PeonForHer -> RE: Male subs: Self deprecation is annoying (1/15/2016 5:08:45 PM)
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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl So, as a secondary question: In my observations, I've seen many men that approach submission from the direction that they're "worthless" or that it's a natural order. Women tend to approach it from the direction that they will only submit to someone that makes them feel submissive. Why do you think that is? (I have my own opinion, but I want to see what others think) Really bad porn. Like it or not, the "worthless worm" genre sells and always has. Unfortunately, this is how many males get their early kink education, so they have the preconceived notion that is what works in female led interactions. A lot of men/people do not understand the difference between submission and bottoming. The worthless worm theory is easily confused with the enjoyment of certain fetishes. As an example, what is the physical position that is envisioned when engaging in foot worship? It's on the ground, which can be seen as groveling or "less than". ... and worthless worms get stepped on, i.e. trampled. Not only do a lot of men/people not understand the difference between submission (D/s) and bottoming (BDSM receiving), they do not distinguish between being a fetishist either. In other words, having a fetish does not make you submissive. Or Dominant. It just makes you a fetishist in search of a fetish delivery system. They also confuse BDSM with outright abuse. The really bad porn, and practically all of FemDom porn is really bad IMO [:'(], never shows the acts portrayed as being consensually entered into, which then becomes the crux of many of their sexual fantasies, the fantasy of powerlessness. quote:
ORIGINAL: OsideGirl That is part of my opinion, too. But, I also wonder if part of it is an inability to interact, so they've caricaturized the relationship. Social ineptness and low self-esteem issues may very well be the reason why some men identify as being submissive, of having nothing of acceptable intrinsic value to offer that a "normal" vanilla woman would want. -- Lisa & Cub It's a lot simpler for me, and I suspect a lot of male subs, at the root of it. Me, as a kid, I noticed that females had a lot of power to do all sorts of things to me, my mind and my body, that I couldn't control. I began to associate 'turned on' with 'females having power over me'. That's all it really was. Sure, as I got older, I realised that I could, as a male, have similar power over women, if I wanted. But that was irrelevant by then. I knew what turned me on and that was that. I think the 'male as a worm' thing gives a lot of sub-males a buzz and there's little more to it than that. It *is* weird, though, that certain malesubs can be so strident about it. They'd be astonished, no doubt, to be told 'Look, stop being so pushy about being a "worm" - this is supposed to be F/m relationship, which means you don't get to be so demanding'. Me, I'm quite demanding about how I want to see my female partner (as my boss, etc, etc) . However, I know that most women are quite feeble in all sorts of ways, so I'm gentle and encouraging about it rather than pushy, I like to think. [:)]
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