Saturday, January 15, 2011

how to be a seductress

Being a Seductress
This blog is going to get me into trouble. But I am going to write it anyway.
Why am I intentionally putting myself in hot water? I feel a responsibility to share my seduction secrets with other women. I am a belly dancer who celebrates her sexuality while dancing and in the bedroom. The dance has taught me many secrets of pleasure, technique and seduction.

Every magazine is filled with tips on beauty and even advice on acting and dressing sexier. However, I have yet to see an article that empowers women to enjoy being sexy for their own pleasure. I feel like a modern day version of the temples of the Kama Sutra, in which women passed on the Art and Science of Love to other women. I will take the heat because some women will benefit from what I have to say.

As much as our culture is obsessed with it, sex is still taboo. Sex is everywhere in TV, Movies and advertising, yet nothing is as threatening to both men and women than a woman who owns her sexual power. So much so that even my sisters in the belly dance community find me controversial because I believe there is nothing wrong with celebrating the intrinsically sexy aspect to the dance.

I was 24 when I discovered my power of being a seductress. I had the opportunity to travel throughout the Middle East being employed at nightclubs with 1-month residencies, performing 6 nights a week.  I had the days free to explore the city and absorb the culture. Traveling to foreign cities by myself was exhilarating, educational and terrifying.  I found it liberating to be in a location for a predetermined amount of time not knowing a soul and getting a fresh start a month later. Seeing the Middle East through the eyes of a blonde belly dancer was a fascinating experience. I was in ancient cities performing an ancient dance.

My sexual epiphany happened in Istanbul, Turkey. Something about the unique mix of Europe and Middle East culture, the weather, the hotel they set me up in and the gorgeous men brought out the seductress in me. This was my first taste of having several men pursuing me at once.  I was shocked to discover the extent to which men will go to “win” a woman. Truth is, I did very little to encourage their behavior. I wasn't having sex with them (sex before marriage is uncommon in Turkey) and hadn't even gone on dates with two men.  I was showered with gifts and since they knew there was competition, they started to get creative. One memorable gift was my url and designing a website for me. One guy gave me his car. However, his father, screaming at my balcony, awoke me that night. It appears it wasn’t his to give away.  One of my admirers told me that I scared him – because there was no hope for him to resist me – he would give me anything I wanted.

His fear was logical: in seduction, women hold all the cards.  He recently became my Facebook friend and sent me a virtual car, villa and diamond ring. I accepted them…how could I not?

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