![A naked man pushes against a large barrel, working in low light.
This beautiful image was suggested by Sara Eileen, who wrote:
I pulled [this] image […] because it instantly reminded me of Bitchy Jones’ “Men At Work” post. […] I do see a submissive overlay to the idea of a beautiful man working in the nude; I like the idea that he’s rolling that barrel by at the command of the viewer of the photograph, and that his clothes have been confiscated, or perhaps he never had them in the first place. It is not an explicitly submissive subject, in the way that a bound body might be. I think this depends upon one’s perspective of the narrative intrinsic in the photograph. I enjoy creating submissive narratives, so that’s what I see.
A significant number of dominant women who enjoy submissiveness in men, such as Bitchy Jones, say that they enjoy it because what they are attracted to is manliness. Sadly, there is a dearth of pornographic depictions in which submissive men are shown in what these women call “manly” ways, since such stereotypical erotica places a sexist emphasis on gender reversal by focusing on men performing stereotypical feminine tasks (cooking, cleaning, and so on) with the intention that this is somehow supposed to be demeaning.
Although I personally support the idea of depicting submissive men in “manly” ways, I would also—eventually—like to see us reach a point where we can decouple the notion of maleness from the idea of manliness. I know a number of women more manly than I am, and certain aspects of who I am are decidedly womanly, without making me any less manly.
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A naked man pushes against a large barrel, working in low light.
This beautiful image was suggested by Sara Eileen, who wrote:
I pulled [this] image […] because it instantly reminded me of Bitchy Jones’ “Men At Work” post. […] I do see a submissive overlay to the idea of a beautiful man working in the nude; I like the idea that he’s rolling that barrel by at the command of the viewer of the photograph, and that his clothes have been confiscated, or perhaps he never had them in the first place. It is not an explicitly submissive subject, in the way that a bound body might be. I think this depends upon one’s perspective of the narrative intrinsic in the photograph. I enjoy creating submissive narratives, so that’s what I see.
A significant number of dominant women who enjoy submissiveness in men, such as Bitchy Jones, say that they enjoy it because what they are attracted to is manliness. Sadly, there is a dearth of pornographic depictions in which submissive men are shown in what these women call “manly” ways, since such stereotypical erotica places a sexist emphasis on gender reversal by focusing on men performing stereotypical feminine tasks (cooking, cleaning, and so on) with the intention that this is somehow supposed to be demeaning.
Although I personally support the idea of depicting submissive men in “manly” ways, I would also—eventually—like to see us reach a point where we can decouple the notion of maleness from the idea of manliness. I know a number of women more manly than I am, and certain aspects of who I am are decidedly womanly, without making me any less manly.