![A naked man lays himself over the edge of a short surface, perhaps a table, covered in cloth.
This photograph was suggested by svollga, taken by a photographer named Milo. In writing to me, svollga said:
I find this picture a celebration of male submissive beauty[…. A]ll the long elegant lines of the body of a naked man, with it’s strength visible in the curves of muscles, but without any hint of aggression. The pose he’s in reminds me immediately about three things: strict kneeling pose of a sub (in a way his legs are together and toes stretched), spanking and flagellation (in a way his back and buttocks are open to anything, though untouched yet, and his right hand is grabbing the edge), and afterglow of a session (in a way his left hand is hanging limply, and his upper body looks relaxed, almost boneless). So, it’s like an epithome of submission all in one image. The style of the picture is undemonstrative, subtle and classy. I’d love to have such a picture on the wall of my living room. :)
Interestingly, while it seems that svollga’s eyes were eventually drawn to the man’s hands, what my eyes stayed focused on was the model’s legs. Pictures like this one often have me musing over the differences people with external genitalia and those without have in life and sex. To me, the closeness of this man’s knees and ankles is the most identifiable thing that makes the picture look like one of submission; the somewhat difficult pose indicates exertion, like a push up.
I often hear of sexy games in which submissive people, usually women, are ordered to keep their knees apart in a sort of invitational sexual display to their dominant partner(s). I suspect this is sexy only as a rejection of the primness of so-called polite society, in which every well-mannered lady knows she should keep her legs closed so as not to project an air of promiscuity. But I have male genitals, and keeping my legs closed would do little to hide an erection or prevent getting fondled, for instance.
As a post script, svollga also wrote:
Thank you for your site, it’s absolutely brilliant.
Thanks for the gorgeous photograph, svollga. :)
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A naked man lays himself over the edge of a short surface, perhaps a table, covered in cloth.
This photograph was suggested by svollga, taken by a photographer named Milo. In writing to me, svollga said:
I find this picture a celebration of male submissive beauty[…. A]ll the long elegant lines of the body of a naked man, with it’s strength visible in the curves of muscles, but without any hint of aggression. The pose he’s in reminds me immediately about three things: strict kneeling pose of a sub (in a way his legs are together and toes stretched), spanking and flagellation (in a way his back and buttocks are open to anything, though untouched yet, and his right hand is grabbing the edge), and afterglow of a session (in a way his left hand is hanging limply, and his upper body looks relaxed, almost boneless). So, it’s like an epithome of submission all in one image. The style of the picture is undemonstrative, subtle and classy. I’d love to have such a picture on the wall of my living room. :)
Interestingly, while it seems that svollga’s eyes were eventually drawn to the man’s hands, what my eyes stayed focused on was the model’s legs. Pictures like this one often have me musing over the differences people with external genitalia and those without have in life and sex. To me, the closeness of this man’s knees and ankles is the most identifiable thing that makes the picture look like one of submission; the somewhat difficult pose indicates exertion, like a push up.
I often hear of sexy games in which submissive people, usually women, are ordered to keep their knees apart in a sort of invitational sexual display to their dominant partner(s). I suspect this is sexy only as a rejection of the primness of so-called polite society, in which every well-mannered lady knows she should keep her legs closed so as not to project an air of promiscuity. But I have male genitals, and keeping my legs closed would do little to hide an erection or prevent getting fondled, for instance.
As a post script, svollga also wrote:
Thank you for your site, it’s absolutely brilliant.
Thanks for the gorgeous photograph, svollga. :)