hopelesslyInvo
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Joined: 2/10/2008 From: the future Status: offline
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modern life is what is attributed to men becoming more submissive over the last century; considering that movies, video games, and the internet have basically been a constant in any currently generation that is under question, i would ask what prompted you to even think it. much like the theory of evolution, this is one of those things that doesn't change in the course of a couple weeks. anyone who is probably qualified to judge the rise and decrease of human traits and characteristics of the human rates (unlikely to be anyone on this site) probably doesn't look at things in terms of weeks, months, or years, but generations. the current generation of hairless unmasculine men that have set huge trends within itself like emo's and goth, and with gay couples either being on the rise or simply coming out being on the rise, as well as it's acceptance... i really don't think anything "we" have change will even really be "noticeable" by us, as we take the events in life to usually be how life is. our entire lifespan might be too short to see such characteristics in human life change, it's not like the sudden change in women's rights or anything else people notice change. besides, i doubt the people that keep track of humanity really associate the amount of submissive traits present in men with the amount of men who like to play "bottom" and call themselves submissive. i think i would say if this was a real inquiry, the worst thing you could do is to assume "kink" and "human nature" intertwine exclusively. it's taking nothing into account of how many dominant women and submissive men exist far outside the world of bdsm. the titles in bdsm refer to roles filled more than what type of person they really are. someone who wants to be in control calls their self a dom/domme/dominant/master here, but in reality they may be more submissive and deprived of the control they want to have than most of the "submissives" in bdsm who only call themselves that because they want the kink. all in all, i think you're probably mixing too many things together. human nature and human interaction, traits and kink, etc. etc. look at what you've covered in your original post~ you're saying that part of being submissive means... you are not selfish you are not demanding you are respectful you are not a fetishist you are heavily influenced by porn you are heavily influenced by violence you are heavily influenced by and involved with video games you are heavily influenced by and involved with motion pictures none of those things really have anything to do with being submissive or dominant. being dominant doesn't mean you're demanding anymore than being submissive means you aren't. neither have to be or should even be expected to be respectful, neither should be expected to be selfish or selfless, and neither should have any correlation into how kinky their sex lives are, if they even have one. it would be no different than expecting someone to be nice just because of some other characteristic. it would be like assuming things were safe or unsafe to drink because of color rather than the warning label. dominance and submission as traits rather than accepted roles allude to little more than how likely they are to resist the will of others and how likey they are to impose their own will onto others. the trait in question of men becoming more submissive or women more dominant has nothing to do with kink, and everything to do with the textbook definition. the type of traits you see in animals, when a fox brings a piece of meat back to its den and 5 cubs need fed, but it's only enough to feed 4, you'll see which ones are more dominant and more submissive, and i assure you it has nothing to do with kindness, respect, the desire to share, seeing sex or violence, or being demanding. instead it's very simple, you are 1, they are 4, 1 or 2 will go hungry, which will you be, and how far are you able to go and how much can you tolerate in order to not starve. in non sentient beings, i assure you the dominant ones get fed, the submissive ones go hungry. in humans our survival has little to do with it, but you see the same concept applied when returning merchandise, or getting the wrong order at a restaurant, or interacting with a boss at work. to be honest though, i don't think it's fair to even compare dominance and submission as opposites, the opposite of submission is defiance, the opposite of imposing your will on others is to leave them be. if i had to make my own assumption of things, i would say submission in men probably is still rising or at least has no signs of decline, and if i had to guess why, i would say because modern life doesn't depend on us being dominant to survive anymore, not "here", but look at the difference in the men in the US or UK compared to men in the middle east. pretty stark difference, but so is what our life involves and requires in order to live it.
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