This is a story of an alternate reality where there is a branch of Christianity that has rejected the dogma normally associated with sex.

Posted 5 Oct 07 -- Revised June 09

Chapter 2: Marcia Learns Submission

As Lady Jennifer led Marcia to the Jacuzzi, she reached out and pressed the button on an intercom. "Laura? Please come in and lend a hand." She then carefully sat Marcia down on the edge of the tub.

Marcia's pain on her bottom and thighs was at once intense and numbing. As she watched Lady Jennifer turn on the jets in the tub, the idea of getting into it seemed both soothing and harrowing.

While Marcia was trying to decide whether to get into the tub, in walked a young woman with long, wavy, dirty-blonde hair. She was dressed in what could only be called a caricature of a French maid uniform. It was very skimpy; exposing her ample bosom from just above her nipples. The skirt was so short that all of her black, stocking-covered legs were in full view, including the garters holding them up. To finish off the look, she had on 3-inch stiletto heels. 'Not very practical for maid work.' thought Marcia.

The sight of her was a bit disconcerting to her. Marcia had spent much of her life at the Lord and Lady's manor. This is where the church her family went to on Sunday's was, and where many other events were observed. She knew that the young women of the kingdom that were charged with cleaning the manor had to wear uniforms, but she had never seen anything like this.

Initially Marcia did not know who the maid was, but as the she approached them, Marcia saw that it was Laura Simpson. She had graduated from high school the year before her, but she remembered her as a 'plain Jane' type. Yet the girl before her now was a complete 180 of the girl she knew. She then recalled that Laura went on to college. So what was she doing here? Did she quit college to join the kingdom instead?

"How may I help you, Mistress Jennifer?" Laura queried.

"Marcia and I would like to get into the tub. Please assist us in getting out of our clothes, then take them down to the laundry for cleaning," replied Lady Jennifer

"Yes, Mistress Jennifer," Laura replied.

Laura started by unzipping the long white gown that Lady Jennifer wore. At the same time, Lady Jennifer began undressing Marcia. Marcia was a little unsure about getting naked in front of Laura, but then she realized Laura was practically naked herself. Laura certainly didn't act as if anything strange was going on. In fact, she acted like Lady Jennifer did this sort of thing every day.

Before sliding into the tub, Lady Jennifer had to admire her handy-work on Marcia. After 30 minutes of spanking, she did not suffer any welts or bruises. Her bottom and thighs only had a nice rosy glow to them.

Once Laura had taken the clothes out of the room, Lady Jennifer slid easily into the tub. Marcia on the other hand, wasn't as quick to get in.

"Don't worry Marcia. The water is only just warm enough not to be cold. Your bottom will hurt initially, as you get in, but it's really the best thing for it right now."

Marcia took her at her word, and slid in too. She only elicited a slight gasp as her bottom made contact with the contoured seat of the Jacuzzi. The Jacuzzi wasn't too large. It had four seats, and Lady Jennifer and Marcia had taken ones that put them facing each other.

"You handled that spanking quite wonderfully, Marcia. I was really impressed," commented Lady Jennifer.

"I was quite shocked myself, Mistress Jennifer," Marcia replied. "Before today I never would have believed that I would have liked to be spanked."

"Actually," Lady Jennifer began. "Your observation is very wrong about what you just experienced. But don't take my criticism too personally. Most women who experience an orgasm after a sound spanking also naively believe that they now like to be spanked. This can cause a lot of problems for them down the road, but I'll explain that later. By the end of the day you should have proper understanding of what it is you really liked about it.

"The important thing for now is that your reaction to the spanking has proven your worth to the kingdom. You have proven that you trust us, and that we can trust you. I am now free to finally begin explaining things to you, and I think I'll start with the kingdom itself.

"To turn things around a little, let me ask you, as a young woman who has grown up within the kingdom, how would you define it?"

Marcia was hoping for some answers from Lady Jennifer -- not questions -- so she had to think for a second. "I would say it is a group of people who have gathered together to support each other."

"That's close, but far too simplistic. We actually don't like to use the word support," replied Lady Jennifer.

"The biggest problem I had with your answer was that it didn't include 'Mistress Jennifer' in it, so that's going to cost you another spanking by the end of the day. You must understand that a critical component to us accomplishing what we must today is that you are paying close attention to everything I say, and what you experience. Your replies with 'Mistress Jennifer' are an important part of showing me that you are doing just that."

"Yes, Mistress Jennifer," Marcia quickly replied. And with her reply she saw that Lady Jennifer was right about what she said earlier. She really didn't like the idea of being spanked again.

"Much better," Lady Jennifer commented.

Then continued, "Now, let's get back to defining this kingdom, and let's do that by first establishing what it's not. The most important 'Not' about this kingdom is that it is not defined by geography. Where you are standing has nothing to do with whether you are in the kingdom.

"Probably the biggest misconception about this kingdom is that it was established in order to replace the government. Nothing could be further from the truth. We consider that the existence of a government that guarantees the freedom of the individual to be key to the functioning of this kingdom. A very important aspect to our kingdom is choice. You must be free to choose to belong to the kingdom. If the kingdom replaces the government, then where is the choice?"

Lady Jennifer then reached around behind her to grab a bottle of shampoo. "Kneel down in the middle here so that I can wash your hair."

Marcia carefully got up out of her seat, and knelt down until her bosom just submerged in the water. Lady Jennifer sat up and spun her legs toward the middle. "Face away from me, and lean back."

Marcia leaned back into Lady Jennifer's arms, but she was very uncomfortable with this. Even after what she just went through with her, she just could not relax while being naked with another naked woman.

Lady Jennifer sensed this, and even expected it, which was why she was doing this. "You're very tense Marcia, but I understand. The society you grew up in attached a great deal of shame and guilt with anything remotely sexual. This is the most difficult thing we have to unlearn with all of our new initiates.

"There are some very serious concerns when it comes to sex. There is nothing so pure, or so good, that cannot be abused in a manner that does us harm, and sex is no exception. At the same time, the walls that we put up that prevents us from enjoying physically intimate contact can often do us the most harm of all."

Lady Jennifer then slipped down behind Marcia, brought her left hand across Marcia's breasts, and her right hand over her vagina. This of course caused Marcia to tense up even more. She had always considered herself to be a good girl, and certainly not a lesbian.

"Marcia, when you concern yourself with silly things like, 'I can't like what she is doing to me, because I am not a slut.' or even 'I can't like this, because I'm not a lesbian,' you take your eye off of the things you should be concerned with. Things such as having children without a father to be in their lives, or contracting STDs. Our society has been teaching its women to be ashamed of their sexuality from the dawn of mankind, yet children are still being born without fathers, and STDs continue to run rampant."

After a few more moments of massaging her breasts and vagina, which worked Marcia up pretty good, Lady Jennifer pulled back and continued to wash Marcia's hair. "The words slut and lesbian have no place within our kingdom. I don't consider myself to be either, yet I enjoy intimate physical contact with other women on a daily basis, often several times a day. If either word is important to you, you are going to have a tough time adapting to this kingdom."

When she leaned Marcia back to rinse out her hair, she sensed that she was less tense, and more willing to lean back into her arms. Lady Jennifer then reached out for the intercom. "Laura? We are ready to get out." Then to Marcia, "Stand up. Let's get out before we start to turn into prunes."

As they were stepping out of the tub, they grabbed some towels, and with Marcia following Lady Jennifer's lead, began drying each other off. Laura then entered the room with two identical dresses. They were white, but not like the long gown Lady Jennifer wore earlier. These were more like casual sun dresses with short skirts. Laura also came in with appropriate sized white underwear to go with the dresses.

Laura assisted both women with getting dressed, then Lady Jennifer told her, "We'll have tea on the terrace." As Lady Jennifer led Marcia out a set of French doors to the terrace outside, Laura went off to do as she was bidden.

It was a beautiful, warm, late-afternoon sun that greeted them as they walked outside. Marcia had always loved this view out the back of the manor. She could see the playground she grew up playing in, and the sports facilities that she and her friends competed at. As much as she has always loved her home, she was always thrilled when her parents said they were all going over to the manor.

Once they were seated at a patio table, Lady Jennifer continued, "So where were we. Oh yes, we were covering the things our kingdom is not. I was talking about how our kingdom was not created to replace the government, yet at the core of almost all misconceptions, there is usually a grain of truth. In this case, our kingdom was established to do the things that people like to use the government for, yet the government is poorly suited to accomplish. Namely, using the government to take care of people who are having problems.

"At the beginning of the twentieth century you could have an intellectually honest debate about the effectiveness of a government to take care of its people, but not anymore. Anyone who continues to advocate socialism is intentionally refusing to look at the evidence of what these social experiments have wrought.

"All government solutions to people's problems inevitably end up as one-size-fits-all solutions. The people who implement them never take the time needed to understand each individual's situation, so the solution they provide will inevitably do more harm than good. It's like a doctor proscribing a medicine for a patient he has never examined.

"Our kingdom was formed as a way for us to take care of one another. As a member of this kingdom, you can be assured that we will take the time to get to know you well. Whatever we may command of you, you will believe that it is based on what we know of you, not what we assume about you.

"This brings us to the sex. We are not just a collection of fair weather friends, gathered together to enjoy things when the times are good. We are committed to each other as if we were married to each other; as if we had formed an extended family. As I explained earlier, sex is used to bind us together like no other means can.

"So the best way to describe our kingdom is that it is a kingdom of relationships. Our kingdom is focused on how we relate to one another, so that we can know each other in a profoundly intimate way. The deeper we know each other, the more effectively we can assist each other at being the best we can be.

"In this way, we have taken the focus of sex off of marriage, so that marriage can focus on the things that are important, which is to nurture and develop our children."

Laura then arrived with an ornate tray and tea set. She placed them down between Marcia and Lady Jennifer and asked, "Will you be needing anything else Mistress Jennifer?"

"That will be all Laura. You may continue with your duties," replied Lady Jennifer. She then poured both of them some of the tea. "Sugar?"

"Two please, Mistress Jennifer," replied Marcia.

Lady Jennifer preferred hers without any, and took a sip as is. While Marcia started sipping hers, Lady Jennifer continued. "When it comes to sex in our kingdom, there are two hard rules. As you may have guessed already, women of this kingdom are required to engage in any sexual act commanded of them by any man of this kingdom. This is rule #1. Rule #2 tempers rule #1 by saying that no one is permitted to harm you. So if you believe that what a man tells you to do is going to harm you (or him, such as if you are having a herpes outbreak), you are entitled to say no without offering him any explanation. In this kingdom 'No' really does mean no - no exceptions.

"Just keep in mind that while you may not have to explain anything to the man you just said no to, you will end up in front of me explaining yourself, and it better not be because you were not in the mood. If you really are not in the mood, my advice to you is to get in the mood. In spite of what you might think, you can control that sort of thing.

"What we are trying to do is eliminate any tendency in you to be a prostitute. We of this kingdom consider most women within our society at large to be whores. They use sex to extract behaviors and favors of men, if not actual money. This is incredibly destructive on many levels, but I'll wait 'til later to explain that. Right now, I want you to know that a key role that I play as a Lady in this kingdom is to make sure that men can trust women when they say no, and that it is not just part of some ploy to avoid him, or to extract some favor from him.

"Whether you believe it or not, you are to act as if all men are worthy of you, and that none of them are beneath you. I'm sure it will take you some time to understand, but the best way to get from men the behaviors and favors that you want, is to treat them with the respect that says they are worthy of you.

"Something else to keep in mind about when you can say no, is that pain does not equal harm in our kingdom, which is why something like the spanking you got earlier today is OK. Quite frankly, I don't want any woman in this kingdom that believes pain is bad. Pain is pain, nothing more, and we want you focused on what is actual harm to you. So pain is no excuse to avoid something that is expected of you.

"Now, from a woman's perspective, any man is entitled to have sex with her, but that doesn't mean any man is allowed to. The king has placed rules upon the men of the kingdom that prevent them from having sex with just any woman. What this means is that it is not your role, or responsibility, to determine if the man demanding sex from you is allowed to do so. He requests it, and then you give it. If he wasn't allowed to, then it is up to the men in his chain of command to correct him. You should never say to a man that he is not allowed to, regardless of what your understanding of the law set down by the king is.

"Now, the rules placed on men are rather complex, so it's kind of hard to follow. Let's start with the rules pertaining to sex with a married woman. As a married woman there are three different ways that a man could be allowed to have sex with you. The first is through your husband. Notice I said through, not with. Not only is your husband allowed to have sex with you, but so is any man up his chain of command. His squad leader, his Lord, his Duke and his King, are allowed to have sex with you whenever they want. Not only that, but your husband can grant an allowance to any other married man for whatever reason he may want. So in effect, your husband can pimp you out."

Marcia interrupted, "Mistress Jennifer. I don't get it. It's wrong for a woman to be a whore, but it is OK for a man to be a pimp?"

As if replying to child, Lady Jennifer said, "Like most people stuck in an immature mode of thinking, you are more focused on the perceived advantages of others than on what it takes to make your life better. This kingdom's efforts to keep our women from becoming prostitutes is based on what is best for them, and how it gets them the things they want better than using sex to get them.

"As for why it's best for our kingdom to have men pimp out their wives..., let's just say for now that men need to learn to share, OK?"

"Yes Mistress Jennifer," replied Marcia.

Lady Jennifer continued, "Sex with unmarried men is not within your husband's control. That is actually my prerogative. One of my many duties is to assign married women as chaperones to unmarried women who want to go on dates. The purpose of the chaperone is the same as has been known through the ages, but the means are very different. We don't use chaperones to block unmarried men from having sex with their unmarried dates, we use them as alternatives to whom they are dating.

"Instead of accompanying the couple on the date, the chaperone simply makes herself available to the couple at the beginning and the end of the date. This makes sure the man has a viable, and desirable, alternative to having sex with the woman he is dating.

"In this kingdom we make sure that unmarried men have the guidance and experience to learn proper sexual behavior, and the best source for that is not from other men, but from married women.

"The final way that a man is allowed to have sex with a woman is a rather peculiar way, which can be viewed on many different levels. As you may have noticed, women of this kingdom are required to wear dresses, unless they are engaged in an activity that makes wearing pants, or shorts, more practical. The specific reason for this is to create opportunities where men can see their panties. If a man does see them, then he is obligated to spank the woman for allowing it, and afterwards, he is allowed sexual satisfaction from her. This applies to both married and unmarried men, but if you're an unmarried woman, the satisfaction should not include intercourse.

"Like I said, this last one can be viewed on many different levels. I personally like to use it as a way to have sex with a man whom I am be attracted to. If I flash him my panties, he is obligated to at least spank me. But whether he demands sexual satisfaction afterwards is up to him. It's a gamble for sure, but one that rarely does not pay off.

"Another point about this is that just as any man you tell no to his sexual advances must accept that no without question; any man can punish you for showing him your panties, even though you believe you didn't. You must accept his word that he saw them. No questions asked."

By now Marcia's head was just spinning with all of the things she was expected to comprehend. "Mistress Jennifer. Do you have some sort of manual I could read to help me keep track of all of this?"

"As a matter of fact, no. There is no manual, more to the point, anything that defines this kingdom cannot be written down, or recorded in anyway."

"What?! ... Why?" Marcia was definitely caught off guard by that one. She quickly caught herself and tacked on "...Mistress Jennifer."

"As I stated before, this is a kingdom of relationships, and only by means of relationships is this kingdom defined and conducted. The king creates the laws, then passes them down verbally to his Dukes, which gets passed to the Lords, then the squad leaders, then onto the men of the squad, then finally to the wives of the men."
Marcia was now flabbergasted. "Mistress Jennifer. You're kidding me right? One of the games our parents have us kids play is 'telegraph.' A message is passed from kid to kid to see how garbled the end result can be, and you expect me to believe that this is a good way to transmit information?"

"You're right, we do have our children play that game, but not to teach them that verbal communication is bad. We do it to show them the pitfalls of it, so that they will learn to do it better."

Marcia was clearly not convinced. "I'm sorry Mistress Jennifer, but I just don't see the benefits of not writing down what you expect of people."

"Look, the laziest most ineffective thing I could do to get you to learn this kingdom is to throw a book at you and say, 'Here. Read this.' If I am really interested in making sure you understand this kingdom, I am going to sit down with you, and walk you through everything, making sure I get the feedback I need that tells me you're grasping this... Like right now, you clearly are not."

After pausing for a moment, Lady Jennifer continued, "The real problem with the written word is that it carries far more weight than it deserves. This makes it a lot easier to re-interpret it in a manner never intended by the author."

The look on Marcia's face now bordered on mild annoyance. "Huh? ... Mistress Jennifer, you have now totally, and completely, lost me. I would say the written word makes it far more likely that people will get the words you intend"

"The words, yes, but not necessarily the message." Again, Lady Jennifer called upon another of her stories that she has told time and time again to new initiates. "As an example, take the 'Roe vs Wade' decision by the Supreme Court. This is the one that says women have the constitutionally protected right to an abortion.

"Imagine for a second that you had a time machine so that you could go back in time and talk to every single person who voted for our constitution, and each of its amendments. Then ask them if what they were voting for was intended to give women the right to kill their unborn children. I would be shocked if a single person answered yes, yet the vast majority of people in this country believe the constitution protects a woman's right to an abortion.

"Now, how do you suppose something like that could happen?"

For the second time today Marcia found herself in complete doubt of something she had just been completely sure of. This wasn't about the Roe vs. Wade decision. As a good Christian girl, she never believed in the validity of it for a second. It was easy for her to see why so many people believed it was so, but she had previously never given much thought to how something like this could have happened.

Lady Jennifer gave Marcia a few more moments to digest what she said, then continued. "I could go on and on, and cite example after example where messages are pulled out of our constitution that where never intended to be there. There are even examples of complete reinterpretation of things such as what happened with the second amendment.

"Here is an amendment stuck into the constitution with nine others to form what has been called the Bill of Rights from the very beginning. These rights were intended to protect the individual from the government, yet there is a large percentage of citizens who think that the second of those ten amendments is about insuring the government has the right to arm its military. The mere notion that governments need any rights is ludicrous, yet the gun-grabbers in this nation have no problems with defining it that way.

"And how does something like this occur?" Lady Jennifer asked rhetorically.

All Marcia could do was shrug that she didn't know.

"It's all because of the misplaced respect and authority given to the written word. Now don't get me wrong. The written word does have its place. It just can't be relied upon the way so many people do. Oh, and your non-verbal response earned you more spanks."

"Yes Mistress Jennifer," replied Marcia.

"If you want to ensure that a message gets delivered, you need people you can trust to pass it along. You inherently know this to be true about oral versus written accounts. If you happen to hear about something that occurred, would you rather read a witness' account, or talk to the witness directly?

"Quite frankly, I doubt that there has been a single law passed by any legislature that has not been used by a judge, or a lawyer, in a manner never intended by those who voted for it. The real sad thing is how so few people in this nation even consider this to be a problem."

Marcia had to agree with what Lady Jennifer was saying. It would go a long way to explaining why things are the way they are in this country. Yet she wasn't completely convinced. "Mistress Jennifer, what you say makes sense, but I can't shake the feeling that things would be better if we wrote down what is expected of us. As long as we are aware of the possible problems, as you have stated, they could be avoided. I'm sure there have been miscommunications down the chain of command that could have been avoided if they were in writing. And what about someone intentionally changing what is being passed down? Without having it in writing, how would you ever know?"

Lady Jennifer replied, "Oh... there have been some real knee-slappers of twisted communications, but relying on the written word has far more pitfalls, because when you use the written word you are inevitably going to wind up relying on it.

"When you read something you are only going to seek clarification if something doesn't make sense enough to go through the effort of contacting the author. When you get something directly from a person, any amount of confusion on your part can be cleared up immediately.

"As far as someone intentionally changing the communication, the written word is a poor protector against that. If there is someone along your chain of command that cannot be trusted, then our kingdom has bigger problems than intentionally changed messages.

"The foundation of our kingdom is trust, and trust doesn't just happen. It is carefully built through real and solid relationships. One of the key features of oral communication is that it requires you to know who the receiver of the information is. Written communication is the preferred method when you don't want to deal with those you are delivering the information to.

"I can see by the look on your face that you're still not buying this. I think this is another thing you'll have to trust me on. Much of your doubt comes from your prejudice against oral communication, and I can assure you, we are much better at it than you are."

Shifting gears, Lady Jennifer went on "OK then, where were we? That's right; we were discussing the sexual politics of this kingdom.

"You know, it's starting to get a bit chilly. How about we go back inside." Lady Jennifer led Marcia back inside, then over to the lounge were they were earlier. The sight of it made Marcia bring to the front of her mind the pain she still felt from what occurred on it.

Sitting in the same positions as earlier, Lady Jennifer continued, "What I have described so far applies to married women, except the part about what happens when you show your panties, that applies to both. So what will be required of you before then?" she asked rhetorically, "As far as men are concerned, you are off limits. No man can touch you until you say you are ready. Your status right now is as an initiate, and technically, you're still not a member of the kingdom. Your only participation of the kingdom will be through me.

"You will need to move to the next stage to be considered in the kingdom, at which time you will then be called a maiden. As a maiden you will only be permitted to perform the duties assigned to you, otherwise you must remain in your room. The only other reasons that you can be out of your room are to eat, and exercise.

"If you wish to go to the movies, or go to the mall and shop, or even go to the library, you will need a unmarried man as an escort."

Marcia replied a little sarcastically, "What? Mistress Jennifer, I thought this kingdom was built on trust. Don't you trust me to go out on my own?"

Replying as patiently as she could, Lady Marcia said, "Of course I trust you, but trust has nothing to do with it. This is about you learning that it is OK to be dependent on men, something our society says is very wrong for you, but I'm not ready to fully explain this at this time. You will understand the 'why' of this kingdom a lot better once you know the 'what' of it. Now be patient."

She continued, "If you decide that you want to go out, or even attend one of the many balls that my husband and I put on here, you will need to put your name on a list stating the 'what' and 'when' of your interest, then wait to select among the unmarried men who reply to be your escort.

"When the man shows up to take you out, you will at that time grant him the rights of a husband, except for the right of transferal. In other words, it is him, and only him, that has the right to do with you sexually as he pleases. There's more involved here than I am explaining, but the basic point I'm trying to get across here is that until you are married, you have a great deal of control over what men can have sex with you.

"And you can remain unmarried as long as you would like. There is no requirement to do so. If you don't mind sitting in your room watching television or reading a book, you don't even have to have sex with men at all."

Marcia noticed something in what Lady Jennifer was saying. "Mistress Jennifer, you keep mentioning the control I have over which men I have sex with until I am married, but it seems to me you are intentionally leaving out women."

"Well...." replied Lady Jennifer. "I wasn't planning to get into this right now, but I suppose this is as good a time as any. You may also have noticed that I have not fully defined what sex a man can demand of you, because this is related to the issue of sex with women.

"A man can't tell you to do just anything. He is limited to sexual commands only. Basically, anything that turns him on that he has commanded of you, you must do. Now, you're a bright girl, Marcia. What do you suppose is the number one thing that turns a man on to watch?"

Marcia's parents had done a pretty good job keeping their daughter innocent of many sexual things in our society, but this one was far too prevalent to avoid. "Watching women have sex with each other, of course."

"Very good. And I can assure you, you will be regularly commanded by men to 'put on a show.' Did you notice when I was talking about chaperones I said that I provide them to the couple, not just the man?

"Now going back to what I said earlier. I enjoy having sex with women all of the time, but I don't consider myself to be the slightest bit lesbian. I first started having sex with women because I knew it turned men on. It then turned me on knowing it turned them on. Eventually I saw the concept of lesbianism as something that was more about avoiding men, than it was about an attraction to women. Once I saw that, it allowed me to start enjoying sex with women, even though there were no men around to watch.

"How this all relates to you is that I have been commanded by my Queen to insure all the maidens in my care have their sexuality developed in a way that best prepares them for life in this kingdom. I do this by making sure they are comfortable with sex with women. The more comfortable you are with women, the more comfortable you will be with men. That doesn't work the other way around, by the way.

"So, getting back to your question. Plan on performing sex with women quite often."

Lady Jennifer paused, stood up and stretched. She took a few steps away from the lounge, and as she did so she said, "While there are a lot more things to discuss about the 'what' of our kingdom, I think it is time I started filling in some of the 'why'."

She then turned towards Marcia and asked, "But before I do, tell me how are you dealing with what I have said so far? This next phase of explanation is pretty intense, intellectually wise, so it's important that there isn't any major issues causing road blocks."

Marcia thought for few moments and replied, "Mistress Jennifer, it's hard to say how this is affecting me. Nothing you're telling me is matching up with how I was raised. I just keep telling myself that I trust my mother, and since she trusts you, I am willing to trust you also."

"I'm glad to hear that. The ability to trust is very important for all of us. People who are incapable of trusting others are always miserable people. Trust is something that we in this kingdom rely on, and seek to develop."

After pausing for a few moments, Lady Jennifer continued, "When I told you that we are a kingdom of relationships, I was describing the 'how' of this kingdom. The 'why' of our kingdom is more like a guiding principle. Of course an important guiding principle is our Christian faith, but we'll get into that later. There are a lot of Christian communities in this world, but that does not lead them to living the kind of lives that we live.

"Our kingdom was formed to celebrate the masculine and the feminine in mankind. We believe that all people will live better lives if men are expected to be the best men they can be, and women are expected to be the best women they can be.

"In contrast, modern liberal thinking says there are no true gender differences beyond biology. Men and women act the way they do because that is the way they were taught. Also, they believe that there is nothing in this world that men and women cannot do equally as well.

"Most people in our society know that this is not entirely true. They inherently know things like, sure, you could train a woman to be a good soldier; one that would even be effective in combat. Yet they also know that men can be trained to be much better soldiers.

"Most people know these things, but they have poor models to draw from on how to put any of this into action. When you couple this with the threats of gender discrimination lawsuits, you then have a real disincentive to do so.

"So how did we end up in the cultural mess that we are in? Feminists will tell you men are to blame, but that actually denies the power we women naturally have over men. We need to see how women play a crucial role in the gender conflicts we are in right now, if we are ever going to straighten things out.

"Let's go back to the beginning of the modern feminist movement. The state of affairs for women was not good. Far too many men were walking around with the presumption of superiority over women. It important to know that in order to believe you are superior to someone else, you must disrespect that person. They go hand in hand. It was clear, then, that our society at the time respected the things men did, and not respect the things women did.

"The first mistake that the feminists made was getting sucked into debating whether there are things men are better at than women. This makes it appear that there are valid reasons for feeling superior to others. There, of course, isn't any valid reasons for this. Just because you are better at something than someone else, doesn't make you a better person than him or her. Anyone who has a need to feel superior to others has serious self-esteem issues.

"The next mistake they made was proving that it was what males had to offer our society that should be valued, and not what women had to offer. Their actions only perpetuated and enhanced the myth of male superiority; it did nothing to diminish it. The feminists won't use these words, but they are in effect telling women they need to be more like men, yet you will never really convince anyone that women make better men.

"The worse thing they did was to convince a great majority of women that they had to put off having children in order to pursue a career. This is actually the worse thing about being a man. There is a great deal of pressure put on men to sacrifice their time with their family in order to climb the corporate ladder, yet feminists say that women must do the same.

"This has two very major negative impacts. The first is obvious. Women are told that they should develop transitory relationships with people at work, rather than the permanent relationships that will nourish them spiritually the rest of their, lives like the ones they will get with a family.

"But the most damaging aspect of insisting that women pursue a career is the message that women absolutely cannot trust men. The message feminists have for women is 'If you are a woman who allows herself to be put in a position where she depends on a man for anything, you are not only fool, but a traitor to all of womankind'."

Lady Jennifer paused here for dramatic effect, then continued. "The world that feminists have for women is one that I want no part of. I want to trust men. Quite frankly, I see no point to living if I can't trust men.

"The fact of the matter is, what all women actually want is respect. No matter how arduous or dirty a job is, if it gets enough respect, we'll do it. And this applies to both men and women. Money only plays a secondary role, because we only really complain about low pay because we see it as a lack of respect. That's where this 'equal pay for equal work' nonsense comes from.

"Take for example when you went across my lap earlier today. You did so because you wanted my respect, and you knew that was how you were going to get it. There may have been other reasons involved, but that was the primary one.

"So the question is, how do we as women get the respect we deserve? Do we take the easy route and start behaving in the ways men respect each other, or do we take the harder path of changing society to start respecting the things women have to offer?"

Again, another pause for dramatic effect. Marcia took that pause to reply, "Mistress Jennifer, my heart tells me that what you say is right, but my head can't get around the idea that to allow myself to be spanked is very demeaning. How does doing something demeaning gain me respect?"

"Your heart may know the truth, but your brain will continue to operate on what it was taught. All you really need to know is that someone you admire wanted something of you, and you provided it. In turn, I knew it was something you would not give to just anyone, so I knew it had great value. The fact that I demonstrated that I knew it had great value is the source of the respect you wanted.

"If I had just done what I did, then dumped you on the floor and walked away, you would have been devastated. The fact that I caressed you, and kissed you, and showed you how much respect I had for you changed everything thing about it. Like I said, we human beings will do anything, and I mean absolutely anything if there is enough respect involved. Just ask any would-be Muslim suicide bomber."

"That actually makes a lot of sense, Mistress Jennifer," replied Marcia.

"You should now also start to understand why it was so important that I spanked you when I did. If I hadn't, you would not have had the experience to grasp what I just told you. But there is more to learn, and that's the next step. Now stand up," Lady Jennifer commanded.

Marcia was quick to comply.

"Raise your dress, and show me your panties," she continued to command.

Marcia hesitantly did so, but only just enough so that the lower part of them could be seen.

"Higher, and spread your legs apart some." and when she complied, Lady Jennifer continued. "That's good. For the remainder of what I will explain to you, I want you to experience the emotions that are going through you right now. I also want easy access to reach between your thighs whenever I choose to. Is that understood?"
"Yes Mistress Jennifer."

"Good. I cannot stress enough how this kingdom is a kingdom of relationships. We do everything in our power to strengthen them, and to turn them into something that benefits all of us. An important aspect to making any relationship strong is to deal with them in a realistic manner. We need to be open and honest about them, or they will whither and die.

"Now think about what you know of sexual relationships. How do they differ from any other kind of relationship?"

Marcia was puzzled by this. "I'm not sure what you're asking, Mistress Jennifer. Isn't it obvious?"

"Is it really?" Lady Jennifer took one step towards Marcia, which put her mere inches from her. She then quietly said in Marcia's ear, "By the state of your breathing, and how hard your heart is pounding, your body knows we are engaged in a sexual relationship right now, yet I am not touching you, or doing anything that is obviously sexual in nature."

Marcia was once again beside herself in anticipation. She was initially mortified to expose herself like she was ordered to, but now she was more concerned that her mistress would not reach between her legs and touch her.

Lady Jennifer continued, "I'm not surprised by your confusion. Our society has a hard time coming to grips with what is the true nature of our sexuality. In every other positive relationship that we engage in, we seek someone who is our equal, or someone like ourselves, but not in sexual relationships. There we don't want someone who is the same as us, we want someone who complements us, someone that fits us like a missing piece of a puzzle. Sexual intercourse is a physical manifestation of this, but the true nature of it runs much deeper than that."

Lady Jennifer turned away, which caused a great deal of distress from Marcia. She was really hoping for some physical attention. "What I am trying to get at is what I mentioned earlier, and that is the duality of domination and submission. In all sexual relationships there is someone who is in control, and someone who is allowing him or herself to be controlled. The roles may swap back in forth in any sexual encounter, but those roles are there, nonetheless.

"The terms domination and submission are poorly understood in our society, but they are the only ones I have to use. Too often those terms are directly linked to whips and chains and leather restraints, but that is only where things wind up when we don't understand what is going on."

Lady Jennifer turned back to Marcia, and reached between her thighs. She then began to lightly run her middle finger back and forth across the crotch of her panties. "You may think you are not doing anything right now, but you are in fact performing an act of submission. On my part, I am performing an act of domination, and I while I am enjoying it, I can assure you, I'm not enjoying this nearly as much as you are.

"This is the most important fallacy of domination and submission. It would seem natural that the person in control would be enjoying the sexual encounter the most, but if done right, that is rarely the truth."

Lady Jennifer pulled her hand back, and again turned away. As she continued to talk, she rubbed the dampness she got from Marcia between her fingers. "The entire concept of domination and submission is profoundly misunderstood. When I say something like men dominating women, what pops into your mind?"

Marcia didn't understand where this was going, and quite frankly, she didn't care. She just wanted her mistress' finger back where it was. Luckily this appeared to be another of her rhetorical questions because she went on. "What usually comes to mind are things like Muslim countries where women are the property of men, and they are not free to decide the life they want to live. I would put forward that this has nothing to do with domination, and more to do with fear.

"Domination and submission are dual concepts, and both are active. For domination to occur there needs to be a corresponding act of submission. If a woman is kept ignorant, has no rights to do anything, and she even has her identity taken from her by having to hide under a burka, how is she choosing to be submissive? How can any man take pride in that kind of domination?

"The more options a woman has to do other than submit to the man, yet she does, the greater her submission, and correspondingly, the greater the domination by the man. The only thing Muslim men demonstrate is how much they fear their women, not how much they dominate them. And domination without submission is nothing but rape.

"If you want to understand domination and submission properly you need to understand how much power you have as the submissive, and you must be able to trust the dominant person in wanting you to have as much freedom as possible to choose to be submissive."

Once again Lady Jennifer stepped towards Marcia, and once again she spoke quietly in her ear, "Like right now. You have a choice. You can chose to leave this room, and I promise, if you choose this, there will be no repercussions whatsoever. Your other choice is to beg me to put my hand back where it was.

"Which choice will you make Marcia?"

Marcia didn't see a choice at all. She wanted to feel her mistress between her legs so badly that the choice she was given was like choosing between death and life. "Mistress Jennifer, please put your hand back between my legs."

"You mean like this?" Lady Jennifer only tormented her by placing her hand on the inside of Marcia's thigh.

"No, Mistress Jennifer." Marcia pleaded.

"I'm sorry, Marcia, but you are going to have to be more specific."

"Please put your hand on my vagina, Mistress Jennifer"

"Much better, Marcia." With that, Lady Jennifer wrapped her left arm around Marcia to support her, then began to slowly rub Marcia's crotch with her right hand.

Soon she was pushing aside her panties, and plunging two fingers inside her. In no time, she had Marcia worked up until she had her second orgasm of the day. Marcia clung to Lady Jennifer as wave after wave hit her. She never felt so out of control in her life.

Lady Jennifer continued to hold on to Marcia as her breath s returned to normal. Then once again that day she gave Marcia a deep, passionate kiss. This time there was no hesitation on Marcia's part in returning the kiss.

After what seemed like no time at all, but must have been a long time, Lady Jennifer pulled back to continue Marcia's introduction.

"You see Marcia. Being the submissive can bring about a great deal of satisfaction, but it is a lot more complex than what I just showed you. Take your statement today about liking to be spanked. I'm sure you meant it, but you spoke from a position of not understanding the concepts properly. It is the submission that you enjoyed, much like what you were experiencing at the time you begged me to touch you.

"It's not the spanking you enjoyed. It was that the spanking as an act of submission that brought about the pleasure you experienced. If I command you to eat a bowl of ice cream, would eating it be an act of submission?"

Marcia replied "No, Mistress Jennifer."

"Of course not. Submission requires that you experience something that is either painful or humiliating, or both, for it to be an act of submission. In fact, if you were to actually like being spanked, we would have to find something else in order for it to be an act of submission.

"This brings me to the warning I made when you said that you liked to be spanked. Most women think the same thing who experience it, but since they don't understand the true nature of what they are experiencing, they end up in these degenerative spirals where they are constantly looking for something even more painful and degrading than the previous experience.

"The reality is that it's the relative degree, and not the absolute degree, of submission that these women crave. In other words, the more powerful, self-confidant and happy a woman is, the less drastic the act has to be to for it to be a profound act of submission. Or put another way, if you're not careful, you'll wind up hanging naked in a dungeon with needles ran through your nipples, and brand marks all over your skin, rather than gaining the same sexual satisfaction from just being over a man's lap for a spanking."

Lady Jennifer gave Marcia a few minutes to think, and just hugged her close to her. Eventually Marcia spoke, "I'm still quite confused, Mistress Jennifer. Even though I agree with just about everything you've said, and have enjoyed the experiences you have given me, I still don't feel comfortable with joining the kingdom."

"That's all right, Marcia," Lady Jennifer said reassured. "I still have a lot more to cover, and I have only just scratched the surface of the religious aspects. I know this is probably your biggest stumbling block.

"I do want you to know how proud I am that you spoke your mind just now. This demonstrates a strength of character that I look forward to see grow even stronger. The stronger our women are, the stronger our kingdom will be."

Lady Jennifer gave Marcia one more hug, then continued, "Okay Marcia, we're just about done before we break for dinner. The last thing I want to cover is how we initiate sexual domination of a women in this kingdom. Whether the person initiating it is a man or a woman, it is done by reaching behind the woman to be dominated, and grabbing her hair at the back of her head. And yes, this plays havoc with you if you just spent a long time fixing up your hair.

"If someone comes up to you, and you see them reaching behind you, you should never consider whether they have permission to do so. If they don't, it will be worked out later. All you know is that someone is seeking your submission, and you should respond as if you know they have the right to it by turning your head slightly to make it easier to grab your hair.

"Let me demonstrate." Lady Jennifer pulled away from Marcia until she was facing her at arms length. "Now reach for my hair behind my head, and I'll show you how to respond."

Both women were the same size, so it wasn't difficult for Marcia to lean forward, and bring her right hand over Lady Jennifer's left shoulder. As she did this, Lady Jennifer turned her head to the right, and dipped her left shoulder. Then as Marcia grabbed her hair, Lady Jennifer placed both of her hands behind her back, and grabbed her elbows.

"This is the start position for a submission. From here your dominant can do as he or she pleases with you, or commands anything of you."

Marcia was a bit stunned by this turn of events. Many emotions were going through her that ran between pleasure and panic. She felt a surge of power flow through her as she grabbed Lady Jennifer's hair, but she couldn't shake that this was Lady Jennifer. She wanted to do something while in this position of power, but how could she possibly act on what she was feeling with a woman she has revered her whole life.

It was clear to her that Lady Jennifer was not trying to end this. Marcia could tell that she was expecting something, but what? Maybe, she thought, this was some sort of test to see if Lady Jennifer could trust her. Eventually this was the thought that won out, so she just let go, and stepped back.

Lady Jennifer stood there for a few moments looking at Marcia, then said, "I'm very disappointed in you right now. You probably did what you thought I wanted you to do, and if so, you're wrong. You may have a hard time believing this, but if you truly wanted to respect me, and respect what I have taught you today, you would have done something...anything.

"Do you think you're the only one who likes to have a hand up her skirt? ...What would have made me the most proud of you is if you had spanked me.

"The important thing to remember here is what I just told you earlier. I want you to be a strong and powerful woman. The kind of woman that has the self-confidence to demand another woman's submission....Even mine."

Lady Jennifer gave Marcia a few moments to think, then continued. "Something related to this act of submission is how a woman can initiate it. We in this kingdom frown on ambiguous flirtation. It's not honorable. If you're attracted to woman, then be obvious about it and have the courage to submit to them.

"Suppose you're talking to a woman, and she flips her hair over her right shoulder to you. What she is doing is giving you the sign that she wishes to be your submissive by offering her hair to you, and that you are free to do with her as you please. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Mistress Jennifer."

"Do you really?"

"Yes, Mistress Jennifer."

"Prove it."

Marcia immediately responded by flipping her hair over her right shoulder. Lady Jennifer reached out with her left hand. and grabbed her hair. Then using it like a handle, she wordlessly guided Marcia around, and bent her over the arm of the lounge. She then raised her dress and pulled her panties down to her knees, and as she was doing so she said, "This was for the one time you forgot to address me as Mistress Jennifer."

The spanking she delivered was not long. Only ten swats with her hand, but it had the desired impact she was after.

"And this is for the non-verbal response earlier," and she delivered another ten solid spanks. When she was done she left the panties at Marcia's knees, but stood her up facing her.

She then took that opportunity to switch hands that were holding Marcia's hair and said, "Marcia. I consider you to be a smart girl. I should not have to explain what I now expect of you."

Lady Jennifer then pulled down on Marcia's hair, and at the same time, used her forearm to push on Marcia's shoulder. Marcia quickly understood that she was expected to kneel down, and did so.

Marcia was now on her knees with her face only inches from what she knew was about to be the focus of her attention. Lady Jennifer did not wait long before she pulled Marcia's face into her crotch, and slowly humped her face through her dress. She did this for about a minute then pulled Marcia back out.

"If I have to explain myself any clearer, I'll have you back over that lounge again for another spanking." Marcia figured she was told quite plainly by Lady Jennifer what she wanted. She had to admit that she had at times thought about licking another woman's pussy, but not in any serious way.

Using her left hand, she raised Lady Jennifer's dress until her panties were in view. She then used her right hand to lower her panties until they were down around her ankles, at which Lady Jennifer kicked them away. Marcia didn't know what she was doing, she only did what she thought she would like if the roles were reversed, and began licking at her mistress' lips.

Lady Jennifer then raised her left leg and placed it on the lounge, and then practically sat on the open mouth of Marcia. "That's it Marcia. Stick your tongue in me as far as you can go." Lady Jennifer then began to slowly rub her clit along Marcia's nose, and in no time at all she was cuming in Marcia's mouth.

Once she was done she pulled Marcia up for another deep passionate kiss. She always liked the taste of herself in the mouth of a young woman, and Marcia was no exception.

After pulling back and looking over Marcia, Lady Jennifer said, "Looks like I'm the one that now has to apologize for making a mess of someone."

This struck both women as amusing, and they giggled.

"How about I take you to the room you will use while you are staying with me, so you can then clean up before dinner."

Lady Jennifer led Marcia out of her bedroom, and down the hallway to an unassuming door. When she opened it up, Marcia saw Laura inside. It was clear that Laura was not there to prepare the room for Marcia, because she was just standing there in white satin demi-bra and panties, and she also still wore the black stockings and garter, along with those ridiculous stiletto heels.

Lady Jennifer said to Marcia, "Marcia, you and Laura are going to be roommates this summer." Then to Laura she said, "Laura, will you help Marcia get ready for dinner?"

"Yes, Mistress Jennifer," replied Laura. She then looked right at Marcia and said, "I'll help Marcia with anything she desires." She then reached behind her head, and flipped her long, wavy, dirty-blonde colored hair over her right shoulder.

~ End of Chapter 2 ~ Marcia Learns Submission ~

Author's Note:

I am a teacher not a preacher. A preacher tells you what is right; a teacher makes you learn it for yourself. In the chapters of this story, I am not laying out some prescription in life for you to follow. Rather, I am only presenting points to ponder; simply random ideas in a unique and interesting framework. If what you have read brings solace and clarity to your life, then go with it. If what you have read troubles you, then move on, and write it off as nothing more than the ranting of a raving lunatic.