[UA] [very] Physical description of TNG

[David M Jacobs]

At 09:31 AM 17/04/02 -0400, Stuart Kenny wrote:

>I don't see her as a "nymphomaniac on acid", nymphomaniacs (as I 
>understand it)
>enjoy sex.

Locker-room lore would have it that nymphomaniacs are sex-obsessed vixens, 
constantly yearning for as many inches of man-flesh as they can get their 
lips on (snigger, snigger).

The reality is somewhat different.  Most nymphomaniacs come from one or two 
backgrounds.  On the one hand, they may have been abused by their mothers, 
and their fathers were either absent or too weak-willed to prevent the 
abuse.  On the other, they could have been sexually abused by a 
father-figure during childhood.  Either way, nymphomaniacs look for a 
father-figure of some sort, and their self-esteem is so low that the only 
worth that they believe that they have to men is to provide sex.  As such, 
they're always trying to prove their "worth" to men around them.  Sounds 
like a guy's dream come true, right?

Not so.  Imagine, for instance, that you're putting the final touches on a 
project and your job depends on getting it done.  She comes onto you, and 
you tell her that you have to get this finished; it'll only be ten minutes 
or so.  Most women would be willing to wait.  A nymphomaniac wouldn't; 
you've just rejected her and completely nullified her self-worth.  To her 
it seems that you no longer love her.  You can probably expect a screaming 
match, emotional blackmail, stronger advances, or some combination of the 
three.  She will become extremely emotionally demanding.

On the other hand, she may just go out and find another man, someone who 
"really does love her".  The next guy who's nice to her gets to be her next 
fixation, and the cycle repeats itself.  Often, the only stable 
relationships that they find are abusive; they start to feel "needed" by 
their abuser and Stockholm Syndrome sets in.  Often, they will turn to 
drugs to deaden the pain of their existence.  There are few greater 
tragedies in modern life than that of the nymphomaniac.

Personally, I think that nymphomania would be a good description of the 
Naked Goddess' pre-Ascension condition.  I agree that Daphne Lee's "find 
the Goddess in you" schtick is inaccurate; the Sect's line seems to be 
feminine empowerment through sex, whereas nymphomania represents the 
ultimate in feminine submission.  A line more appropriate to the Naked 
Goddess herself would be "aspire to become the lowest turd on the dung-heap".

You've deconstructed the WECHBY quite well, IMO, but there's one thing that 
still needs to be addressed: why "But You"?  Why can't You have the 
WECHBY?  Are You the one man that will make her feel whole again, the one 
man that'll fill the hole in her heart, keep her safe and love her for all 
her flaws, the one man who can end her eternally degenerate cycle of love 
and rejection?

My guess is that You'll never find out.



David M Jacobs
dmjacobs at zipworld.com.au
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dmjacobs/
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was show the Russians a dead cat and ask them to explain it.'

"'That would have stopped the Soviet offensive right there,' I said.
"Zhukov would still be trying to account for the cat's death.'"

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