Do clothes imprison the girl?

[LilSissyStevie]

Petticoat Punishment stories have always been my favorite kind of TG fiction. My favorite books are the series Miss High Heels, Miss Buckles, Miss Sissy. There's less sex, BTW, in all these books put together than in one chapter of a typical romance novel. It's obvious that most of the critics in this thread are unfamiliar with the genre. Of course, ignorance never stopped anyone from having strong opinions about something. First, petticoat punishment stories are not about women. They are about effeminate young men that are trying to assert their male privilege and masculinity but get put in their place instead. It is true that women are stereotyped in PP fiction. They are stereotypically powerful, independent, disciplined, smart, cunning, dominant, stern and a bit cruel. These women, rather than submit to the brat, gain control and progressively feminize him, against his furious resistance, until he realizes, accepts and submits to his true feminine nature. Then everyone lives happily ever after. These stories are not about forcing a masculine male to be feminine, they are about forcing away the masculine facade to reveal the feminine core. The ultra feminine clothing serve as powerful symbols (fetishes, if you will) that do not confine the 'girl' but envelope and release her.

Whenever I see people try to explain Forced Feminization stories as some kind of mental trick to assuage guilt or shame, I think of all the times I use to fantasize about tossing my first wife into a wood chipper. I knew it was wrong to think about doing that to the mother of my children and I felt guilt and shame about it, too. But I never fantasized that someone was forcing me to throw her in so I wouldn't have to feel bad about it. I'm probably just not clever enough to trick myself into believing that, by fantasizing that someone is forcing me to crossdress, I'm not really fantasizing about crossdressing or that it somehow preserves my masculine dignity if I fantasize about a woman forcing me to wear a petticoat but not if I just put the petticoat on of my own volition. The guilt theory is absurd. My own speculation about FF fantasies is that they are about the need to be desired as feminine beings. We want our partner to desire our femininity enough to force (help) us throw off the masculine veneer so we can surrender to the inner feminine essence. Sure, in most cases it ain't never gonna happen but, hey, that's why it's called fantasy!