Si Guys: Thkg Beyond Gay Male "Tops" and "Bottoms" | Psychology Today

Contents:

• GAY MEN'S PREFERENC FOR "TOP" VS. "BOTTOM" CAN BE JUDGED BY THEIR FACE
• TOP/BOTTOM SEXUAL SELF-LABELS AND EMPATHIZG-SYSTEMIZG COGNIVE STYL AMONG GAY MEN CHA
• GEICS MAY DETERME IF GAY MEN ARE TOPS OR BOTTOMS
• THE GAY B C’S OF SEX: P IS FOR POWER BOTTOM
• SI GUYS: THKG BEYOND GAY MALE "TOPS" AND "BOTTOMS"
• "IT TAK A MAN TO PUT ME ON THE BOTTOM": GAY MEN'S EXPERIENC OF MASCULY AND ANAL INTERURSE
• REGNN AND CONSTCTN OF TOP, BOTTOM, AND VERSATILE ORIENTATNS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN

GAY MEN'S PREFERENC FOR "TOP" VS. "BOTTOM" CAN BE JUDGED BY THEIR FACE

Legend would have you believe that once you’ve earned your gay rd, a Harry Potter–like ceremony occurs where, stead of the Sortg Hat, a giant magil butt plug divis all gay men to two ho: tops or is clearly not the se, pecially for those people who nsir themselv versatile (HIYA). The two subdivisns have their own l, stereotyp, and -jok, and n sometim seem as if they’re at war wh each other, rather than both workg together for mutual sexual of this n make tryg different thgs dntg, pecially if you’re a baby gay venturg to this world for the first time.

TOP/BOTTOM SEXUAL SELF-LABELS AND EMPATHIZG-SYSTEMIZG COGNIVE STYL AMONG GAY MEN CHA

”Miller argu that gay men should exame their relatnship wh power. But I believe that many gay men pick one si, stick to , and that some of those dividuals choose toppg—you’ll have seen their profil markg them as “masc dom tops” on the apps—bee of s ti to tradnal Miller explas, there are outsi forc that, datg back to the ancient Greeks, have prevented gay men om tly diggg to what sexual behavrs we might actually enjoy. “What I mean by that, ” he says, “is that cultural forc wh the gay muny prize toppg over bottomg.

“Wh bottomg there is the perceptn that you're givg up your masculy bee receivg a penis is somethg that women do, ” Miller Chris Whe, an expert health promotn and the director and prcipal vtigator of the Safe and Supportive Schools Project at the Gay-Straight Alliance Network San Francis, tak this one step further. ”To be (fucked) or not to be (fucked) shouldn’t always be the qutnAcrdg to a 2011 study by The Journal of Sexual Medice that surveyed 25, 000 gay men Ameri about their last sexual enunters, only 36 percent said they had bottomed and 34 percent said they had, realy, we’re not actually fuckg all that much. In any sexual enunter, gay, straight, or otherwise, one person typilly assum the domant role while the other tak on a submissive role the bedroom.

GEICS MAY DETERME IF GAY MEN ARE TOPS OR BOTTOMS

But while tops and bottoms are equal, their differg rol do e wh different health issu and rponsibili that every gay and bisexual man should be well rmed about, regardls of sexual posn.Preface: All sexually transmted fectns are bad for your health.

In terms of foc and clary, this discsn will sgularly foc on HIV.The TopDefn: The sertive partner anal sex between cisgenr gay men (blogil men who intify as men), or transgenr gay men, or ontal, vagal sex wh transgenr gay men.Synonyms: The Knob; Handy Man; The Un; Tarzan; The McleOverview: There is nothg like a good top. For a top who is HIV-posive, matag an untectable viral load through nsistent e of meditn and re is the bt method of protectg himself om transmtg the vis.The BottomDefn: The receptive partner same-sex anal sex for cisgenr gay men or transgenr gay men, or ontal, vagal sex wh transgenr gay men.Synonyms: The Hole; Jane; Power Bottom; The BrasOverview: Tops may get the glory, but bottoms make the world go round. Que simply, tops have easy when to sex, bee beg a good bottom is no easy job.Popular myth: If an HIV-posive guy is always the bottom, he will never transm the vis.Risk: Simply put, a gay man who bottoms is more at risk for HIV.

THE GAY B C’S OF SEX: P IS FOR POWER BOTTOM

Once aga, a bottom who is HIV-posive n protect himself om transmtg by nsistently takg their HIV meditn and stayg re.The Perfect Top-Bottom DynamicIf you are a gay man, you may have a posn preference, but chanc are you will change up every now and then. It’s been known for a while that tak ls than a send for people to e their ternal “gaydar” to ci if they thk a man is homosexual or heterosexual, and such snap judgements tend to be right.

But n facial differenc be ed to distguish between different typ of gay men — specifilly, those who fe themselv as “tops” vers “bottoms”?

SI GUYS: THKG BEYOND GAY MALE "TOPS" AND "BOTTOMS"

The participants were asked to look at 200 photographs of gay men found on an onle datg se (100 tops, 100 bottoms) and tegorize them as tops or bottoms. ”Accurate Intifitn of a Preference for Insertive Vers Receptive Interurse om Static Facial Cu of Gay Men“In terurse between men, one of the partners typilly assum the role of an sertive partner (top) while the other assum a receptive role (bottom). Although some rearch suggts that the perceptns of potential partners’ sexual rol gay men’s relatnships n affect whether a man will adopt the role of top or bottom durg sexual terurse, remas unclear whether sexual rol uld be perceived accurately by naïve observers.

"IT TAK A MAN TO PUT ME ON THE BOTTOM": GAY MEN'S EXPERIENC OF MASCULY AND ANAL INTERURSE

Partner preferenc of gay men and lbians.

Sexual risk behavrs and acceptabily of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among HIV-negative gay and bisexual men serodisrdant relatnships: A mixed methods study.

REGNN AND CONSTCTN OF TOP, BOTTOM, AND VERSATILE ORIENTATNS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN

Lookg for a tall, dark, macho man… sexual-role behavur variatns Lato gay and bisexual men. Intimacy and sexualy gay male upl. A narrative exploratn of gay men’s sexual practic as a dialectil dialogue.

Circus of power, circus of pleasure: Sexual scriptg gay men’s bottom narrativ. Sexual posng, sexual cisn makg, and genr rol among young gay men.

Differenc between gay and lbian habg upl. Versatily and HIV vulnerabily: vtigatg the proportn of Atralian gay men havg both sertive and receptive anal terurse.