (and watched me of course) from the other side of the bathroom door. It made no sense then but I now see why I had to bend over and spread my cheeks with one hand and use the other to apply the Vaseline Jelly for what often seem like a minute or two of massage while my rear "had to face the bathroom door."