The Mental Makeup and Psychology of the ‘Keep’ or Mistress

I have been wondering about why some young and really beautiful talented women end up as mistresses of older men. What is the psychology behind such women’s mental makeup? A keep is also a mistress, but has a deeper connotation than a mistress. It means that she is owned by the man , body and soul and is dependent on him for her livelihood , a home and a car or what ever else that makes life comfortable. We must remember that a keep is a woman who is the property of a man, he may be married or not. Her body is at the disposal of the man who supports her financially. One has heard of women as keeps, but a man as a keep of a woman is unheard of. Thus being a keep is the prerogative of a woman.

Most women who get into such a relationship are emotionally unstable and insecure. They have a dread of living life alone and they become ‘keeps’ of men for financial and emotional security. Unfortunately such relationships are doomed in the long run and there are umpteen cases of the kept woman struggling in life after the death of her older lover. One is reminded of the case of actress Priya Rajvansh who became the keep of producer Chetan Anand. After his death she was murdered over a property dispute by the sons of Chetan Anand. Such women are unfortunate, but being a kept woman still thrives in the modern world. There is also the case of Ms J Jayalalitha who became the keep of the famous actor MGR who was 30 years her senior. Her father had  passed away when she was 2, so there is a possibility she gave her virginity to this man as she saw in him a father figure. Being a Keep has not gone out of fashion and its common in America, where there are more rich people than anywhere else. To have a 'keep' one

must have money. No poor man will have a keep. Yes , but there is no man who would not want a keeep or a mistress, being unable to afford is another matter !!