At another local club, Doom Maidens, Veronica Vicious, 29, has gained a measure of celebrity from her wrestling clips on YouTube. From 9 to 5, Ms. Vicious works as a political and sexuality activist, and she is not yet ready for her two worlds to collide.
“People definitely have a tremendous stigma. This is a kind of sex industry, because it’s fulfilling a fantasy,” she said. “My worlds will cross at some point, but my effort will be to delay that as long as possible.”
Ms. Vicious, who fell into session wrestling after stints as an amateur female Jello wrestler and improv comic, said she believes it’s important for people to have a healthy forum to explore their fantasies. “In a way, I consider myself a sex therapist with my clients,” she said.
Maxine also sees herself as a kind of therapeutic steward.
“With some clients, I feel like they leave and they’re elated,” she said. “To be able to deliver an experience that someone has wanted for so long and haven’t allowed themselves to have because it’s weird or unorthodox or kinky—to me, it seems like such a little deal, and I’m more than happy to help.”
She recalled one client, an IT worker who lived in New Jersey by way of Mumbai, who booked a Lift & Carry session, which is when the woman literally lifts the client in her arms and carries him around the room. He was happy to be tossed around like a rag doll, declaring, “Oh my goodness gosh, I am your bitch, am I not?” An interesting side note is that the Lift & Carry service is patronized almost exclusively by Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi men.
Another memorable client was a depressed Marine colonel who punched Maxine in the face, which is obviously not allowed. He had intimidated the other wrestlers with his intensity, and only Maxine was willing to have a session. As the opening bell rang, so to speak, he just socked her. She was a little taken aback, but the match continued as planned. They wrestled again when he returned from his second Iraq tour, in what Maxine calls their “closure rematch.” Then there was the high-school wrestling coach, who ended up giving Maxine pointers for the majority of his session.
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