Gay Men's Preferenc for "Top" Vs. "Bottom" Can Be Judged By Their Face | Disver Magaze

Contents:

• ARE YOU TOP OR BOTTOM GAY? ? NSFW-QUIZ WH SCENARS
• GAY MEN'S PREFERENC FOR "TOP" VS. "BOTTOM" CAN BE JUDGED BY THEIR FACE
• GEICS MAY DETERME IF GAY MEN ARE TOPS OR BOTTOMS
• TOP/BOTTOM SEXUAL SELF-LABELS AND EMPATHIZG-SYSTEMIZG COGNIVE STYL AMONG GAY MEN CHA
• REGNN AND CONSTCTN OF TOP, BOTTOM, AND VERSATILE ORIENTATNS GAY/BISEXUAL MEN

ARE YOU TOP OR BOTTOM GAY? ? NSFW-QUIZ WH SCENARS

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 bottoms.This 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 pleasure.All of this n make tryg different thgs dntg, pecially if you’re a baby gay venturg to this world for the first time.

So how do you go about ttg new waters?“I believe what I ll takg your erotic temperature,” explas Woody Miller, the thor of the books How to Bottom Like a Porn Star and How to Top Like a Stud, “which is basilly havg a nversatn wh yourself about what is you like.”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 masculy.As 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.”The ongog fetishizatn of masculy means that the tradnally submissive role of the bottom is associated wh effemacy.

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

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. Not gettg fucked don’t make you any ls gay.Your sexual posn isn’t your intyLet’s ll bullsh on the ncept that if two people are tops they’re patible, bee the posns that you enjoy don’t fe who you are. There’s really not an eternal sparklg srlet letter markg you wh a “T” or a “B.”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 topped.So, realy, we’re not actually fuckg all that much.

GEICS MAY DETERME IF GAY MEN ARE TOPS OR BOTTOMS

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.

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.

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

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. 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. For the study, 23 participants were shown the datg profile pics of 200 gay men, 100 tops and 100 bottoms, then asked to intify which was which.

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They don't actually know that you're gay; they jt wanted to make you lgh. While not everyone subscrib to those labels, for many queer people, and pecially gay men, llg yourself a top, bottom, or vers n be a way to help fd potential partners and hookups.

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

The nonbary actor and mol posted an Instagram story back 2020 showg a "gay stg alignment chart" wh a red arrow potg towards the "top" posn and the words "this is how I was stg when I read this meme. 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”?