The same could be said for women as well. Women have to be strong to submit, especially in today's "female empowered" society.
Yes, I agree, but surely there’s a world of difference between sexual submission and sexual suppression, and femdom and feminism? I feel female empowerment is more about liberating women from the restraints of centuries (millenniums?) of male dominance socially, more so than sexually. I think losing the old “close your eyes and think of your country’ attitude was just a nice bonus.

But it’s not just woman who have changed. Men are not longer shackled by their traditional and ego-driven gender/sexual identification -- and surely that’s a good thing. Maybe there’s been a concurrent undercurrent of men’s liberation going on all this time while women have been busily burning their bras?

In fact, I'd say there's probably less stigma these days for men to submit then for women. Men don't have "masculinists" preaching to them about how they have to be strong and take their place as the "empowered" sex.
I would have to agree male submission does have less of a stigma these days, as do gays and lesbians, and many other minority groups as we evolve and become a more open-minded lot.

As for men not having “masculinists (Ha! Good word – mind if I use it too?) preaching to them”: When major changes take place there will always be, and possibly needs to be, radicals to push the changes. I saw an interview with Germaine Greer, author of the ‘The Female Eunuch’ a while back. When she wrote that book, which was a landmark in the history of the women’s movement, she realised she needed to be ‘extremely hard hitting’ to get her point across – and she surely did!

reckon you are right but I also think that the cultural/political-correctness climate is actually swinging back ( from in your face female 'empowerment' ) towards a genuine egalitarianism (Hoo-fucking-rah). Maybe I'm just geting older but everyone seems to be a lot more reasonable and less polarized about 'gender issues', is it my imagination or does anyonw agree with this?

This is great not only cos it's right but as there's nothing more tedious than people spouting 20 year old feminist theory.
I agree with you, Andrew. Society is a very cyclical thing.

Whether, or not men and women will ever be completely ‘equal’? I don’t think so. Personally, I think we are much too different psychologically. Obviously, very physically different too, and – Vi va la différence!