Dick whipped

Yep, that’s the word some guy used about the porn for women article I posted. He probably pronounced it “whupped”, don’t you think? Well, it made me think - what’s the female equivalent for being pussy whipped? According to Robin Lakoff in “The Handbook of Language and Gender”, there is NO female equivalent! So I started asking around. I asked a few men at the office what the female equal to pussy whipped was and I was really quite surprised at the answers.

“There is no equal phrase, women are supposed to do what the man in their life says.”

I nearly fell over. Were they brought up by men who carry clubs and drag their women by the hair?

“Gee, I dunno, I never knew a woman who was treated like a guy who was pussy whipped.”

I remained on the floor. All I could think of was we hired these really clever people and how stupid they really were. I looked at the two of them and slowly asked them if they thought women really were second class citizens and should be subservient to men. (I didn’t remind them that I signed their paychecks, but that might have affected their answer.)

“Oh no, they aren’t subservient at all. It’s just what life is. Men are the heads of the household and make the final decision.”

I asked if they knew the meaning of subservient. Sigh.

Well, I think it’s high time we had a term. How many friends of yours do you know who are dick whipped? I have a friend of mine who gets quite nervous every afternoon worrying that the meal she prepares for her husband will be what he wants. I have another friend whose husband does very little work and is a slob around the house and rarely enjoys sex. She works nearly 50 hours a week, does all the cooking, cleaning and laundry and if she wants to go out, she has to go alone because he’s shy. Come to think of it, I’ve got some pretty weird friends.. maybe I should look inward and investigate what draws me to them.

Not all dick whipped women are that way because they live with a controlling bastard. I remembered this email I received a few weeks ago.

My brother is nuts and has this woman pussy whipped but I suppose that’s not the right phrase. He has the sexiest girlfriend who’ll do anything for him. She’s nuts too. He treats her barely OK because she’s not really what he wants in a partner, but he doesn’t have the balls to tell her that. She “drops by” every few days with beer, things she’s cooked especially for him, clothing that she “just happened to see” that would be great on him. Frankly, I think it’s creepy. If he wants sex all he has to do is crook his little finger and she undresses on the way over. Any recommendations?

Yes, I don’t think she’s dick whipped - she’s a stalker.