A naked man is tied to a large wooden plank by another man, who is shirtless and wears a cowboy outfit.
Wendy Blackheart suggested this photograph, writing in to say “I like cowboys, particularly gay cowboy bondage. As you may expect, its hard to find. Note the black hat on the top—that means he’s a bad guy.”
Culture is something many people erroneously perceive as unchanging. In the pre-Stonewall gay community, effeminacy was widely accepted and hyper-masculinized imagery was a subculture underneath the already underground gay subculture. Cowboy and Western themes, notably muscled men in bondage, were marginalized. In the post-Stonewall era, the gay community marginalized effeminacy and prefers to project its hyper-masculine aesthetic to the world. I like this old image because it helps one stay aware of this constantly changing cultural stereotype, which is present in all cultures and in all situations. I hope it serves as a reminder to avoid letting cultural noncompliance result in prejudiced or oppressive actions of any kind.
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