Rod’s demand for a blowjob was completely spontaneous (based on his entitlement personality) and unexpected, but couldn’t have been planned to be more effective. Bruce not only had to service a snobbish competitor, but he had to do so in a manner that required him to relinquish yet another aspect of his macho concept of his manhood. He had to crawl and submit to and pleasure another man while on his knees, outfitted like a dog.
Jane and the others had mixed feelings about Bruce’s ordeal. She would have preferred that he let himself be talked into acquiescing to Rod’s demand. She gave Rod the option of naming his remedy, and Bruce should have carried it out as an order from her. He thought he could elect to take the pain instead. She didn’t see this as an indication of his love and not wan
